Congleton Rugby Union Football Club

A Memory of Congleton.

I was born at the Congleton War Memorial Hosipital and was christened at St Stephen's Church; just above the wall which borders Hankinson's field to the right of the River Dane in this picture. My Dad played rugby for the Congleton Rugby Union Footall Club which was then based very close to the old Berisfords Mill. Our family attended every Sunday morning rugby match and when the ball was kicked into the River Dane, our black labrador Judy would retrieve it, completely undamaged. Although I now live in Johannesburg, I spent most of my childhood years in Congleton and have the happiest memories of my time there. Memories which were strongly evoked by the pictures displayed here.