Nostalgia

Thanks to readers’ contributions we now know the picture, above, shows the Spencer Moulton football team from Bradford on Avon, pictured on the steps of the pavilion on the Trowbridge Road ground.

The line-up reads, from left: back row, ?, ?, Cecil Sadd, Kenneth Hanny, ?, ?, ?; front row, ?, Don Gliddon, Jack Smith, whose son Mike owns the picture, Jack Knott, ?.

Kenneth Hanny died last year and his widow Jenny, who now lives in Bath and was sent a copy of a paper containing the picture by a friend, said: “He worked for Spencers and lived on Bath Road, Bradford. He also played cricket for them, he was a very keen sportsman. He mainly played in goal, although he did play other positions as well.”

Mr Gliddon’s widow has also been in touch, and is sure the picture dates from after the Second World War, as her late husband, who died last August, was born in 1930, and so would have been 15 or 16 when it was taken. She feels it may be the 1946/47 season.

The other picture showed the Wiltshire County side, and again we are now able to identify many of the players on the picture, left. They are, from left, back row Jimmy Barratt, who worked at Westinghouse in Chippenham; possibly Cyril Lewis, goalkeeper John Coombes, ?, centre half Ricky Hayward, ?, ?; front row, Bill Keates, Tebby Ball, Jack Smith, ?, ?.

Many thanks to all the readers who have been able to help with supplying details, after Mr Smith found the photos among his late father’s effects but could not identify the teams or date of the picture.