JumbleDuck
Well-Known Member
He had been a talented badminton player when younger, who knows if the misery and damage he caused throughout his life could have been avoided if there had been other attractive options open at a critical age.
My father's appallingly rough Glasgow comprehensive school was for some years the home of the Scottish School Chess Championship winning team, thanks to an amazing teacher who could inspire wee neds with a passion for the game. Sadly he moved on and the chess playing collapsed.