Me fatha knew this fella

Nee Onions Mate · 4th January 2011, 09:35 AM

through the masons

Used to have a season ticket in the Mainstand......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...ce-Cooper.html

Heeeed the Ball · 4th January 2011, 09:43 AM

Class story, class man

pokerjace · 4th January 2011, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Heeeed the Ball

Class story, class man

Concurred,thats quite a life he led.

tunstall birdman · 4th January 2011, 10:18 AM

A true hero that that put's the word 'Great' into Great Britain.

The Mighty Mackem · 4th January 2011, 10:25 AM

Heart warming to know that so many great people came from this country and even our locality. God rest his brave soul

chinamackem · 4th January 2011, 10:43 AM

Smashing to read that, many thanks for posting it.
On a personal note -
My grandparents next door neighbours lad was one of the soldiers massacred during operation Bulbasket.
They were from Choppington in Northumberland and were staunch Sunderland supporters (as were a lot of the families round there) having moved there, along with my grandparents from Beamish in the 1930's.
I'd paid no heed really until recently but have made a promise to myself to go and visit his resting place.
He was an only child and my recollections of his mam and dad were of a couple who showed extra ordinary kindness to the kids round and about.

RIP - Eddie Adamson in Rom, France
http://www.cwgc.org/search/certifica...sualty=2695070

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbasket