Canley (inc. Sir Henry Parkes School)

Hi bobles, I was in Mr Rea's class in 60/61. You must have been there the same time as my sister. We lived on Charter Avenue until 71.

The undefeated 1960/61 football team for Henry Parkes. Coaches : Les Rea & Tom Meacham. Back row from the left : John Dann, George Davies, William Brownlee (aka Jock). Middle row from the left : Graham Smith, Michael Strong, Billy Nobel. Front row from the left : Trevor Hooker, Gary Harper, Colin Brown, Malcolm Ireland, David Dewis. Still have my medal made by Coventry Silvercraft.

After my post 302 (above), I discovered this in the loft over the weekend. It is Sir Henry Parkes School football team from 1959/1960 and taken on the old school fields at Prior Deram Walk. Coaches : Les Rea & Tom Mecham Back row from the left: John Middleton, Terry Middleton, George Grashon, David Prichard, Me, Blake Macateer. Front row from the left: Trevor Hooker, Tony Swan, Colin Brown, Graham Smith, David Keow

I know the name Tony Swan(n)

Yeah, that's him!!!

Tony's hardly changed!

George Grashion was the older brother of one of my best friends. George met a tragic end in the late 1960s. He was coming back from a trip and they stopped for a break. In the dark he jumped over a wall not realising there was a large drop on the other side.

Hi cdf, welcome to the forum Thanks for the information, even if it is very sad.

George was one of my very best friends and our families were also close. His dad used to come to football matches with big bags of mint imperials. George joined The Coventry Gauge & Tool as an apprentice, while I went to Wickman. Although not quite accurate, the account of his tragic end was along those lines.

Next one in the series from Nicola Smith from the M.Toms collection. A reminder that these were taken by a gentleman who had a job of travelling around Coventry on his Motorcycle photographing Advertisement Hoarding spaces to promote their use for other business to utilise. This one is obviously the old Canley Crossing - its only comparatively recently that the crossing itself has gone and the road along Canley Road closed to traffic - which still annoys me as we're all funnelled along that crazy set of junctions by Sainsburys!