My Grandfather, Bill Taylor, started the Marina Boxing Club in 1934. The club was in two old warehouses which were in the large yard behind his houses in Trinity Street. You had to walk through some big gates at the side of 2 Trinity Street to get into the yard where the club was.

Inside the first warehouse, about 300 people could be seated around the boxing ring. My grandfather bought the seats from an old cinema or music hall, in Borough High Street, that had just closed down. They were metal lift- up seats that screwed to the floor and were upholstered in red velvet.