Pictures from Billy Piper
Studfall Juniors
Billy Piper
My dad
Billy Piper
STUDFALL Juniors football team season 1959/60. Strip was green and black squares with black shorts. Socks were whatever you had. At the back is teacher and coach Mr Smithers then standing, left to right, are Robert Marshall, David Biddle, Billy Piper, ?? Rose and Melvyn Dixon. Seated, left to right are ?? McIlroy, Billy Beeby, George Flecknor, Barry Britten, Danny Wilson and Derek Allen. Where are they now? DADWEIGHT: This my father Willie Piper in the 1950s at the Uppingham and Corby Boys Club fete, which they held every year. My dad was a former Scottish 10stone weightlifting champion in the 1930s and runner- up in the British 10stone championship. We lived in Crawford Grove and he organised weightlifting sessions at the club and also helped to run the Uppingham and Corby Old Boys football team. Which leads me nicely on to FOOTIE1 and FOOTIE2. I have no idea of the name of the team in the stripes in footie1 but presume they are from the club as the picture is taken in the grounds. In footie2, my dad Willie is on the extreme left. I'm fairly sure it's the Old Boys team and there is a copy somewhere with names on the back but up to now I can't find it. During the football season, one of my dad's jobs was to inflate and lace up the leather balls. About four of them which were carried in a large net. This task took place in our shed in Crawford Grove and it was my job every Saturday morning to rub the footballs with Dubbin to keep them supple. Do you know, that memory still evokes the smell of Dubbin even today. Billy Piper