A link with Edith Piaf

Not long ago we had the pleasure of listening to the music of Edith Piaf, performed by
Flossie Malavialle.
The evening was to raise money for our town twinning association GATA

After the event, I received a call from an old friend and a member of the association, who told me the following story.

Edith Piaf's great love of her life was a French boxer called, Marcel Cerdan

His nickname was, 'le Bombardier Marocain'. 'The Cassablancan Clouter'.

He had 123 fights with 61 knockouts and lost only4. On the first of September 1939, he came up against a tough English boxer called Harry Craster and was disqualified in the fifth round in the Albert Hall in London.

Harry Craster was a Middlesbrough boxer and my friend told me that he used to spar with him in the latter stages of Harry's career.

Sometimes France doesn't seem so far away!!!!!!!

Pierre