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Wigan Grammar School 1946
Photo: charnock
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Item #: 13376
Item #: 13376
WGS 1946 Athletics School Team.
Ward, Houghton,Gaskell, Layland.
Grimshaw, Mason,Sharrock, Gormally,Ellison.
Ward, Houghton,Gaskell, Layland.
Grimshaw, Mason,Sharrock, Gormally,Ellison.
I suspect this was the cross-country team rather than the athletics team! My father, George Harold Ellison, known as Harold, kept himself fit after leaving school. As a grammar school classics teacher, he led school groups over the Welsh 3000’ peaks and used to run as training for that. Later in life, he ran his only marathon at the age of 54 in 3 hours 14 minutes, and was ranked in the top 10 UK over 60s, as a half marathon runner. He died at the age of 87 in 2015.
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