Collection of Wimbledon Tennis Memorabiliarelatingto Reginald Buzzer Hadingham
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A collection of Wimbledon Tennis Memorabilia associated with Reginald Edward Hawke "Buzzer" Hadingham (1915-2004), CBE, MC & Bar TD, Chairman and M.D. of Slazengers and later Chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, ,including a personal dedicated BBC “affection and admiration” award in the form of a television camera mounted on a wooden plinth (27.0 x 23.0 cms.), together with a personalised BBC presentation dinner menu (1990) autographed by Paul Fox, Chris Gorringe, John Rowlinson, Dan Maskell, Des Lynam and others (15), a dedicated photo album from Dubrovnik Tennis Club (1957) containing over 20 photographs of the area, tennis club courts and of Hadingham presenting prizes, a personal photo album dating from 1931, containing over 70 items recording stays at Hampton Court and Wimbledon Common, at Frankfurt operatic concert, Cronberg Tennis Tournament, and a Slazenger Luncheon to Czech Sports Dealers (1933) “Another Bloomin Speech” - he wrote. Along with over 30 photographs and a quantity of tennis related press cuttings and booklets.