Featherstone Make a Difference Forum

in 2003 i bought no 6 Station lane. in the attick was a deep pile of items going back to 1920. after sifting through the junk i came across a number of rugby items. my favourate is a scrap book that looks to be from 1956 yo 1959. what you see is a scan of the pages from start to finnish.

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Realy enjoyed seeing those pics gareth, they brought some memories back, ta mate ;D ;D

well putting this on here has given me a right old history lesson this week. it started with and old friend called Jack who played for the rovers pre-war coming in and looking at the book. it brought back loads of memories for him. we are going to try and get some of his vintage film and photos on shortly going back to the 30s.
by chance a lady came in the shop and got chatting about the building. this led to finding out she is the grand daughter of the scrap books author a man called Bob Ellis this led to him coming down and looking at the 2 boxs of stuff i had saved. this guy could remember every game and the disapointment at some results. he left very happy and said he would provide some other bits to place here. should be great.

My dad has got an old 8MM (silent) film that he took himself of Featherstone Rovers coming down Station Lane on an open top bus with the Challenge Cup when they won it in 1983! We also have the Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final games on DVD! OH HAPPY DAYS   :)

found this on u-tube

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again another gem donated from the scrap book auther

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1967 photo 1 coming down Station Lane with the challenge cup for the first time

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1967 photo 3 These three photos are from the scrapbook originator

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fantastic pictures bob. i would love to know who the lady is? i would also love to know who was driving the wagon? i have never see the rovers on anything other than a open top bus. its the first time i have seen the wagon pictures ;D

Some really great pics there Bob!

It's about time Featherstone got some more days like these . . .  ;D

I was informed last night by someone that the lady in question is called Mrs Mogg! That's all I can tell you!

The man in the passenger seat of the wagon is Jack Clarke. He lived at 14 Wakefield Road Featherstone which was his home and the front office of Littlewoods Soft Drinks until Horace Littlewood built a new house in the factory yard, behind Priory Road Fisheries, for Mr Clarke and his family. Mr Clarke was a "Jack of all trades" at the factory, by name and by nature. He was a long time supporter of the Rovers.

I have a number of names for a driver and will ask old employees if they remember who he was, unless someone else comes up with a name in the meantime.

thanks for that citizen. a great adition to the history. thanks Mr T a name is a starting point.
my latest this week is a shot of the old terrace being taken down. also a shot of the challenge cup. i have been told that the cup as you see it is how you see it now. previously its hieght had been added to but then removed.


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Another of the cup parade by the scrapbook originator

Another of the cup parade by the scrapbook originator

The 2 pictures are of an era when the Rovers were known as the "FEATHERSTONE PIGS or FEATHERSTONE STEAM PIGS". Aparently thier all red tops and white shorts with warmed up bodies made them look like the name. The first picture is 1926, the second 1927. I have 1 name for both teams. can we name the rest and fill in the blanks?

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I know nothing about this picture

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i dint know about the "steam pigs" and havnt a clue who the rest are. the vicar should be easier to find. ;D

I’ve been loaned some vintage Rovers 35mm slides not seen before. Has anyone got a 35mm slide to USB converter they could lend me for a couple of days, please? I will get some snaps posted ASAP. ;D

Thanks to a good friend the slides have now been converted..... enjoy Featherstone Rovers 1967

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I stand corrected as 2 of the 3 last pictures are the correct date. If you know the years please post.
3 more to enjoy,

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Those ladies to me show what to be a Featherstonian is or was. In their day i bet they must have been very chuffed to have the cup outside their front door.

The lady on the left, looks like my gran, she was a keen rovers fan.

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For anyone who did not know a large part of Featherstone/ Rovers history Passed away earlier this year, Billy Williams.
Thankyou to his son for showing this,

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He wasn't only a  part of rovers history,he was a very good local historian,an occomplished ornithologist, and all round natural historian. R.I.P Mr williams.

Many thanks again for a quick chance to take a picture of another piece of Featherstone.
The picture speaks for its self. Inside the cover is an additional detail of “Josh Edwards age 5 years”. Not sure who this is or if relevant?
Love the wooden stand in the back ground. Not seen it in a picture so close before. Bet you could smell the wood.
What a totally different atmosphere than today. Also love all the shirts and ties. No track suits… Probably not invented?
Have you noticed the grass. No levingtons in them days.

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it wass billy's son jimmy who died. Bill: Rovers first ever physio died a long time ago.
He was a good friend of my father's from boyhood.
Jimmy was in the Royal Army medical Corps during the war
My father was in the royal navy. in 1941 his ship was sunk off the coast of North Africa. The survivors(the entire crew), were taken to Alexandria Egypt by the Australian destroyer HMAS  Vendetta. Whilst there waiting to be repatriated he was taken ill and ws hospitalised. Who should be looking after him but his friend Jimmy.

CORRECT SB :-[, and thats a smashing little story ;D

Another snipit of Rovers History from Billy,

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the ladies holding 'the cup' are in fact holding the yorkshire cup. This means that the picture was taken in 1959, as was the team picture with the bullock shed in the background
one was taken around 1965, as my cousin is on the photo and that's when he played for them

this is probably the 1919/20 side.

this is not featherstone rovers, but featherstone rugby union team who were known as the steam pigs.

a steam pig was a steam resevoir used in industrial boilers, which actually looked like a pig. There is one in Bradford's industrial museum. Bradford Northern now Bradford Bulls rugby league club were known as the steam pigs.

the two men with the challenge cup are abe bullock and bob jackson, Abe owned the B and S bus company, which later was bought out by the West Riding bus company, Bob owned the el3edtrical shop, which is now the video game shop in the lane.

Does anyone know anything about a song made in Featherstone about the “Flat Cappers”? Apparently some fans got together and wrote a song that was recorded.

I'd love to use some photos from this thread on my blog.....

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For none profit you are more than welcome to use the images for your blog that I must comment looks really good. Great work. If a profit could be made the volunteers building the Rovers new ground, deserve it. The pictures are available digital.
If you can use some pictures to promote the Rovers and if it is possible please mention where you got them and the other people who have built up our little bit of Rovers history.
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Thank you. ;)

been trying to think up a good new theme song for supporters to sing but can only remenber a song sung many years a go during the riegn of freddy miller it went , you know what the lads did the lads did to wigan thell do it again we know that the task was a bigen ???

the driver is Keith Pritchard, I was asked to drive it but had other commitments