Cricket legend Henry Blofeld on his love of Norfolk

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Cricket legend Henry Blofeld on his love of Norfolk


He may be referred to as retired, but Mr Blofeld said: “I really am working quite hard because I’m in the theatre with my one-man show anything up to 50 or 60 nights a year, perhaps.”

An Afternoon with Henry Blofeld is at Beccles Public Hall and Theatre at 14:30 BST on Sunday.

And perhaps it is just as well that is the title, as the previous time he appeared at that Suffolk venue, he forgot it was a matinee – and nearly did not show at all.

“I was sitting in this house at three in the afternoon thinking it was a 7:30 kick-off, and the telephone suddenly went and it was someone saying, ‘you realise it’s a matinee?’ – and the curtain was due to go up at half-past-three,” Mr Blofeld said.

“So I got in my car, broke every speed limit in the book – police are still trying to catch me, I think,” he joked.

This time around he has assured organisers he will be there well ahead of curtains-up.

“Fingers crossed – no mishaps this time,” he quipped.



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