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Ettingshall School in 1966.

Tin School top of the league!

This bostin' football team picture from the mid-1960s comes to us courtesy of Raymond Wootton of the Sport-N-Tackle shop in High Street, Bilston. Raymond actually took the photograph himslelf, of this

Wednesbury Commercial School netballers

The girls in the 1950s.

WE are indebted to Mrs June Salt (nee Brookes) of 3 Chapel Street, Pelsall, Walsall, for sending in this reminder of the school netball team in which she played, over fifty years ago. As she explains,

Willenhall Road lads who did the double in 1930

The champs of 80 years ago.

THE photograph shown here has been kindly sent in to us by Mrs Jacqueline Southwick of Cradley, who tells us that it was found with others in the family home where her sister still lives, in Legge

Audnam starlets in the 1950s

The team of budding footballers.

MR. R. Hill of 12 Maygrove Road, Kingswinford supplies the above photograph of his school football team at Audnam Secondary Modern, in 1957. This was a team of fourteen year olds which won the

On the rung of the ladder at sporting A & P

The successful Colts side.

THE following letter, which accompanies the photograph here, highlights the halcyon sporting (and employment) days of the Fifties... "Over the past months various letters/stories and photographs have

Can you name these Rowley Regis 'bruisers'?

Boxing team at Britannia Road.

OUR thanks go to L. Marshall of Cromwell Close, Rowley Regis, for sending in this fine photograph of some schoolboy boxers in 1953. They are are well kitted-out in matching vests, shorts, and gloves.

Kings Hill Secondary Modern Boys School 1948

Kings Hill team with the shield.

IN THE Bugle edition 927 dated 3rd June 2010, we published an article on page 3 of Mr. Foote retiring as headmaster from Kings Hill School, Wednesbury, with school leavers of July 1948. Now, Bernard R.









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Houston hails captain Fletcher

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