Our family were Ali mad. My grandparents on my Dad's side were Irish immigrants and they had two pictures on the living room wall, one of the Kennedy brothers and one of Ali. One day in 1977 Ali came to South Shields and my Dad took the day off work, came to our school and got me and my brothers out of our classrooms () and drove us through to South Shields to see Ali.




The news had a big effect on everyone especially my Dad, who is now in his eighties.There's not much you can really add to all the words written about him over the past few days so rest in peace Ali.