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This was taken during an England training session. There weren't enough shirts to go round so JA was given this to wear!

I think you'll find that DL scored the first goal of the year in a 4 - 2 win at home to Burnley. I can't remember who scored the others but Frank Casper scored for the Clarets

Same Class as my Dad at Revoe. We used to visit him from time to time, if I remember correctly Squires Gate Way (but I may be wrong) a real gentleman.

This reminds me of an initiative in the mid 70's called the 53 Club. 53 people were to pay £53 to sit in the middle of the West Stand (for the season). The Club had it's own entrance under the stand along from the groundsman room/hut with toilets, a small bar and a reserved area in the stand...

Morty and Harry Johnson at Soccer Training Class, Blackpool Technical College, Palatine Road. Season 1946/7.

I was a 12 year old in the front room at Hudson Road (South Shore) when the news broke. It was a sombre time and I remember it well and when I was last at Marton Cemetery I made a point of finding his grave.

Grandfather started as an apprentice as a fitter on the Wirral Railway in Birkenhead the same day as one William Ralf Deans. This was then taken over by the LNWR and they were absorbed into the LMS. He was transferred to Blackpool and worked in the sheds (mainly Blackpool South) where he was for...