Re: Desert Island Discs - Richard Walker
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:04 pm
It's on page 203 of the bio, which came from an audio cassette of a biographical nature, recorded in his last years.
Well Grinner was the nick name my dad gave me, and all his friends called me by it. He also named the knot after me, so that probably does make me the Grinner as you have suggested.
Indeed, there may be more to the choice of St. Christopher, but I can't shed any light on that at the moment really. I'll have to see if I can find out when his mother moved to 'Scudamore' in Letchworth, which is a few hundred metres away from the school. That could have had some bearing on the selection.
Well Grinner was the nick name my dad gave me, and all his friends called me by it. He also named the knot after me, so that probably does make me the Grinner as you have suggested.
Indeed, there may be more to the choice of St. Christopher, but I can't shed any light on that at the moment really. I'll have to see if I can find out when his mother moved to 'Scudamore' in Letchworth, which is a few hundred metres away from the school. That could have had some bearing on the selection.