I used to see him every morning when I was cycling to JL VI Form Col along Ashby Road. I think he was in digs somewhere off Rochdale Road and he would jog to the OSG where he would then run up and down the steps of the cantilever stand until the rest of the team turned up.
He trained harder and longer than anyone else so to say he never did a day’s hard graft is doing him a disservice.
An 8 hour shift at the coal face? 8 / 12 hour shifts at the steelworks?
8 / 10 hour shifts on construction sites.
Hard running up and down a small stand for 10 minutes at 18… innit?
