My story 15. Fame - Mum - Dad - Featherstone Rovers
Its true to say that without mum, dad and Featherstone Rovers I would not be putting 'pen to paper' this morning. In may team sports its the try/goal scorer who gets the headlines. In reality its the carers (in my dads case today), the forwars/defenders, coaches, teachers physios and even the tea makers who deserve the glory. July 1952. The newly married couple, Betty and Clifford Lambert, South Cliff, Bridlington, East Yorkshire. A photographer, Yorkshire Post, asked permission to take this photo. Clifford, second youngest player, Alan Tennant, the baby, on the field, had just taken part in the world’s first, live, televised game of Rugby League; the Cup Final, Featherstone Rover V Workington Town at Wembley. The highlights were transmitted world wide on Pathe News, and now on YouTube. A link is at the end. Clifford, just turned 22, is flush with a newfound fame, seemingly impossible for a lad in a tiny mining town. He was just one of many, Lad’s from Featherstone, who...