ON THIS DAY By Paul Hargreaves July 26th, 1930 Lowerhouse vs Bacup We think of this era as one where…
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1930 to 1974: Dream Team Deliberations
by Paul Hargreaves There are two ways to pick these kinds of dream teams. The fair and democratic way is…
1892-1930: Dream Team Deliberations
by Paul Hargreaves I listened to the deliberations on the 1974-present day Dream Team. I don’t envy the difficulty of…
Lowerhouse Mills
We are indebted to member and former player Roger Bromley for uncovering this historical gem. For those who are unaware,…
The Drabbles – Lowerhouse Stalwarts.
We were recently delighted to receive an email from Mr. Joe Drabble Jr., offering to send us some images of…
1930: Helm Spencer Portrait
Clive Spencer was going through some old photograph scans that his grandmothers, brothers daughter(!) had sent and unearthed this gem.…
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…
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…
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…
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…