Portrait back from New Zealand (From Keighley News)

Portrait back from New Zealand

7:41am Thursday 28th May 2009

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This portrait of a cup-winning football team at Haworth Council School in the 1943-44 season has come back from New Zealand. Geoffrey Smales, the boy standing on the far left, has sent it via his brother-in-law, Mr Malcolm Walsh, of Westburn Avenue, Keighley.

Mr Smales names the other boys from left to right on the back row as L Thurling, R Nicholas, K Clayton, B Atkinson and D Frazer. In the middle sit T Caulfield, A Toft and A Boocock, with M Jordan and A Plant kneeling at the front.

The teachers were Mr G S Phalp and Mr Wilfred Wall. Mr Phalp has headmaster from 1937 to 1951 and also served as president of Keighley Natural History and Literary Society. Mr Wall taught at Haworth for 40 years and used to run a summer camp at Malham.

Mr Smales will be visiting his Keighley sister around the middle of June.

Should any of his old team-mates want to contact him he will be at telephone number 606951.

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