This week’s pictures from the past

Saturday 1st August 2009, 8:14AM BST.

Goalmouth action in an early 1960s game at Sankey’s stadium in Hadley. The player on the right is Jimmy Herriman. The picture was loaned by Terry Heskey, of Church Aston, who thought that it showed Jimmy scoring a goal, but on closer examination the goalkeeper seems to have his hands safely on the ball – it looks like Jimmy missed out this time.

“He originated from Gnosall and lived in Newport by me for quite a few years. We were big mates at one time,” said Terry, who at one time was the physio for the GKN Sankey team.

He does not remember who the opposition were on this day. “I think we won about 9-0 or something like that.”

Terry says the building in the background is the old Cresswell’s Brewery – he is unsure of the spelling – which later became the infamous Paradise Lost club which was the subject of a 1970s scandal.

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