1921 tea room photo background
Earlier in the week John Davis sent us in a photo of the New Tea Room in 1921. Anne Cochrane has managed to find the…
Earlier in the week John Davis sent us in a photo of the New Tea Room in 1921. Anne Cochrane has managed to find the…
Another addition to the history books sent in by our good friend John Davis. Our tea room from 1921, note you can’t see Frank Entwistle,…
The AGM reports offer a poignant and very eloquent insight into how WW1 was affecting Lowerhouse CC and the numbers of members who went to…
Lowerhouse began its second century as a Cricket Club in the 1963 season. If the health of a club is judged by both its past…
Paul Kaye has been in touch after seeing our post of the 1932 team which included a photo of his Great Grandad – Billy Cook….
Another find by Anne Cochrane – the first team photo of 1932 with players such as St Hill and Helm Spencer as featured in many…
Below is another great find from Anne Cochrane – a review of the Lancashire League in 1900 including a review of the club below it…
Another cracking find from Anne Cochrane – the first team in 1872 (that’s 144 years ago!) – I’m sure this attire wouldn’t go a miss…
Paul Hargreaves writes fantastic articles for the club, in particular the 1991 season. As a player this was a strange season and felt, to me…
Paul Hargreaves writes fantastic articles for the club, in particular the 1991 season. As a player this was a strange season and felt, to me…
For those who are unaware, where the clubhouse is currently located has not always been it’s permanent home. With a history of over 150 years,…
Lest we forget. There are many commemorations as we live through the centenary years of the Great War. At Lowerhouse C.C. we need to remember…
Many of the important world events of 1979 centred on the always turbulent middle-east region. The Shah of Iran was ousted, and next door in…
In 1978 the Camp David Summit between Israel and Eygpt, with Jimmy Carter playing the honest broker, would lead to Nobel Peace prizes all round….
It would be difficult to describe to some of our young players, like Jonny Whitehead and Joe Martin, who are used to rather ropey summers, how…
In 1971 Idi Amin became a household name when he staged a political coup and became leader of Uganda. In this year East Pakistan became…
Politically 1962 will be remembered most for the Cuban Missile Crisis. An increasingly confident Soviet Union, who had sent cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space the…
In 1953 the international news was dominated by the armistice in Korea and the death of a giant of twentieth century politics, Joseph Stalin. At…
England in 1951 saw the end of the road for the post-war Labour government. Although the N.H.S. was created, it wasn’t an easy time to…
Those of you who were paying attention will recall that there was uproar in 1937 when Helm Spencer was twice given out against Burnley having…
Having stated that 2005 was my favourite season watching the ‘House, I have to get another entry in by calling 1991 an interesting and eventful…
As a so called Lowerhouse ‘lifer’ people sometimes ask me what my favourite season was watching the club? I feel so blessed that in these…
Lowerhouse have done a League double over Nelson this season as well as knocking them out of the 20–20 Competition at the semi-final stage. Such…