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4, 1980’s back row. Tommy Hart, Fred Johnson, Dennis Taylor, Richard Barge, Mick Coope, Keith Battison, Tommy Pinkney front row, John Boden, John Morgan, Roy Lacey, Barry Elton, John Cooper.

Published 15 March 2018 at 926 × 768 in Thoresby Colliery Bowls Club.
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