A School Reunion at Franklins Gardens
Mick McMahon writes:
An amazing coincidence happened to
me when I went to Franklins Gardens on Saturday evening to see the
Saints play Montpellier on the 18th October 2008.
For the last three years I have been a
Saints season ticket holder and endeavour to attend every home game,
I sit in the same seat every game and next to the same man and his
family. Last night whilst waiting for the game to start we
chatted as normal and the talk got round to "Where we live now and
in the past"; He comes from Kingsthorpe and I from Kings Heath
via Jimmies End.
I asked if he knew of John Gregory
otherwise known as Snowy due to his blonde hair, his answer was yes
he did and that they had been in the same class at NTHS. To
cut to the chase, it has transpired that we are old class mates and
along with a Michael Ganley (unfortunately deceased) we formed the
"Irish Lot" and when he told me his name I nearly fell off my
crutches his name is Mick Mulcahy, his reaction to my name (Mick
McMahon) was also surprising to say the least as we hadn't seen each
other since April 1961 when I joined the army and moved away.
We have been chatting to each other before matches for some time,
and had not recognised the connection.
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