October 13, 2015
A big thank you goes out to Peter Locke , a member of the South Shields Chess Club in the 1950s . We believe it was taken in either 1955 or 1956 . Lance Oliver is receiving the trophy for the club championship Friends Bowl ,on the right is Jack Bishop who was a teacher at the Boys Grammar school . Peter is the tall thin young man wearing glasses
This brought back memories for Simon McGuiness , our current Chairman who occasionally used to take a chess set to The Vigilant and play him , he remembers Mr Bishop was a keen Pipe Smoker .
Another player on the photograph is Keith Lundy , who went on to win the trophy in 1961 .
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