“BARRY SHEENE HERE, I’M A PHONE MAN, NOT A FAX MAN; THAT’S WHY I’M CALLING”
THE BEDSIDE phone rang at 6.30am. I sleepily picked it up and the voice on the other end of the blower said: “Barry Sheene here, I’m a phone man, not a fax man; that’s why I’m calling.”
A few days earlier I’d faxed Barry Sheene MBE, two-time world 500cc grand prix champion, after Classic