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  • Dabs and Black Marias!

    SOME fascinating family history has been unpicked from my brief earlier mention about the old Unos Dabs rugby team (pictured above) who lauded it over the amateur handling code ranks in pre-war times. In their brief existence, the back-street heroes from

  • Jamie's big curtain call

    WHILE standing only a hand or two over leprechaun height, Jamie (pictured below), the Irish singer, has a voice to outmatch that of even the Mighty Quinn. He earned his little leprechaun tag many years ago. "I was then very new to the game and appeared

  • Ron hits top note

    MEMORIES came rolling back for veteran trumpeter Ron Jackson when he spotted my recent piece about old-time dance bandleader Eric Norbury. In fact, it shot him back to his own teenage years. Ron, now turned 80 but still performing with style and gusto

  • Dad - the inventor

    WAS the creator of the first domestic burglar alarm a modest, richly talented St Helens man who hit on the idea back in 1938? That's the pre-war question raised from a piece of newspaper clipping found among the memorabilia of Jack Ellaby. His 'home air-raid