April 10, 2025, I located through the previous website, comments on the picture, and I was able to find and contact three boyhood friends Claude Verley, Rodney Dillon, and Lesly Lawrence, who I had not seen or spoken to in more than 54 years, when I emigrated to Canada. The names in the picture is almost complete, missing two names. It's been a real trip down memory lane, remembering those in the picture who have passed, including my best schoolmate Ken (Kenny) Bernard.
Trip down memory lane, 54 years later, the Canadian connection to Springfield Road Boys School Rugby Team, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England 1969-1970. Photo: Hugh Johnson
On April 12, 2025, I posted the picture on Bushbury, Fordhouses And Oxley Neighbourhood Watch, News And Events.
Those no longer with us, Ken Bernard, Ezron Graham, Venton Campbell, Melvyn Pike and Delroy Lewis, I still visualise them playing and we played for each other and after our games, a glass of milk and off to home.
Story, picture and postings provided by Hugh Johnson who lived on Bushbury Road in the mid-late 1950s through to 1971, moved to Canada, and to this day still reads the Express and Star daily on-line, and is a life-long supporter of Wolves.