WHEN I printed a photograph of All Saints football team and its trophy (1936-7) on October 15, it brought back pleasant memories to Mr G.W. Glover, of Richmond Grove, Farnworth.
He tells me that in 1937 he moved with his parents to Farnworth, from his previous Bolton 'Victoria' Methodist school.
"I began at Plodder Lane junior school, and was immediately asked if I played football, and which foot I preferred kicking with. As I was a left-footer, I was put in the team on the left wing, and was a regular under the supervision of teacher Jimmy Gledhill," he writes.
"Although under 11, we had a good team, on a par with All Saints, which also had a good team. But on the last match of the season we beat them on their own Devon Street ground by, if I remember correctly, 6-0, and thus equalled them on points.
"It was suggested that there be a play-off for the top honour, but this was rejected, so both Plodder Lane and All Saints held the trophy for six months each.
Allocated
"It must have been in the 1937-8 season, as pupils left the said schools on reaching 11 years of age, and moved to senior schools like Harper Green Central, to which pupils of both schools then attended.
There were three different 'houses' to which we were allocated - Stevenson, Cornwall and Oats; I was put in Oats, was fortunate enough to be in the 'house' team, and also the school team, in which there were many good players such as Kenny Allen, Alf Lee, Harry Rothwell, just three of those I played with.
"I later joined the All Saints 4th Farnworth Scout troop, and had many a happy time camping at Broseley (Ironbridge) Shropshire under the supervision of Mr Eden, the All Saints school headmaster, and who arranged for a Scout team to play a local team
"We were then in our early 'teens, and had a good set of cricketers, too (including myself as a bowler, but not a batsman). It must have cost Mr Eden a small fortune, for he offered 5s (25p) to anyone taking three wickets, or making more than 15 runs. Myself and others took advantage of his generosity! He supplemented my scarce spending money we had in those time. Happy days, though!"
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