By Derek Workman - An English freelance journalist living in Valencia
Author of... Inalnd Trips From The Costa Blanca & Small Hotels And Inns Of Eastern Spain
From the battered, deep brick-red metal sheeting of the temporary plaza de toros, plonked on a piece of wasteland beside the railway station at the dog-end of Lebrijas, itself an Andalucian town of almost nil distinction, comes a roll of drums and a weedy blast on trumpet and saxophone as the town band announces the arrival into the bullring of that day's matadors, bandaleros and sword handlers as they make their triumphant march across the spotless pale golden sand. On the far right a tall slim chap with ginger-ish hair, dressed in the 'traje corto', the tight fitting black bolero suit used for minor bullfights, doffs his hat and salutes the crowd.
Even from the top ranks of the rickety benches he sticks out from the rest of the field - hardly surprising, he's Frank Evans, Britain's only bullfighter. But whether it's hick-town Andalucia or the soaring heights of Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain's most famous bullring, when that big, black temper on the hoof makes a run at you you'd better be ready to stand your ground - and Frank Evans has done it more times than any other non-Latin bullfighter in the history of the spectacle.
The number of British matadors who have stood in front of a bull can be counted on three fingers. The first was the ex-public schoolboy, Vincent Hitchcock who fought during the 1950's. During the '60's Henry Higgins had a brief moment of fame, but none have had the staying power of Salford's Frank Evans, who killed his first bull at the age of seventeen in 1966 and, except for a period in the 70's, has worn the sparkling suite of lights every year since... More of this article...
Author of... Inalnd Trips From The Costa Blanca & Small Hotels And Inns Of Eastern Spain
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| Frank Evens |
Even from the top ranks of the rickety benches he sticks out from the rest of the field - hardly surprising, he's Frank Evans, Britain's only bullfighter. But whether it's hick-town Andalucia or the soaring heights of Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain's most famous bullring, when that big, black temper on the hoof makes a run at you you'd better be ready to stand your ground - and Frank Evans has done it more times than any other non-Latin bullfighter in the history of the spectacle.
The number of British matadors who have stood in front of a bull can be counted on three fingers. The first was the ex-public schoolboy, Vincent Hitchcock who fought during the 1950's. During the '60's Henry Higgins had a brief moment of fame, but none have had the staying power of Salford's Frank Evans, who killed his first bull at the age of seventeen in 1966 and, except for a period in the 70's, has worn the sparkling suite of lights every year since... More of this article...
Taken from spain-holiday-sun.com website
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