Mike James in conversation with John Walker and Nick Leighton about Halton Tennis Centre, then and now, with an emphasis on the last twenty years - the first Curious Cows Podcast.
Highlights:
- 2m03s: Nick recounts a brief history of what went on at Halton through the twentieth century.
- 9:27 John remembers joining Halton and how he was encouraged to become involved.
- 13:22 Nick discusses the last 20 years in numbers - finance and people.
- 23:34 The Complete Tennis Experience
- 24:54 The turnaround begins; conditions John required to start the process
- 33:44 Nick's light hand at the tiller and evolution
- 42:23 All valued and welcome and the value of volunteers
- 47:06 The present and future; looking to the future and post-pandemic and managing change
Notes and credits:
This episode was recorded over Zoom during the January 2021 pandemic lockdown, hence some noises off.
Music: John Bartmann (CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution-ShareAlike licence)
