Allan James Grafton 1959 (Manchester)

[Matt James]

I was a messenger boy in Manchester from 15 years old right from school, & took medical retirement , I am 63 years old (2007).

The only job & great job I had & I still run the Royal Mail National Darts Tournament Currently

Joinging at 15 & having to work saturdays was a real bind as I supported Manchester City, on saturday afternoons when City was at home & if PHG Bill Ellis was on duty who was also a City supporter, He used to wait till around 2pm & send me out with telegrams around the Moss side area where City's ground Maine Road was then & it said on the bottom of the chitty Don't return untill after the match , off I went on my bike did the telegrams & watched the match , Bill passed away now but what a lovely man.......

I was also selected to be the telegram boy which was based at Manchester racecourse where the office took the telegrams & I rode into the City Centre to our main office to get them dispatched,Great Days Great Workmates, simply the best


Allan James Grafton

[Matt James]

Originally posted by Ted

Roger,
I knew Alan Grafton very well from the Spring gardens days,can you add him to the my story. Not seen Alan for a few years now although he doesn't live far from me in Droylsden,I think Alan still lives in Gorton. Alan was a keen football man who played in goal following his dads footsteps of actually playing for Man City,Alan played for local sides in and around Manchester at a good standard,at the post office he played for Postal Athletic and S.E.D.O. (117 Stockport road) they played in a Wednesday league talking of which If you were on lates the bosses would allow you to have the afternoon off to go and play for the team, I played for Postal Athletic who were run from Newton Street I can recall a walk holder called George Swain being the manager unfortunately George and myself fell out one day and that was me finished, my team mates were Billy Horrocks,Joe Fisher,Alan Hargreaves and Tom Jones who was a first teamer back in 64/65.Alan was and probably still is a great organiser of events, he was a member of the M/c County F.A. and ran the Gorton League too.Like myself he is a staunch CITY fan Alan is a well known and popular figure amongst the football folk of Manchester.
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Ted knott
12 Davids road
Droylsden
Manchester
m43 6ww