The People's Wimbledon by Richard Jones & Amisha Savani

 THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE TENNIS LOVER!

 WHAT PURCHASERS HAVE SAID:

''The People's Wimbledon is a fantastic book recommended for anybody interested, in not only tennis but the history of the tournament. The lovely sized hardback, is full of memories and images from 1877 to the present day, submitted from those involved in the tournament and the fans who have visited, and experienced the amazing atmosphere in the delightful grounds. A wonderful book full of beautiful memorabilia of this magnificent tournament is a must for any tennis fan."

"Absolutely brilliant!"

"Fantastic book"

"My sister received The People's Wimbledon yesterday and she is made up!"

"The quality of the pictures is excellent and the designer has made it a pictorial pleasure. I'm sure it will fascinate all of us (and we number millions worldwide) for whom Wimbledon is an annual delight.” JOHN BARRETT

THE PEOPLE'S WIMBLEDON is a beautifully produced 304 page hardback book (with dustjacket) of Memories and Memorabilia from the Lawn Tennis Championships, with contributions from tennis fans, broadcasters, journalists, players and coaches and images from the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, along with 750 archive photographs and images of Wimbledon memorabilia and top players past and present. The Foreword is by IAN HEWITT, Chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. POSTAL WEIGHT 2 kilograms

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CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PEOPLE’S WIMBLEDON:

1901 ‘OUR LADY COMMISSIONER’, London: Impressions of The Championships

1919 BLANCHE HILLYARD, Thorpe Satchville: Letter to Dorothea Lambert Chambers

1922 JESSICA BOUSFIELD, New York: A Visit to Wimbledon

1940 KATHLEEN CLAYDEN, Wandsworth: The Night Wimbledon was Bombed

1947 ANGELA MORTIMER, Wimbledon: A Champion’s Persistence

1949 RUTH HARTGILL, Reigate: Memories of Wimbledon

1950 NICK DARBY, East Grinstead: Electric Excitement

1952 ANN ROBERTS, Ingatestone: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1952 BOBBY WILSON, Welwyn: Memories of Wimbledon

1952 BILLY KNIGHT, East Haddon: Fast Car to Wimbledon

1952 KEITH STEPHENS, Upminster: Felicisimo Ampon’s Great Comeback

1954 FRANCES FUNNELL, Wimbledon Park: Remembering Rosewall

1956 PAUL EISENEGGER, Barnet: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1957 CHRISTINE TRUMAN, Aldeburgh: Dreaming of Wimbledon

1958 GEOFFREY GAMMON, Surbiton: My First Wimbledon

1959 DAVID ORCHARD, High Wycombe: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1959 SUSAN MORGAN THOMAS, Tunbridge Wells: Seven Decades of Wimbledon

1960 EDWARD TIDY, Wimbledon Park: Early Days at Wimbledon

1965 JEREMY HUDSON, Raynes Park: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1965 JULIE HELDMAN, Santa Monica: My Wimbledon Debut

1965 BERNARD FULLERTON, Bringsty: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1965 ELSIE ROSAM, Dorking: My First Attempt at Getting into a Final Saturday

1967 IAN HEWITT, London: A Centre Court Memory

1967 PETER GREGORY, Northwick Park: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1968 TIM ANDREWS, Brighton: Lew Hoad - My Hero

1968 COLIN TRIPLOW, New Ash Green: Superman’s New Weapon

1968 RAY MOORE, Palm Desert: Wimbledon ’68

1968 PETER WOODMAN, Hatch End: My First Wimbledon

1969 MARIAN BOUNDY, Finchley: Memories of Playing at Wimbledon

1969 GEOFF MASTERS, Queensland: My Love for this Place

1970 JOHN INVERDALE, Kingston Upon Thames: In the Summertime

1970 NORMAN COHEN, Stanmore: The Most Beautiful Place in the World

1970 JOHN NICHOLSON, Motspur Park: Wightman Cup at Wimbledon

1971 ROBERT & JOAN GRAHAM, Bury: Wimbledon ’71

1972 STEVEN LYNCH, Staines: Deep and Meaningful

1972 PATRICIA ARTHUR, Prenton: My First Wimbledon

1972 JANE WILTSHIRE, Camberley: My First Visit to Wimbledon

1973 ROGER MILNE, Pulborough: To Somerset Road, by Coach

1973 JANE PORTNELL, Ingleton: Tall, Dark and Handsome

1973 JOHN LLOYD, Palm Beach: Majestic Wimbledon

1974 WILL PARKER, Fleet: The Maestro Fights Back

1975 SARAH BRIDGLAND, High Wycombe: Meeting Arthur Ashe

1975 BOB EVERITT, Bilston: Early Memories of Wimbledon

1976 CHRIS BOWERS, Ringmer: Memories of Wimbledon

1977 ONNY PARUN, New Zealand: The Helen Wills Saga

1977 JOHN EVANS, Rowley Regis: My Love Affair with Wimbledon

1978 RICHARD HESS, Palos Verdes: My First Wimbledon

1980 CHRIS FOULKES, Coventry: My First Trip to Wimbledon

1980 AUDREY GREEN, Baldock: We are Here!

1981 TERRY BRADY, Hartford: It Had Changed So Much, Yet Not at All

1982 KANI BAWA, Nottingham: In the Free Standing Room

1982 JULIA FREEMAN, Wargrave: What a Small World!

1984 DAVID RUTHERFORD, Cromlix: A Wimbledon Odyssey

1985 AMISHA SAVANI, London: My First Wimbledon

1985 STUART PESKETT, Feltham: A Different World

1986 JIM PUHL, Eau Claire: Wimbledon Tennis Story

1986 GEORGE GRIME, Ham: In the Hot Seat

1987 MICHAEL STONE, Battersea: My First Wimbledon

1987 DOREEN PRANGELL, Putney: Jimmy’s Great Comeback

1987 JOHN ROWLINSON, Lambourn: No Beginner’s Luck

1987 DAVID RUTHERFORD, Cromlix: A Wimbledon Odyssey - Part 2

1989 JULIA KILBY, Hove: My First Wimbledon

1991 COLIN LELLIOTT, West Worthing: Flowers for Martina

1992 SUSAN HALLIDAY, Felixstowe: Memories of Wimbledon

1993 ROBBIE WILLIAMS, Moscow: Miles MacLagan on Court Five

1993 CHRISTINA SAN, New Malden: Steffi’s Flower Girl

1994 LOUISE MANSERGH, Camberley: My First Wimbledon

1996 NICK McCARVEL, New York: Breakfast at Wimbledon

1997 FINLAY MacKINNON, Outer Hebrides: That Magical Part of London that is SW19

1999 MARGO FITZSIMONS, Bournemouth: A Coach Trip to Wimbledon

2000 JAMES REED, Wimbledon: My First Wimbledon

2001 DAVOR MARGETIC, Zagreb: Croatia’s Golden Year

2005 SHEILA CHAMBERS, Crosby: My First Visit to Wimbledon

2005 DENISE PADDOCK, Shrewsbury: A Special Birthday in SW19

2005 JAMIE THOMAS, Basingstoke: Hammond, Redgrave, Federer, Murray

2006 TIM EDSON, Leicester: Caught on Camera

2008 BENDOU ZHANG, Shanghai: Wimbledon at Last

2008 RICHARD HILLWAY, Colorado Springs: No Place Like Wimbledon

2009 APPHIA & DANIEL PARSONS, Dulwich: Wimbledon Days

2009 JEFF ANTHONY, West Hartford: Memories That Will Last a Lifetime

2012 RICHARD JONES, Wimbledon: A People’s Wimbledon

2012 PAUL STRUDWICK, Brentwood: Finals Day

2013 CARLOS COSTA, Portugal: The Physio’s View

2013 SIMON ETHERIDGE, Bishop’s Stortford: Heaven on Earth

2014 AMY LUNDY, Westport: Catching the Bug

2015 BRUCE RYAN, Sydney: Wimbledon Recollections

2015 ANTONIO DEMASI, Meriden: A Special Place

2016 RAPHAEL IBERG, Lausanne: Lleyton, Thanasi and Nick

2016 SARITA SHARMA, Surbiton: Alisha’s Big Day

2017 SANDRA ROBERTS, Wimbledon: Caring for Bethanie

2017 ANNE COMERFORD, Wexford: The Best Birthday Present Ever

2018 OLIVIA LANGINGER, London: A Dream Come True

2019 JULIAN HARDING, Worcester Park: Our Illustrious Neighbour

2019 DAVID BROWN, Farrington Gurney: Wimbledon at Last!

2019 MARK A. KUHN, Charles City: People’s Day at The Championships

2019 CHRIS SCHRUCKMAYR, Asheville: Wimbledon Stopover

2019 OMAR POPAL, London: The Boy Who Tossed the Coin

2019 ANDREW FULCHER, Sutton: The Great Final

2019 GORDON FORBES, Burgersdorp: The Last Word

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS NAMED IN THE BOOK: John BARRETT (Wimbledon), Graeme BAXTER (Rancho Mirage), John BEDDINGTON (Checkendon), Don BRENNER, Graham BUDD, Francis Russell BURROW, Emmy CAPORALE, Derek CATE (Shrewsbury), Adam CHADWICK (London), Alan CHALMERS, Ben CHATFIELD, Jeanne CHERRY (Santa Monica), Gianni CLERICI, Michael COLE (Beckenham), Suzie COLE (Wimbledon), Martin CORRIE, Barry DAVIES (Barnes), Karen DERVISH (Wimbledon), Geoffrey DIX, Charles ELSTUB (Wimbledon), Richard EVANS (Delray Beach), John FEAVER (Wimbledon Park), Paul FENDRICH, Sarah FRANDSEN, Honor GODFREY (Putney), Chris GORRINGE (Hinchley Wood), Mike HANN (Wimbledon), Jenny HIGGS (Reigate), Myra HUNTER (Riddrie), Keith INCH (Dartmouth), John JAMES, Aubrey JONES (Marlow), Christine JONES (Chessington), Ian C. KING (Battersea), Ramesh KRISHNAN, Alan LITTLE (Bexleyheath), Malin LUNDIN, Robert McNICOL (Wimbledon), Bir MAHAJAN, Al MAWANI (Canada), Luis MORRIS (Basingstoke), Bernard NEAL (Cheltenham), Annabelle NG (London), David NUTTALL (Highams Park), Olivier PEROTTE (London), Mary POPE (Cyprus), Kenneth REED (Ponteland), Anna RENTON, Peter RISDON, Peter ROBERTSON, Bert ROWLEY (Surbiton), Dorothy SCHOFIELD, Darren SHARWOOD (Shrewsbury), George SKINNER (Wimbledon), Anna SPENDER, Betty STOVE, Attila SZABO, Emma TRAHERNE (Wimbledon), Geoff WARD (Wimbledon), Peter WATSON (Scarborough), Ruth WESTON, Simon WHALE, Clare WOOD (Southfields), Jeremy WOODS (Merton) and Peter WRIGGLESWORTH (Ruislip).