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Hi, I haven't found the photograph s of Dad as goal keeper but have found a cup presented to my Dad: Tom Roberts Hon: Secretary. 1944-1950. Formans Rd Section. Lucas Sports Club. Good Luck with your search.

Hi Noddles, Both my parents were employed by Lucas at Formans Road during the war. They met each other in February 1940 (Mum worked in the office, until she turned 18, then conscripted to the factory division). They were both in the Home Guard. Dad was also a passionate footballer. He played...

Hi Phil, Wow. Thanks for the prompt reply. It was a bit of 'a long shot'. Mum was born in 1923 and, as a child, lived in Sparkbrook. She became ill at the age of 10 and went to Moseley Infirmary ( a grim place for a 10 year old), then moved to Baskerville Open Air School. She became very good...

My mother had fond memories of a 'Harold Webb,' whom she met in the early 1930s in Baskerville Open Air School. She loved the school and her time there, recovering from rheumatic fever. She thought Harold might have been from Deritend and believed his mum, or relative, had a sweet shop...