it isa it is a centenary year for dick kerr ladies.d thousands of pounds for charity to aid injured servicemen. in three yea rs, aid injured servicemen. in three years, they were the unofficial england team and now, 100 years on, preston is finally honouring them. chairing i proud, —— cheering i feel so cheering ifeel so proud. cheering i feel so proud. having it on the factory floor, paces from where they lived, where my grandfather and grandmother grew up, lived, where my grandfather and grandmothergrew up, in lived, where my grandfather and grandmother grew up, in the same house, it is nice to have that memorial. almost every factory involved had a ladies football team, but it was dick kerr ladies, with a string of famous victories, accommodating in a 1918 boxing day crowd of 33,000, watching them beat st helens ladies. there has been a campaignfor st helens ladies. there has been a campaign for their blue plaque. st helens ladies. there has been a campaign for their blue plaquem hasn't hit home. it has been manic but i am so proud