We continue the Flashback series with this soccer photo provided by a reader named Gerry who has contributed to this blog before.
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The following comments are from June Turner:
"The picture was taken outside the changing rooms in Coronation Gardens. It shows Rhyl Social Centre Football team. My husband Roy started the Social Centre in 1948. It was for 18 to 25 year olds. Dr. Hadyn Williams the county council's Director of Education, gave Roy permission to use Ysgol Emmanuel for the Social Centre's meetings and dances.
“In the photo on far left is Bill Hughes the trainer. (He was sometimes known as 'Bill Sticks' aka Bill the Barber whose shop was in Vale Road, Rhyl – Ed.)
“Players standing in back row (left to right): Don’t know, Brian Fossick, Desmond Edie, Bill Jones the goalkeeper in dark sweater, and then Norman Jones who was the son of Councillor Norman Jones, Vale Road, and married Dorothy Pepperday. At the end is Clive Williams who worked for Roy in his flooring business.
“Of the players sitting in front row, 2nd from the right is Vernon (Curley) Williams who was Clive's brother.
“The Social Centre team played in the Dyserth League against such teams as Mostyn YMCA and Rhyl Labour Club. Roy played at half-back position but was unavailable on the day the photo was taken.”
My thanks to June and Roy Turner for all that information!
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