, capturing headlines with her
40-inch bust during the height of the Falklands War.
"I was supposed to be at work in my bookshop..."
Her streak has been voted into the top (sic)
100 Greatest Moments in Sports.
Officially our favorite bookseller.
From Wikipedia:
Erica Roe (born 1957), also known as the
Twickenham Streaker, is remembered for a topless run across the pitch of
Twickenham Stadium during an England vs. Australia rugby union match on 2 January 1982. It has been described by the
BBC as "perhaps the most famous of all
streaks". Roe, who later claimed to have been inspired by alcohol, ran onto the field during half time, exposing her 40-inch bosom. Roe and the friend who joined her streak were corralled by police officers on the field, one of whom covered Roe's chest with his helmet while leading her off the field.
While Roe was not the first or the last streaker at an athletic event, in 2007
The Independent of London declared that her "memorable" streak made her a suitable icon to represent all such streakers in their article on sports interruptions. The event prompted Manchester Confidential to dub her "the most famous British streaker".
Roe's continuing celebrity saw her appear on the nostalgic British TV programmes After They Were Famous (1999) and 80s Mania (2001).
She was working at that time in a bookstore in
Petersfield,
Hampshire, but moved with her husband and children to Portugal to become an organic farmer of sweet potatoes.
WOMAN IN AUDIENCE; Every year the government promises to fund the Hanford Clean-Up Project in Eastern Washington, and every year they find a way to take away the funding, which results in a lot of lost jobs. Washington's current policy seems to be "the solution to pollution is dilution."
