1956 - Gren's first tour

[Sean]

Here's a picture of Gren's first tour.

Easter 1956 Bounemouth Festival. Manchester Hotel.

Dennis Cooke Bill Hays Gren Perry Bob King.


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I've also put it in the gallery under tour photos.

If anyone else has similar photos then please just email them to me and I'll do the rest.

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[Gren Perry]

The Eds took me on my first Easter Tour in 1956 courtesy of the free school place as they used to do in those days.

After touring consistently since 1948 the Tour scheduled for 1957 fell through. Mindful of the good time I had in the previous year (which bonded me firmly to the club) I could not believe that such a thing could happen so to soften the blow I went with the Sils to Polzeath, along with Tony Betney (his first Tour), Bill Hays, Dennis Cooke, Brian Collins, Mick Williams, Peter Galliford, Tut Moore, Don Smith and John Dillam. Needless to say we had a great time.

At this point I decided that Easter Tours were an essential feature of Eds Rugby and organised the next twenty three. During that time as you can imagine stories and some of the characters involved in them became Legends. The fact that, like many others, I enjoyed them so much and made so many good friends is why I believe that past tourists and other contributors to this Forum would benefit from sharing those experiences.

This is just one of the many reasons why I am promoting ''Players Reunited'' and also in due course ''Clubs Reunited''

[woody]

I remember a nameless Member who took a fancy to a Taxi on the 1972? tour to Bournmouth. WHO will spill the beans???
Woody