William Chesterman Remembers…
1904
…Part 2
Colonel Bingham speaks !
“…I am proud to belong to an organisation with so fine a past & so flourishing a present…
The Sheffield public has taken a great interest in the ‘Club’ for many years & the cup successes had been exceedingly popular…
I am glad to see the keen interest taken in the club by the…
Bigger Club…
The toast was heartily honoured & in response…
(…Cheers!)
The Wednesday !
Mr W. Chesterman
…who’s rising was the signal for marked enthusiasm, referred at length to the history of…
‘Our Club’ !
“…It had been a good 40 years or so since I first responded to a very similar toast & I feel something like…
…with so many sons of my old contemporaries around me!’
*…some may have remarked he looked a little like him too…
‘…sadly, however, I have had no connection with the Sheffield Club save as a member since professionalism came into the game*…
*… that would be around the year 1885…
