[BaggyBomber]

It was a great League, Bomber. All the big WM Businesses had at least 1 team in the Works League. (Ansells, M&B, Lucas, Wilmot, IMI, Post Office, Reynolds, etc etc) and looked after their Workforce, with great facilities. I dare say most of the grounds are now Council Estates, but great memories. Some of the players were at least Midland Com standard. I seem to remember that The Tank had an Ansells Pub after he left the game, and that's why he was playing for Ansells.

That's right, talkSAFT.  I played at M&Bs and IMI.  Over this side of Town we had TI (Tube Investments) which had three great grounds, just in the Oldbury area, Chance & Hunts, which became an Albion satellite social club (Dog Kennel Lane) when Albion had two or three of those and there were others, all gone to housing, now.  As you say about the Midland Com players, I played with and against ex-players from West Midlands League teams, Dudley, Stourbridge, Lye Town etc.  Our captain at GEC/AEI, Blackeath, when I was playing there, had played for Brierley Hill Athletic for some time, a club that's now gone but which had a quite successful FA Cup for a non-league club around 1960, I seem to recall.  Ah, all my yesterdays!

I heard Kev was running a pub and playing for Ansells back when I was playing, I think.  As I said I envy you.  The only time I played at Ansells was to bowl there.  I don't think The Tank played!