Great man in horse racing industry dies
'There will never be another 'Biscuit' like him again'
A long time Kempton Park resident, well known in the horse racing industry, died peacefully on February 25 at Bedford Gardens Clinic.
Albert Kenneth Lines (74) suffered a stroke. He leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Valerie, and their two children, Michelle and Clinton.
The service was on March 4 at Maranatha Community Church and Lines was cremated.
Clinton Lines said: “We had a wake at Kempton Park Golf Club and Ekurhuleni Metro police officers escorted the funeral procession from the church to the golf club.
Lines came to Kempton Park in 1982 to canvas for licences to open a bookmaking business and Tab. In September 1982 he started in West Street and later moved to the Esperanto Centre, where the civic centre stands today.
Thereafter he moved to Die Eike and then to 43 Long Street, which is currently Kempton Park Tattersalls, The Horseshoe.
“To most people he was known as Porky or Biscuit. Porky was a man who everybody knew and loved. He was a generous gentleman that was well respected. He was always up for a party or a joke or even a little ‘sharpy’. We have truly lost one of the greatest legends in the horse racing industry and there will never be another ‘Biscuit’ like him again,” said an employee at The Horseshoe.
