Quote: Winslade's Offload "Well you are starting to push my memory there, and it is nowhere near as good as Teeside's. I can remember all the names, probably because dad talked about them at the match. Ally Naughton, I can remember nothing. Jim Challinor and Laurie Gilfedder I remember quite well. Didn't Laurie defect to Wigan. Bobby Greenough and Jackie Edwards were a great pair, but I only remember them in the Autumn of their careers. I loved Parry Gordon, but even though I only saw the tail end of Edwards, I suspect he was the better SH. Dad says that they were both eclipsed by Gerry Helme. The great Bevan, alias 'the mummy', I only saw a handful of times (I think). I suspect he must have started taking me along to the rugby around 1960-61. I remember being more interested in the trains shunting up and down the line, and wondering when the final whistle was going to blow.'"
My memory is only good because it doesn't go quite as far back as yours. I missed people like Fraser and Bev, but I can remember Jim Challinor playing for Barrow and 1954 Final 13 Austin Heathwood lived round the corner from us. I can remember Laurie Gilfedder playing for Wigan, but most of the good Wire players had retired by the time I started watching. This has taken us a bit off topic, but it's really good to have a good talk on all things Wire.
Anyway, is Brett Hodgson still even in this country at the moment?