Frothfellow
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My great-grandfather, Thomas Jayes (of Adelaide Street, Highgate), paid 15/- for the right to watch Aston Villa play in the 1887-8 Season. If he earned this in a week - as a shoe-finisher journeyman - I would be surprised. Rather than live with their father, four of his six children emigrated to America after the death of their mother, in 1906. My grandfather, George, and the youngest of his three sisters, Kate, stayed in Brum. In 1910 their father cut his throat to avoid a prison sentence for receiving stolen leather and died on the same day as Edward VII (6th May). George and his youngest son, another George, kept the scrap of paper safe until 2000, when George (Jnr.) died when, much to my surprise, I found - as his executor - the Season Ticket among his effects.
David Woodhead
David Woodhead