dunsbyowl Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Great studio picture here of the young Ellis with Dixie Dean in Tranmere days. http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/exhibitions/the%2520dixie%2520dean%2520story Fantastic Photo Neepsend. One other story I have come across was that, in his Tranmere days, Ellis used to also be a cinema organist in Birkenhead ! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neepsend Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 (edited) Had quite a long chat last night with Warwick Rimmer who started and remains heavily involved in Tranmere's academy. He is Ellis's nephew and my fifth cousin twice removed in the Family Tree. He was born 3 years after Ellis retired from football so has no recollection of him playing but recalls what a hero and inspiration Ellis was to him and his mates and he came to watch and encourage them in Birkenhead where Ellis had by then returned from his second Sheffield Pub. Jobless Ellis set up a bookies with his brother Syd (Warwick's Dad). Then Ellis took the Crown Pub at West Derby. Ellis moved onto a pub in Freshfield near Formby where he eventually had an unexpected heart attack. He had another one the next day which killed him. He was 58. Warwick played 500 ish games for Bolton who he captained when he went to Crewe as player coach in 1973. He played about 120 times for them being nearly 40 when he hung his boots up. He managed Sierra Leone He played in England U21's with my Dad's Second Cousin Dave Gaskell (ManU's youngest first teamer) and told me a lot about how football had changed massively not least in the care of injured players. Apparently it was Ellis's back that finished him at Wednesday and confined him to 4 games at Ipswich later. Edited September 2, 2013 by Neepsend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow_Blu Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Good stuff !! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Thanks a lot Neepsend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neepsend Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Had quite a long chat last night with Warwick Rimmer who started and remains heavily involved in Tranmere's academy. He is Ellis's nephew and my fifth cousin twice removed in the Family Tree. He was born 3 years after Ellis retired from football so has no recollection of him playing but recalls what a hero and inspiration Ellis was to him and his mates and he came to watch and encourage them in Birkenhead where Ellis had by then returned from his second Sheffield Pub. Jobless Ellis set up a bookies with his brother Syd (Warwick's Dad). Then Ellis took the Crown Pub at West Derby. Ellis moved onto a pub in Freshfield near Formby where he eventually had an unexpected heart attack. He had another one the next day which killed him. He was 58. Warwick played 500 ish games for Bolton who he captained when he went to Crewe as player coach in 1973. He played about 120 times for them being nearly 40 when he hung his boots up. He managed Sierra Leone He played in England U21's with my Dad's Second Cousin Dave Gaskell (ManU's youngest first teamer) and told me a lot about how football had changed massively not least in the care of injured players. Apparently it was Ellis's back that finished him at Wednesday and confined him to 4 games at Ipswich later. Warwick Rimmer, Ellis's Footballer Nephew, signed up as a Guest to my Ancestry Family Tree earlier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarquin Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Thanks Dunsby for the link for the landlords of the Hallamshire house. The Wilson Barratt at the bottom married my aunt Elsie Teal . They went on to keep several pubs, finally ending up at The Wheatsheaf in Baslow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumboldowl Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Why does the Pathe newsreel state "Bramall Lane Sheffield" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn59 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 shows how football has changed...for the worse. from normal men in touch with the guy on the terraces to complete tw@ts like Madine whose only contact with the working man is a right hook! Why does the Pathe newsreel state "Bramall Lane Sheffield" ? only way the Piggies ever made the news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Who's that bottom left in the England Internationals photo, looks a bit of a knuckler to me. Collectively they are Strange, Leach and Marsden, Jack Brown, Ernest Blenkinsop and Ellis Rimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Great studio picture here of the young Ellis with Dixie Dean in Tranmere days. http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/exhibitions/the%2520dixie%2520dean%2520story Come on share Dixies real first name ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Why does the Pathe newsreel state "Bramall Lane Sheffield" ? Cos they mixed us up with the other lot. Not the first time. Fascinating clip though. First time I've seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Come on share Dixies real first name ? William Ralph "Dixie" Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeton Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 This is a preview of the squad pre 1935 Cup Final. Ellis is 20 seconds into it. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/screen-interview-with-sheffield-wednesday/query/wildcard I have done some research into Mark Hooper's family as well. He had a son and a couple of grandsons. The Hoopers originated from Tiverton in Devon then worked in the iron industry at Kingwinsford in Staffs before moving to Darlington to work as Iron Puddlers. Mark was born there. Class. Surely the right back Niblow (spelling) looks a bit like Megson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldensmoke Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 That is tremendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldensmoke Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 The London Transport poster for the 1935 cup final. http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/posters/gallery/product/unframed/poster/cup-final-herry-perry-1935.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldensmoke Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 The London Transport poster for the 1935 cup final. http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/posters/gallery/product/unframed/poster/cup-final-herry-perry-1935.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldensmoke Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Sorry about empty boxes above (damned I phone!) Just wanted to say thanks for referring us to that London Transport poster...just bought it. To all the contributors to this great thread, thanks for the images and info. Ellis Rimmer. I can only imagine how emotional Sheffield people must have been about this man, these players. As someone who still has a heavy heart about 1993, I can only look at this man and think what a hero. I still dream about us winning the FA Cup....I can't imagine it will ever come true now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neepsend Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Come on share Dixies real first name ? William Ralph "Dixie" Dean Yes he liked to be known as "Bill" My Mum's Uncle by marriage played with him at Everton between 1930 and 1932 before playing 183 League games at Preston then a top five side. Years ago I was shown 2 team photos with them both on. As left back he'd have had the thankless task of policing Mark Hooper but he'd have played Ellis without realising he was a distant blood relative of his Wife. Edited September 18, 2013 by Neepsend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickersleyowl Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 He'd do a job now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopePiusX Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 'Cup Final Disguise' by Monk is simultaneously brilliant and terrible. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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