Tributes to aviation enthusiast Ernie Cromie The late Ernie Cromie
Ernie Cromie talks to aviation enthusiasts
TRIBUTES have been paid to Ernie Cromie, a key figure in Ireland s aviation history.
Mr Cromie died on Friday, aged 79. He had recently been receiving treatment at Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn.
The Ulster Aviation Society, for which Mr Cromie served as chairman for 30 years, paid tribute to him as a “a dear friend, a dedicated historian and an inspiration .
Society chairman Ray Burrows described the deceased as “one of the nicest, most generous-of-spirit men I have had the pleasure of meeting in my life .
Les tales of Gerrards Bridge, Recs and the cup that disappeared
Pilkington Recs before the Final against Blackbrook in 1964 . Hooker Les Kay is seated second from the left, with ‘Buck’ Casey is to his right. FORMER hooker Les Kay is a real mine of information about the amateur game in St Helens back in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He got in touch with Saints historian Alex Service to tell a tale or two about the oval-ball game s fine history in the town - and his part in it. “I’ve got a record that can rarely be beaten,” he says.