This is a photograph of one of the William Newton School Hockey teams of 1954. Does anyone recognise any of the players?
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This is a photograph of one of the William Newton School Hockey teams of 1954. Does anyone recognise any of the players?
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No my Mother was Joan, the oldest of the five sisters,Sadie is my Aunt.
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Judy Forsyth is the Goal Stopper on this Photo. She is my Mother’s youngest Sister and lives in Oakwell Road, Norton with her Husband Len.
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You must be Sadie’s son?
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Front row far right, girl with the pads on, could it be Judith Forsyth?
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God bless them , they will all be seventy now.
Photo taken in hall
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If its 1954 their age will be seventy-five, Judith Forsyth worked in the offices of the Head Wrightsons Foundry at Thornaby, she also used to be a dancer on the pantomimes, I believe she was from your area Bob when she married.
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Everything you say is right Anon. She lived in Swale Road almost opposite the bottom school gates of the FN. She will be 72 now going by another girl I know who went through junior school with her.
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These girls would be fourteen years old in the school team, so if that date is right, Bob, they will be seventy-five.
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As a class member of that particular class, for what its worth, we are in our 74th year, i.e., will be 74 somewhere between 1 Sep this year, and 31 Aug next year
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That particular hockey team was mostly my class friends. Back Row, l ->R Mrs West, Sandra Lees, Irene Fisher, Jean Arnold, Ena Ryder ? ? Jean Turner. Front Row, Pat Franks, Wendy Buckle ? ? Dorothy Gowland, Judith Forsythe.
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The missing two, are Rita Good, top row, and Pat Johnson on the bottom row
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