My dad and his brothers were heavily involved with Blakley Hall Cricket Club and, at the end of every cricket season, they would ask Albion players to make presentations at the end season annual awards evening.
Jeff and his wife Lararine would always, always oblige, along with the likes of John Kaye, Doug Fraser, John Osbourne et al. They were just ordinary folk like you and me.
The presentation evening was always at The Merrivale in Langley, for those that know it. I went past the old place the other day for the first time in about 3 years, it is derelict and the roof badly damaged by fire, I could have cried as also, mom and dad would take me and my brother their on Sunday evenings during the summer to the garden and my brother and I would be treated to a bottle of Vimto and a packet of plain crisps that contained a bag of blue salt. Happy Days!!
R.I.P "The King"