'The Canadian connection to a Wolverhampton school's rugby team, 54 years later' - all players now identified
The trip down memory lane is now completed, as full team players have now been identified and corrected by online visitors to the original picture.
Going back to the morning of October 11, 2022, when I came across the following picture was found in an old photo album that my mother had kept when we emigrated to Canada in 1971.
October 12, 2022, I posted the following picture of Springfield Road Boys School Rugby Team Wolverhampton England 1969-1970 on the Wolverhampton in old photographs Facebook website.
April 10, 2025, I located through the previous website, comments on the picture, and I was able to find and contact three boyhood friends Claude Verley, Rodney Dillon, and Lesly Lawrence, who I had not seen or spoken to in more than 54 years, when I emigrated to Canada. The names in the picture is almost complete, missing two names. It's been a real trip down memory lane (remembering those in the picture who have passed, including my best schoolmate Ken (Kenny) Bernard).
On April 12, 2025, I posted the picture on Bushbury, Fordhouses And Oxley Neighbourhood Watch, News And Events.
Those no longer with us, are Ken Bernard, Ezron Graham, Venton Campbell, Melvyn Pike and Delroy Lewis, I still visualize them playing and we played for each other and after our games, a glass of milk and off to home.
Story, picture and postings provided by Hugh Johnson who lived on Bushbury Road in the mid-late 1950s through to 1971, moved to Canada, and to this day still reads the Express & Star daily online, and is a lifelong supporter of Wolves.
