Laurie Pignon - Tennis programme archive: 100+ tennis championship programmes, the majority 1980s-2000s, relating to The Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon; Wimbledon Champions Dinner; French Open Roland Garros amongst others; together with a ticket for the opening of Wimbledon No. 1 Court; a signed menu for the 1984 Wimbledon Champions Dinner (100+).Laurie Pignon was a larger than life Sports Writer. Laurie was born in Horsham in 1918, just as his career was taking off in 1938 he was taken as a Prisoner of War in Dunkirk. He spent five years in forced labour and narrowly avoided execution. On return Laurie began writing for The Daily Sketch and began covering all sports including Tennis. When the Sketch was taken over by The Daily Mail in 1971 he became the man for tennis stories. His career lasted until 65 when he retired in 1983. He made a return in 1989 & 1991. He was the first journalist to be made a Honorary Member of The All England Tennis Club, Wimbledon. He lived with his wife Melvyn Hickey (England women's hockey captain) in Sunbury until his death in 2012 at the age of 93.