02/10/2017
Did you know that Palace House Stables has been the home of four Derby winners? It’s hard to believe but in ...
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Two years later the mighty French horse Gladiateur (Triple Crown winner) was trained in Newmarket followed by Hermit in 1867, ...
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The 1970 Flat racing season was all about one horse, Nijinsky. The incomparable Irish superstar, who had become the first ...
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(continued from part one) A winning prize of £25,000 was on offer for the field of eight many of whom had ...
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This collection of signatures features 12 of the men who delivered Exeter City FC’s first ever promotion in 1964. City ...
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This photograph, taken in the early part of the 20th Century, shows fans gathering for a match against Norwich in ...
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This caricature features a man who is perhaps less known than he should be at Exeter City. Described as the ...
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The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded dress. In the political sphere this ...
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It's natural, when looking at Warwickshire's place in tennis histories, to focus on the achievements of the Renshaw brothers. Their dominance of early tennis is well-logged, including on this site. However Maud Watson also merits a space in Warwickshire tennis history as her achievements include something that cannot be taken away - first ladies' champion of Wimbledon.
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Having moved from a local tribunal application form to the appeal form, we get a very different insight into the specifics of the case.
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The National Archives published this piece as part of their series of First World War Military Service Tribunal posts, and it looks at a cricketing-themed case.
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Manchester United had been invited by Glentoran FC to play a match at the Oval to promote the Ulster '71 Festival.
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Dorking’s street football probably had its origins in the Catholic Lenten festivals that took place all over England before the Reformation. On the morning of Shrove Tuesday shopkeepers barricaded their premises and children were given the day off school.
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Cricket was born in Surrey, Sussex and Kent. The first recorded local game was at Mickleham Downs in 1730. By the 1760s it was well established on the Cotmandene.
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The first president of the new club was Lord Willoughby de Broke, who also played in a number of the early fixtures.
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Horace Peter Bailey was born in Derby on 3rd July 1881 to Peter Bailey, an iron and brass moulder / iron foundry foreman, and his wife Sarah.
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In the 1870s Warwick Races was rocked by a betting storm, where threats of prosecution abounded.
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Tom Wills, educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire, was an Australian sporting genius.
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Think of the grass court tennis season in England, and it is natural to think of Wimbledon, strawberries and cream, and a very ‘English’ tradition. Leamington’s role in that tradition, however, cannot be underestimated.
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14 January 2016, marked 140 years since Essex County Cricket Club was established at a public meeting at the Shire Hall in Chelmsford.
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In the later years of the First World War and in the years following, women’s teams became more and more common.
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One hundred and ten years ago, two doctors confronted one another in South London.
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Conan Doyle, a slow-to-medium paced bowler for the MCC, had had a quiet game: taking no wickets in the first innings, and scoring only 4. Now, on the final day, he found himself wheeled in to bowl again...
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This document is part of 45 manorial rolls held within Warwickshire County Record Office, covering the period 1334-1601.
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