Laurie Pignon - The Olympic Games: A rare enamelled press badge for the Melbourne 1956 games, with original ribbon, numbered 9893; a commemorative medal for Mexico 1968 games; a press certificate for the Mexico 1968 games; together with four books; The Olympic Games Book by Harold Abrahams, The Equestrian Games Rome 1960 by Talbot-Ponsonby, VIth British Empire & Commonwealth Games Wales 1958 and The Games of the XVIIIth Olympiad Tokyo 1964 (7 items).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.