does anyone remember a guy called jess who took over ripon st rec and built a large youth club football pitch and loads of rides and slides i think he came from london and gave all the local kids somewhere 2 hang out he took kids on swimming trips camping and formed a football team ripon st rec even made the star when the lord mayor came 2 open it and im on the photo playing snooker aged 10 i often wonder what happend 2 jess he married a student about 1975 and moved back down south after that the whole thing collapsd and vandels smashed everything up he realy was a top man who gave a lot of kids some with real problems somewhere 2 hang out bearing in mind attercliff was pretty run down at this time it just shows what a good job he did one final point he once told me when id been in trouble with the police that what happens isnt always your fault heb said "you r wot u r because of where u r " this stook in my mind and 32 years on i still can see him as it was yesterday anyway where ever he is god bless him

I can remember my mum talking about Jess. He also ran a playgroup for the under 5's that I used to go to! Don't know if I myself actually remember him or if it's just an image i've got through my mum talking about him, but I can see him with long hair tied back in a ponytail for some reason. I can remember a guy being in this playgroup place and being really kind when I fell off some steps I shouldn't have been on.

brought up on ripon st also knowthe wrights im one of them robert

hello alison r u our gals daughter

i also knew jess well we used to have a bevvy in travellers when pete swan was the landlord

I lived on Ripon Street next to the Rec, we were the Charlesworth's. I knew Jess really well, my mother used to run the playgroup too

did you live near jack stevenson

did you live near jack stevenson

No we didn't i don't recall the name, but then it was a long time ago