A Small And Surprising Bit Of ACC History

As you guys know, we’re ACC fans too and we follow the rest of the conference schools as much as we can.

There are sometimes some pretty remarkable stories - Clemson’s Bobby Conrad has become a highly respected judge, Maryland’s (and Arizona’s) Brian Williams changed his name to Bison Dele and sailed the Pacific until his untimely death, to the still inconceivable story of Muggsy Bogues, a 5-3 guard who had a long and incredible career in the NBA.

You could go on for a long time. You’d have to, too, to find a more unlikely and remarkable story than that of Lois “Peaches” Golding.

Golding grew up in Winston-Salem, attended UNC and became a cheerleader. After school she taught in Nigeria before moving to the U.K.

Recently Queen Elizabeth named her as the lord-lieutenant of the city and county of Bristol.

She is thought to be the first black lord-lieutenant in the U.K. and is surely one of the very few, if any, from the states.

It’s a really cool story.

And if you were wondering, yes, the Queen calls her Peaches.