Photographs of the men's football club from the Elephant and Castle that played against Dean Farm Eggs at Brize Norton Team names: Steve Pearce, Lionel Cook, Ben Tanner, Tom Papworth, Adrian Dunsby, Tom Tanner, Ollie (Jasper)Walsh, Brian Kew, Michael Wheeler, Frank Godwin, Brian Radband (Brusher), Robert Radband Jasper Walsh – “What a team , plenty of skills and hangovers on a Sunday morning. I think we played 4:4:2 or was is 5:3:2?? We had to have de-brief back at the elephant pub; great fun.”
Taken about 1958 opposite the Elephant & Castle and by Castle View farm. Gladys was one of the daughters of Mary Elizabeth and Albert Townsend. Syd White and Bobby Wells in the centre front. Sisters Lynne and Teresa Rouse on the left edge.
The attendant at the back on the rigt is Sally Ellis. It's possible that the attedant on the left is Faye Fairclough (Smith).The picture is taken in front of The Elephant and Castle pub in Bridge Street. The building dates from the 17th century with alterations in the 19th century and in the 1960's. It seems to have been a public house for most of its life but it closed at some point in or after 2000 and is now a private house. It had a thatched roof until 1958 when a firework, let off some weeks before the 5th November, struck the roof and started a fire.
