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 and stop the sports days, or risk…
After a dreadful year in 1878, with club finances at rock bottom, in 1879 the committee had to consider whether to cut their losses and stop the sports days, or risk…
That was how the Burnley Gazette described the Athletics Festival held at Lowerhouse on 30th June 1877, in a long-winded and perhaps not entirely unbiased…
Keeping the Club on track, the continuing story of Athletics at Lowerhouse. For many years from the 1870s onwards, the proceeds from the Athletics Days…
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,…
In 1851, Jack Howard, professional long jumper and sprinter, jumped 24 feet, a distance not beaten by any Englishman until 1923 and although he pre-dates…
The Burnley Advertiser of 6th June 1874 urged its readers not to miss the Lowerhouse CC 2nd Annual Athletics Festival that afternoon, where they would…
Another in our series on Cricket Club Athletic Festivals, telling the story of the very first one at Lowerhouse in 1873. Read Part 1 and…
The third in our occasional series on Cricket Club Athletic Festivals, this tells the story of the village turning out for one of its own….
Read up on Part 1 here. The second in our occasional series on Cricket Club Athletics Festivals, this sets the scene for what became a…
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…
We previously posted about the 1890 Athletics Festival. We have now got our hands on the programme from the 1905 Athletics Festival. As always, you…
On the back of our post about 1878 earlier in the week (read more here), Anne wrote about the need to have two athletics galas…
Back on the digitalisation of our archive today we have the AGM booklet from 1878. You can see all our artifacts in The History Books…
Todays posting is the programme from the Lowerhouse Athletics Festival held at the club in 1890 – another submission from our physical archive which we…