A fantastic period photo of a tug of war team outside the Red Lion (now the Boatmans Rest) in Walsall Wood High Street. 1970s, I reckon, from judging by the hair. Image kgenerously supplied Linda Robottom via Godfrey ‘Oakparkrunner’ Hucker.
Here’s a rather wonderful, quick photo to get the grey matter going amongst the readership – yesterday, fellow local blogger Godfrey ‘Oakparkrunner’ Hucker sent me the above excellent photo, sourced from Linda Robottom, of a Walsall Wood tug of war team.
He had this to say:
Hello Bob
This photo is of the Red Lion Walsall Wood, tug of war team.
I am not sure of the year possibly the 1960’s or 1970’s. They used to pull across the canal with the losers getting wet, and the Lion were unbeatable.
The photo was emailed to me by Linda Robottom, daughter of David and Lucy Ray, who kept the Red Lion for many years.
Kind regards
Godfrey (oakparkrunner)
There seems to be an existing history of tug of war in Walsall Wood as we discovered a couple of years ago following an oddly wonderful enquiry by reader Peter…
You know what I’m going to ask – Who? When? Matches? Who were the opponents? Any memories? They look like an ace bunch of lads.
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Thanks to Godfrey and Linda for a lovely bit of ephemera.