Cradley Links is always pleased to receive information and photographs of past times. We have been given a number of wonderful photos by Thelma Parsons (née Hay), John Deeley, Terry Cartwright and Phil Bradley, and we are sure that many of you will recognise relatives, friends and neighbours.
They have named quite a few of the people on the photos, but many names no longer come to mind.
We look forward to hearing from you about anyone you think you know amongst the assembled football teams, school, bible and sunday school classes, and in one case a pub room full of football fans.
We will try to verify any names you tell us and include them alongside the photographs in due course. Please contact us.
The first of two photos given to us by Thelma Parsons (née Hay) from her days at the Church School and Homer Hill. This one is of the Church School Anniversary 1948.
The second of Thelma's schoolday photos is of her class at Homer Hill in about 1951. The photographer was the teacher Miss Levi, and it was taken shortly before she left for Israel.
A mystery photo which John found amongst his parents' possessions. He has no idea who any of the girls pictured are. He hopes someone reading this page may have similar photos in their family archives for which they have some additional information.
![This photograph is circa 1960 (the football gives it away) and Terry names the teacher as Ted Winkett, who he believes lived down Lyde Green and died shortly after the photo was taken [Ted died in 1964 - NB].](//static.miraheze.org/cradleylinkswiki/thumb/d/dc/Football_Teams_and_School_Classes4.jpg/120px-Football_Teams_and_School_Classes4.jpg)
This photograph is circa 1960 (the football gives it away) and Terry names the teacher as Ted Winkett, who he believes lived down Lyde Green and died shortly after the photo was taken [Ted died in 1964 - NB].
![Terry dates this one as circa 1967/68 [and I can confirm this as two of my friends are in the team - NB].](//static.miraheze.org/cradleylinkswiki/thumb/b/bf/Football_Teams_and_School_Classes5.jpg/120px-Football_Teams_and_School_Classes5.jpg)
Terry dates this one as circa 1967/68 [and I can confirm this as two of my friends are in the team - NB].
John thinks the player on the back row at the right hand end is Norman Garratt whose brother Benjamin was licensee of the Vine in Lyde Green in the 1940s and 1950s. Next to him is his father Les Deeley, who, he adds, looks a lot younger than he ever saw him, which dates the team to probably the late 1920s or early 1930s.
![John tells us that this is the FA Cup on display at the Vine Inn, Lyde Green, in 1949, the year Wolves [Wolverhampton Wanderers] won.](//static.miraheze.org/cradleylinkswiki/thumb/c/c0/Football_Teams_and_School_Classes7.jpg/120px-Football_Teams_and_School_Classes7.jpg)
John tells us that this is the FA Cup on display at the Vine Inn, Lyde Green, in 1949, the year Wolves [Wolverhampton Wanderers] won.
John thinks this photo was taken in the mid-1930s in the field behind the vicarage, which his mother told him was used as a cricket pitch by the village team, for which his dad played. He remembers the field being used for cows by Netherend Farm in the early 1950's. On the photo, John's father Les Deeley is on the back row at the left hand end and on the back row right hand end is Bill Higgs who he didn't meet until 1958 and didn't realise he ever lived in Netherend until he saw this photo. Reverend Heale is obvious from his attire but John can't identify anyone else.
John can identify quite a few of these people.
Phil Bradley names himself in this class from the mid-1970s, on the back row, second pupil from the right, wearing a green jumper.
In this class of 1980/81, Phil Bradley is in the middle of the second row down from the top.
![This photograph is circa 1960 (the football gives it away) and Terry names the teacher as Ted Winkett, who he believes lived down Lyde Green and died shortly after the photo was taken [Ted died in 1964 - NB].](/wiki/File:Football_Teams_and_School_Classes4.jpg)
![Terry dates this one as circa 1967/68 [and I can confirm this as two of my friends are in the team - NB].](/wiki/File:Football_Teams_and_School_Classes5.jpg)
![John tells us that this is the FA Cup on display at the Vine Inn, Lyde Green, in 1949, the year Wolves [Wolverhampton Wanderers] won.](/wiki/File:Football_Teams_and_School_Classes7.jpg)
