1972: Duncan Carter re-signs
A great submission from Anne Cochrane (initially from Elaine Hayes) of Duncan Carter re-signing in 1972.
1971: Burnley FC Six-a-Side At Lowerhouse
From the BCTHIC archive. Dobson switches sports to lead out his team at West End. From left: Bradshaw, Collins, Waldron, Dobson, Mellor and James. It…
1998: Good Signs for West Enders – Matthew Mott
A great find from Anne Cochrane is the sportsman’s dinner from 1998 featuring Lowerhouse professional and current England Head Coach, Matthew Mott.
2001: House beat Burnley / Jimmy Anderson
Phil Haggerty knew he was in a squad photo from 2001. A mission was given to Anne Cochrane and boy did she deliver. Lowerhouse played…
1984: Kirti Re-signs
A photo sent in by Anne Cochrane of the 10th July 1984 when Kirti Azad put pen to paper to re-sign for another season
1939: Purity Corner
Another great find from Anne Cochrane. The corner of the ground where the terraces used to be situated has had many a name over the…
Tom Shutt in Perth
By Anne Cochrane Read yesterdays post on Tom Shutt here if you haven’t already Whenever we are contacted with enquiries about past players, often early…
1982: Who are DCC?
Anne Cochrane has just added the following images to BCTHIC archive, and Rosegrove played a team called DCC in 1982 – most of the Rosegrove…
1982: Matthew Brown Cup
The Second Eleven won the Matthew Brown Cup in 1982 photo of Peter Mawdsley with Jack Heyes, receiving the trophy. Sent in by Anne Cochrane
1982: Barbeque
Some great photos sent in by Anne Cochrane whilst researching for this post on the BCTHIC website Lowerhouse CC players, Brian Higgin, Dave Keeley and…
I had a wizard time – Joan Wilkie Wilkinson the mill girl who played cricket for England
Eileen Ash (nee Whelan) who died recently aged 110, was a member of the England Women’s Cricket team which toured Australia and New Zealand in…
1962: Brian Higgins’ Debut
By Anne Cochrane This image, newly added to the Burnley Civic Trust Heritage Image website, www.bcthic.org, from the Burnley Express of 30th June, 1962, shows…
Lowerhouse History: Did you know? Part 1
We have a new series of 8 posts, with some amazing contributions from Anne Cochrane – they’ll be coming daily. Did you know? Red House…
1900: From Padiham to Paris (via Lowerhouse)
Steve Bunce, on Radio Five Live’s Olympic Breakfast last week, did a piece on the 1900 Paris Olympics, laughing at some of the bizarre events,…
1923: John Cuffe
The universally applauded appearance of Stan Heaton on Sky Sports recently prompted an interesting enquiry from Pat Rodgers a teacher from New South Wales. Pat…
1908: Abram Disaster – Social History
As Stan mentioned in his recent notes, the club has helped to raise a considerable amount of money for the NHS. The link between our…
1941: Home Guard vs Lowerhouse
In April 1980, the Express ran some retro articles about pre-war amateur sport, particularly cricket and football, and about Burnley during the war years, which…
1910: Lowerhouse from Liverpool Road
The below has been sent in by Anne Cochrane / Clive Spencer. It is dated around 1910, the pavilion which would have dated it is…
1945: AGM report and balance sheet
One for the archives, the AGM report and balance sheet from 1945. Submitted by Anne Cochrane.
75 years ago – How Lowerhouse and Burnley helped celebrate the end of WW2
This great piece was put together by Anne Cochrane – it is the 300th submission into the History Books and I think one of our…
2005: Squad Photo
Todays photo sent in by Anne Cochrane is the squad from the first ever league win in 2005.
2004: Squad Photo
In our quest to get every squad photo available ever, the 2004 Worsley Cup winning side has been sent in by Anne Cochrane.
Athletic Days at Lowerhouse – an Overview
This is the first in an occasional series by Anne Cochrane telling the story of the Victorian phenomenon of Athletics Festivals which were crucial in…
Housecast History 2005 League Win – Radio Lancashire Interviews (ft. Phil Bird)
Bonus Episode. Phil Birds Radio Lancashire interview after the 2005 League Title win at Rawtenstall. Featuring Joe Beneduce, Matt Hope and the late David Wren….
1940 – 1944: Amateurs Only…
By Anne Cochrane On 27th October, 1939, the Lancashire League Secretary wrote to all the clubs: Incidentally, the war isn’t mentioned a great deal in…