LIves in Cricket No 31 - Walter Robins

12 regularly for the school cricket first eleven for two summers and for the football first eleven for one winter. He also loved singing and was a member of both church and school choirs. In 1915 Mabel left Stafford and went to London where her brother-in-law had arranged for her to work in a Government department. She took a flat in one of the less aristocratic corners of Mayfair, where Walter and Vernon could join her during their school holidays before returning as boarders to their grammar school in Stafford. Early Years in Staffordshire Keen young lads. The King Edward VI school side of 1920 with Walter seated fourth from left.