Mr Clarke and Mr Dawe will re-open for business at the end of January.
In 1975 the musically gifted Mr Dagg recorded the following seasonal message. ‘Be brief and effective’ he was told.
Anyone wishing to order items from the shop for xmas, should do so soon to ensure delivery.
We’re sure to have something in your size.
MEN’S DOUBLES – ROUND ONE
(1)Sartre and Camus d. Eluard and Prevert 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
(9)Magritte and Dali d. Gershwin and Gershwin 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
Leavis and Lawrence d. Benjamin and Scholem 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
(5)Chaplin and O'Neill d. Caruso and Toscanini 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Shostakovich and Prokoviev d. (6)Brecht and Weill 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
(10)Cocteau and Picasso d. Milne and Disney 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
Wodehouse and Isherwood d. (15)Chesterton and Belloc 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
(3)Chekhov and Miller d. Lardner and Fitzgerald 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Benchley and Thurber d. (4)Einstein and Gödel 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2
Chandler and Hammett d. (14)Gropius and Le Corbusier 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
(11)Kafka and Muir d. Arlen and Carmichael 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
(7)Auden and MacNeice d. Rutherford and Bohr 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Hope and Crosby d. (8)Bakst and Blok 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
(13)Braque and Derain d. Léger and Keaton 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Runyon and Low d. (12)Marx and Eliot 6-1, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
(2)Beckett and Duchamp d. Jung and Jung 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
WOMEN’S DOUBLES – ROUND ONE
(1)Earhart and Cather d. West and Nin 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
Lenya and Dietrich d. (16)Roosevelt and Luce 7-6, 6-4
Kulthum and Sh'arawi d. (15)Christie and Sayers 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Gonne-MacBride and Markievicz d. (7)Blyton and Potter 6-4, 6-2
(6)Sackville-West and Stephen-Woolf d. Fontanne and Nazimova 6-2, 7-5
Prichard and Richardson d. (14)Parker and Ferber 7-6, 5-7, 9-7
Draper and Elliott d. (13)Bishop and McCarthy 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
(3)Riefenstahl and Hari d. Mead and Stark 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
(4)Stein and Toklas d. Brice and Lillie 6-2, 6-3
(12)Mansfield and Hodgkins d. O'Keeffe and Kahlo 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Naidu and Pandit d. (10)Schiaparelli and Chanel 6-3, 6-3
(5)de Valois and Pavlova d. Rubenstein and Arden 6-2, 6-1
Baker and Smith d. (8)Duncan and Graham (forfeit)
(9)Akhmatova and Arendt d. Campbell and Thorndike 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
(11)Keller and Sullivan d. Bankhead and Bara 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Stern and Mandelstam d. (2)Beach and Monier 7-5, 7-5