A very good mates Dad used to play for them and I have met many of the ex players from the 50's/60's, real sportsmen.
Had many a chat with Bob Mcneil, Mike O'Brien, John Cook, Anthony 'Tim' Wiltshire, Rupe Fresher, Billy Pierson and previously I met and spoke with Bob Braganola, Roy Yeates...
Shame about Nobby, still remember him as the Saltdean Lido manager.
I know many ex-Tigers, but Mike O'Brien no doubt can fill you in.
It was funny how so many chose to find homes in Peacehaven,
Mike O'Brien, Rupe Fresher, Nipper Millard, John Cook, Tim Wiltshire, Jack Mcdonald, Roy Yeates...
Ex Tiger Canadian Bob Mcneil still visits Brighton primarily to meet a mate of mines Dad.
Met him a couple of times and he spoke so passionately about his time here, but also still skates and is an inspiration when you talk to him.
He must be in his late 70's but looked very much like he did...
Rupe Fresher was a South London boy, who settled in Peacehaven, I know his children who have emigrated to Oz.
Rupe too emigrated, and is 79/80 years old now and spends time between Oz and Canada and the odd stop over in Peacehaven !!
Strange as it may seem many of the Brighton Tigers of the 50' & 60's seemed to end up living in Peacehaven, I am assured that at that time they were bigger than the Albion.
Mike O'Brien, John Cook, Roy Yeates, Tim Wiltshire, Jack Mcdonald, Rupe Fresher, Nobby Richardson, Nipper Millard and no...