Lowerhouse Mills
We are indebted to member and former player Roger Bromley for uncovering this historical gem. For those who are unaware, the cricket ground was originally…
The Drabbles – Lowerhouse Stalwarts.
We were recently delighted to receive an email from Mr. Joe Drabble Jr., offering to send us some images of his father’s treasured Lowerhouse cricketing…
1930: Helm Spencer Portrait
Clive Spencer was going through some old photograph scans that his grandmothers, brothers daughter(!) had sent and unearthed this gem. It is a very young looking…
10 Best Professionals – Paul Hargreaves
At Lowerhouse C.C. we are now in the no man’s land between seasons. Our Worsley and Holland Cup successes of 2018 are in the rear…
The Cotton Queen of Lowerhouse
In 1930 in a time of strikes, lock-outs, mill closures and general recession in the Cotton industry, a newspaper The Daily Dispatch, ran a competition…
Cricket, Lovely Cricket – Alan Waterworth remembers his early playing days
After the sad news of Joe Waterworth’s death quite recently, Anne contacted Julie Hay, Joe’s daughter, who provided a lovely memoir written by her uncle…
Women’s Cricket in the Past Part Three: Lancashire Women’s Federation cricket in the 1930s
In 1926 the Women’s Cricket Association was formed by a group of women cricketers, in Colwall, in Herefordshire. The WCA was run by women for…