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 even try again, but they…
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…
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 and perhaps not entirely unbiased…
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 proceeds from the Athletics Days…
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,…
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 1923 and although he pre-dates…
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 that afternoon, where they would…
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 1873. Read Part 1 and…
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 for one of its own….
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 scene for what became a…
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…
1905: Athletics Festival
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…
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 to have two athletics galas…
1878: AGM Booklet
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…
1890: Lowerhouse Athletics Festival
Todays posting is the programme from the Lowerhouse Athletics Festival held at the club in 1890 – another submission from our physical archive which we…