Teak frame
Tapered teak legs with brass socks & feet, supporting
A small screen.
Entry into other worlds & worlds of others.
One of those:
The Ponderosa.
Cartwright’s world.
A contrast, puzzling to me:
Through the window of teak-framed screen, Cartwrights were trouble-breakers.
Through the eyes of Roger, Cartwright*: trouble-maker.
Note:
* The Late Merv Cartwright was the Secretary of the Football Club. He is considered a legendary figure in the history of Rugby League in the Penrith District.
Roger, a young greenhorn, being left posted and having to confront players with news about an inability to pay them (click here), was the start (I think) of a pattern & history of interactions & behaviours that would develop over the decades. It should be noted that the shortfall in funds (as far as I was, or am now, aware) was due to nothing more sinister than a management failing.
This Short Memory offers no opinion on those or subsequent events – except that they were significant enough for this primary-schooler to take notice and remember.
In later years I had a few conversations with Merv and I found him an entertaining and affable character. I never worked with him. I did play football against his son, Cliff. He played the same position as me and I found him a good opponent – competitive, fair and not inclined to dirty play. I also enjoyed friendly relations with John, another of Merv’s sons.
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