Roe Buck Inn Ruardean; Lewis Bradley - Wigan RFC (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 19:23 (2499 days ago) @ slowhands

Regarding the above-mentioned BRADLEY family who ran the Roebuck Inn for several generations, young Lewis Bradley gained considerable fame as a rugby player at Pontypool and then especially at Wigan Lancashire. I stumbled across his interesting story a few months ago while researching another thread about the Roebuck Inn, his life story is covered in detail in this excellent magazine from 2004, the article starts at page 18.

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Resident/Leisure/Museums-and-archives/archives/Past-F...

I now belatedly see this subject was covered by the venerable Slowhands in this old forum thread from about the same time, perhaps he was involved in researching it ? As can be seen, sadly Lewis' promising career at rugby's top level was ended by WW1. This thread also covers Lewis Bradley's family tree.

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=1185

Also see
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=7&id=20669&gallery=Wigan+Rugby+...