The Anfield Bicycle Club, formed March 1879, is one of the oldest continuously active cycling clubs in the world. In 2013 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the ABC a Grant to conserve and share the collection, and to deposit the original records with Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.
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The archive holds a selection of material relating to the Angus Cycling Club including minutes and other papers c1980-1989 (MS1061) and the Arbroath Ladies Bridge Club: minutes, cash books and corresp 1963-2013 (MS1076).
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The Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre holds a number of important sporting archives as well as a great deal of material in the pamphlet and photographic collections.
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The collection houses exhibits relating to Coventry's proud motor sports history, including Jaguar's Formula One car, rally cars from Rootes-Chrysler, and two Lea Francis Hypers one of which won its class at Le Mans 24 hour race in 1929 driven by Kenneth Peacock and co-driver Sammy Newsome.
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After years of covering national and global sporting events, it is unsurprising that the Guardian News and Media (GNM) Archive holds a number of sporting records. Descriptions of all our records are available through our online catalogue.
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Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) have items relating to gymnastics, lawn tennis, horse racing, golf, hunting/fishing/shooting, boating, cycling, chess, archery and rowing.
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Produced by Merton Library and Heritage Service, the Merton Memories website offers unprecedented access to a unique collection of photographs charting the history of Merton over the past 150 years.
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The primary aim of the National Cycle Archive is the preservation of documents relating to cycles and cycling. It consists of many separate collections of books, journals and archives deposited or donated by cycling bodies and individuals, and provides a wealth of information about the development of cycling, for sport and leisure, from the 19th century onwards.
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The UK's main cycle museum with over 250 cycles of ALL ages on display
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Archaeological to contemporary artefacts are included in the collections, and cover all sporting disciplines. There is a particular emphasis on traditional Scottish sports and games (hand ball games, stone and hammer throwing) and sports most commonly associated with Scotland (curling, football and rugby, golf, Highland games, motor-car/cycle racing, mountaineering and shinty).
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Sheffield Archives & Local Studies holds the records for both Sheffield United Football Club and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. In addition, Sheffield City Archives holds original archive records relating to a variety of local, amateur sporting organisations.
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The Sporting Memories Network features online memories collected by a charity which uses memories of sport as a form of reminiscence activity for people suffering from dementia, depression and loneliness.
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We hold the records of the clubs and societies affiliated to the Regent Street Polytechnic. The most famous of these were the Polytechnic Harriers, Polytechnic Boxing Club, Polytechnic Fencing Club and the Polytechnic Cycling Club.
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We hold many records in our collections relating to sports in the county including athletics, bowls, boxing, cricket, cycling, golf, motor sport, rowing and lawn tennis.
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Wolverhampton City Archives exists to collect, preserve and make accessible historical records relating to the City of Wolverhampton, and to secure significant modern records for future generations. It holds a variety of sporting collections and archives.
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