Category: History

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 is writing a book about John Alexander Cuffe, who was professional...

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 local cricket clubs and good causes is of long standing. This...

The 1980 Martini Trophy Cup Final was a remarkable occurrence in the history of both Lowerhouse CC and the Lancashire League. For a club that had been in the doldrums, reaching a cup final was some...

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 prompted readers to send in their own memories. Syd Ratcliffe, “the...

A great piece sent in for the archive by Graham Bushell – features some well known Lowerhouse names.

By Stan Heaton The Express Cup was a competition organised by the Express Group of Newspapers covering our area viz. Colne Times, Nelson Leader and Burnley Express. The competition began way back, was abandoned and then...

Another one for the archive sent in by Burnley Civic Trust – Albert Salkeld retires as chairman in December 1956.

Two more pieces for the archive today, date from 1958 with our professional Ranga Sohoni. He appeared in four Tests for India but in his only year at Lowerhouse managed just 372 runs and 29 wickets,...

Ed McCullough has sent in some clippings of the Burnley Express and Lancashire Evening Telegraph after our win and league win at Rawtenstall.

Following hard on the heels of Roger Bromley’s wonderful podcast we feature two photographs from the 1980 season showing Roger in full bowling pomp in an express Cup game. The season was a good marker of progress....

Roger Bromley has sent in the below photo he found of Lowerhouse Fold in 1880. Stan commented: “First recorded record of the Hope family eagerly awaiting the gates to open at Lowerhouse CC”

A sombre read from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in 1995. LOWERHOUSE CC continued their financial progress with a profit of £1,850 last year. But treasurer David Wren says everything in the West End garden is far...

By Stan Heaton Post script – from the 1974 archive   As mentioned, – Alan Holden was missing from the team photo. The reason being that the photo was taken on the first game of the season...

Another great find sent in by Callum Munro of Scottish Cricket Past Present and Future of a Burnley Express clipping in 1931 of the Death of Mr W. B. Uttley – he had two names…

Photo sent in by Roger Bromley The houses on the left were opposite and offset from David Wren Way where the village green is now. They were demolished in the mid sixties and had fallen into...