Sam Billingham (Sheffield, England)

Jack Prescott
(Internet Published) Oct 2000

Probably the greatest Tipplerman who ever lived. A dedicated man. Cantankerous, difficult, often unkind. You ask me " Did I know Sam Billingham?". Of course I knew him. He kept Tipplers only 4 miles from me right here in Sheffield.

I mind the time when in a pub, which was a meeting place for many Sheffield Tipplermen, Sam was asked if it was practicable and logical to produce one kit of 3 Tipplers solely for the purpose of one marathon fly. Sam Billingham took a swig from his ale and said "Yes, of course it makes sense, because many a kit of Tipplers is produced with no pretensions of marathon times. Sam Billingham always said that no man could adequately train more then just a few Tipplers at any given time. Inadequately trained Tipplers will fail. Over trained Tipplers will fail due to over exploitation.

Well, that's it in a nutshell. The trick is to know the latitudes and the tolerances and a man only knows this if he is dedicated like Sam Billingham was. However, who has time to be dedicated to Tipplers there days?

[Internet Published Oct 2000 at http://www.tipplers.com/jack/]