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UNIMPRESSED

THE front of the latest Punch Lines – Essex EBA’s monthly newsletter – has a colour photo of the late Ronnie Cooper, and there are several more inside, along with Miles Templeton’s BN obituary, reproduced with permission.

One picture shows Ronnie with Sammy McCarthy and Terry Spinks – two other greats no longer with us, but who will never be forgotten.

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