CURRENT ISSUE 91- Summer 2025

On the front cover:

A young Ellery Hanley on the 1984 Lions tour.

Features include:

Memories of Doug Laughton – one the game’s great figures.

The greatest of British Lions – the 1970 Great Britain tour team.

Trevor Lake’s arrival at Wigan from South Africa.

Swinton’s hall of fame homage to Martin Hodgson – Ashes winning legend.

Peter Fox forty years later – a revealing face to face interview with the master coach.

Halifax the unlikely Champions in 1965 – Robert Gate’s Thrum Hall memories.

Great cities of the north west – Rugby League in Liverpool and Manchester.

Huddersfield’s welcome for the Aussies in 1948 – a flying tale of adventure.

Reviving the Roses rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire in Rugby League.

Playing alongside try-scoring record breakers David Smith and John Crossley.

Widnes 150 years – a remarkable insight to the history of the Chemics.

The Oldham Hall of Fame – story of the Roughyeds’ greatest players.

Amateur foundations of the game – life in the Leeds and District League.

Dewsbury’s talent producing nursery at Shaw Cross.

Bright lights of Castleford – Bill Bryant and Roger Millward.

Hull’s title win in 1956 – Colin Hutton’s famous last minute penalty-goal.

Blackpool Borough’s scene stealer – pop art in Rugby League in the ’sixties.

Fernand Soubie of St.Gaudens - last of French Rugby League’s great leaders.

Memories of Eric Frodsham – larger than life Pilkington Recs’ legend.

Featherstone Rovers’ triumph at Swinton in Cup nail-biters of 1960.

Phil Jackson of Bradford Northern and England – a rare talent.

John Stainburn of Batley – one of the unsung heroes at Mount Pleasant.

Norman Turley – have boots will travel in a remarkable career.

Salford at The Willows – as Mike Coulman strides over to score.

Johnny Whiteley introduces his Hull team to the Princess Royal.

Phil Kitchin – a Cumbrian great who shone for both local clubs.

Bramley boys caught by the camera on arrival at The Boulevard.

Warrington’s farewell to directors Eric Worrall and Lance James.

‘A’ team corner – the Leeds Yorkshire Senior double winners of 1959.

Terry Day for York versus Doncaster at Clarence Street.

Team photos: Wigan (1975), Hull Kingston Rovers (1963), Featherstone Rovers (1960), Yorkshire 1988), Dewsbury (mid-1960s), Pilkington Recs’ 1972.

Obituaries and tributes to: Doug Laughton, Derek Whitehead, Trevor Lake, David Hill, Bob Pickles, Bob Hagan, Cenydd Williams, Harry Harrison, Tony ‘Tiger’ Finan, Mark Wood (Hunslet), and great Amateur players Alan Spencer and Billy Simmons.

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