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Old 11-01-2010, 20:55   #8
keith
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Re: Whittaker Brothers, Pioneer Works

my older brother jim worked at pioneer foundry before doing his national service in the late forties he use to take me several nights aweek to there sports club and table tennis was the main sport I remember a chap called dennis ramsbottom had a big say in running the club they also had a very good football team one of the players at that time was benny heys who went on to play for accrington stanley but just as he was breaking into the first team suffered a very bad knee injury and had to stop playing
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