Johnny Whiteley

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originallambrettaman said:
Roger’s a very nice fella, always has time for people and happily signed my Who parka

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As a 16 year old was in pub, part of the hotel they were staying in, before they played at Brid. They were very approachable, Townshend very different to some reports you read about him.
Daltrey was the only one not off his face, the other three all perked up considerably after popping out for a few minutes. Read years later that Daltrey said laid off the drugs the others took and heavy boozing as they had a bad effect on his vocal chords. Moon must have overdone it as he keeled over at the end of the performance with a very heavy nose bleed.
 
The Who formed in the mid-sixties and claim to have been a band pretty much ever since.


In that time they've not recorded one decent song.



Not one.


Not a single single.



That's fooking impressive to be honest.



Even Black Lace managed Agadoo.
 
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Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR said:
I first saw J.Whiteley play when as a teenager in Millom I was taken by my cousin in 1959 to watch Gt Britain play Australia in an Ashes Test decider in Wigan. My cousin played RL for a few years and loved International matches.
In the match Gt Britain won and as it turned out was the last time Gt Britain/England won the Ashes series at home.

Like you my husband supported both Hull FC and Hull City and his favourite players back in the late 40's and 50's were Raich Carter and J. Whiteley.

In 1970,a couple of years after I arrived in Sydney, I went with my husband to the SCG to watch Gt Britain beat Australia in the deciding Ashes match being coached by.....J.Whiteley. Also this was the last time that Australia was beaten in an Ashes series even though they were played regularly until the early 90's.

ps. Sorry if I rambled on a bit!
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. I am sure your husband remembers Johnny Whiteley was captain when another player on the team was Brian Darlington who replaced Strickland (Sgt. Major) as PE instructor at Riley High School.
 
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Yardley Tiger said:
. I am sure your husband remembers Johnny Whiteley was captain when another player on the team was Brian Darlington who replaced Strickland (Sgt. Major) as PE instructor at Riley High School.
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Yes he remembers Brian who played on the wing and was an even time sprinter. Was at Hull from 1955 to 1959 in the period when they made 3 consecutive league championship finals and won 2 of them. Supplemented his training with vigorous ballet dance workout routines to improve his leg strength.
Strickland was a legend at RHS being super fit for his age.
 
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