Podcast Special: The first woman of Wimbledon

In our first episode, “The Woman who ran Wimbledon”, Finn Ranson speaks to actor and filmmaker Sarah Tullamore about the great Norah Gordon Cleather, who steered Wimbledon through the Second World War and oversaw its peacetime return.

Click the link below to listen..

“The Woman who ran Wimbledon”

She was the last woman to run Wimbledon.

Next week, Sally Bolton, new Chief Executive of the All England Club, will become the second.
Catch it on the Podcast page or wherever you get your pods. 

Peter Rowe

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