Despite early rain on Saturday 24th June, the 1882 Lowerhouse Athletics Festival started just 30 minutes late at 3 pm,…
Athletics
1881: Quite an ancient fixture at a capital little cricket ground.
This is another in the occasional series by Anne Cochrane telling the story of the Victorian phenomenon of Athletics Festivals…
1880: Make or break time at Lowerhouse and a tale of triumph and skulduggery in Sheffield.
Two terrible years had left the club’s finances in a perilous state and the committee had to consider whether to…
1879: Lowerhouse CC Athletics Festival – the Show must go on?
After a dreadful year in 1878, with club finances at rock bottom, in 1879 the committee had to consider whether to cut their losses…
1877: Athletics: More successful than the greatest enthusiast might expect
That was how the Burnley Gazette described the Athletics Festival held at Lowerhouse on 30th June 1877, in a long-winded…
1876: Lowerhouse double their Money
Keeping the Club on track, the continuing story of Athletics at Lowerhouse. For many years from the 1870s onwards, the…
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…
Jumping Jack Howard – National Sporting Heritage Day
In 1851, Jack Howard, professional long jumper and sprinter, jumped 24 feet, a distance not beaten by any Englishman until…
1874: A most interesting exhibition of athletic skill and power, (and an efficient band.)
The Burnley Advertiser of 6th June 1874 urged its readers not to miss the Lowerhouse CC 2nd Annual Athletics Festival…
1873 – The Inaugural Athletics Day
Another in our series on Cricket Club Athletic Festivals, telling the story of the very first one at Lowerhouse in…
1872 – An Unexpected Warm Up
The third in our occasional series on Cricket Club Athletic Festivals, this tells the story of the village turning out…
Athletics Festivals: The run-up
Read up on Part 1 here. The second in our occasional series on Cricket Club Athletics Festivals, this sets the…
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…
1905: Athletics Festival
We previously posted about the 1890 Athletics Festival. We have now got our hands on the programme from the 1905…
1878: The Two Annual Athletics Galas
On the back of our post about 1878 earlier in the week (read more here), Anne wrote about the need…
1878: AGM Booklet
Back on the digitalisation of our archive today we have the AGM booklet from 1878. You can see all our…
1890: Lowerhouse Athletics Festival
Todays posting is the programme from the Lowerhouse Athletics Festival held at the club in 1890 – another submission from…