A GANG of cowboys have been rounded up after more than 60 years of being apart.

Childhood friends Rob Collins, 70, brothers Edward Page, 72, and Frank Page, 71, met together near their former homes in Trinity Road, Weymouth, to catch up on old times.

They are now hoping to find a fourth member of their gang.

The trio dressed in cowboy hats and carried toy guns, recreating their childhood, when they had played in Nothe Gardens.

The meeting came about after Rob received Edward’s book, A 1950s Childhood, as a Christmas present last year.

The book documents some of Mr Page’s fondest memories growing up in the town.

Rob said: “I couldn’t believe it was written by Edward Page, my friend from the gang in the early 1950s. In the book it tells the stories about us. It mentions my brother and my mother, too. It’s an interesting book to read.

“I got in touch with Edward and met up in Weymouth to renew our acquaintance after 61 years.”

The men all lived in Trinity Road and all three were last together in 1953, when Rob moved to Puddletown with his mother.

In the intervening years, Rob went on to become a teacher of higher maths and physics, and Frank worked as an electrician for much of his life. Edward, meanwhile, went on to become a drummer, performing with a variety of artists.

The three men have all since moved out of Dorset.

Describing the meeting, Edward said: “We had a long chat about the times and the things we remembered.

“Rob reminded me of things that we did, that if I had known I would have put in the book.”

Edward revealed the trio are keen to find the fourth member of their gang, a man by the name of Michael ‘Mackie’ Ryan.

He said: “We have done all the usual searches but none of us could come up with him.

“He could be sadly dead or living the high life on the other side of the world.”