1962

By Ernie Whittaker I don’t know how far I shall persevere with this as the old memory is not what it was and the sharper of you might notice the

From a very hot Sydney I thought I might warm you all up with some memories plucked at random from 60 years ago when I was a young whippersnapper.  So,

urnley Express and News July 25, 1962 A new home – but the old club spirit is still there Lowerhouse C.C. Celebrate their 100 years with the opening of their

Another great find from Anne Cochrane, the first team meet 1962 Pro Basil Butcher

Another great library find from Anne Cochrane. Out with the old Pavillion and in with the new.

Another cut out from The Burnley Express spotted by Anne – the Lowerhouse 1961 team that won the Express Cricket Challenge Cup

A great Burnley Express cut out found by Anne Cochrane of the new Pavillion being opened in 1962, mentioning Jack Hayes and Ken Smalley.

Thanks to Anne Cochrane, below is the Express Cup Team from 1961

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 year before, were trying to

Lowerhouse Cricket Club was formed in Queen Victoria’s Silver Jubilee Year of 1862. The provision of land for a permanent ground by the Dugdale Family (owners of the large cotton