Images Dated 11th May 1983

The year was 1953. It was the year that Henry Cooper joined the 4th battalion

The year was 1953. It was the year that Henry Cooper joined the 4th battalion, known as the boxing battalion, when Trevor Bailey and Bill Edrich helped England regain the Ashes, when Billy Wright and his England team-mates were hammered 6-3 at wembley by Hungary, when Peter Alliss was a golfing junior and when Stan Mortensen put three in the net for Blackpool in the FA cup final. That was the line-up on Tuesday may 10 when Henry and his parade of yesterday's heroes turned up for a TV programmer about 1953's sporting highlights. Old comrades.... (From left): Henry Cooper. Bill Edrich, Trevor bailey, Billy Wright, Peter Alliss and Stan Mortensen. May 1983 P016495

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