Burroughs' Wellcome & Co employees were competing in a variety of activities: sprints over a 100 yards, distance running over one mile, a high jump competition and the exertions of the tug of war.
Find out more “One of my earliest goals was to join the Army and win an Olympic gold medal; I am really pleased ...
Find out more “I am pleased to be a Sporting Heritage Ambassador! History of sport evolves champions of the future, I am looking ...
Find out more That’s me. c.1980, Southern Boys’ Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields, spiritual home of the sport. Perhaps even then I was ...
Find out more In a previous post I wrote upon the 200th anniversary of the founding of our Village Cricket club; however cricket ...
Find out more “History is a great thing. It gives us understanding of what has gone on before us and allows us to ...
Find out more In this podcast Russell Todd, Sporting Heritage CIC’s podcaster-in-residence, chats to his next door neighbour in Cardiff, Colin Morgan, about ...
Find out more Why don’t running clubs share and publicise their history? Clubs may feel that no-one outside the club would be interested. Committees are focused on the here and now of running their club and there is not a lot of time to think about the past.
Find out more One of the first amazing collections we received information about through this project’s scoping activity was from Birchfield Harriers – ...
Find out more As part of our project's scoping survey, we caught up with the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC). Celebrating their centenary in 2021, the CSSC were very happy to take a look back through their archives for us, including those highlighting the early sporting success of women and disabled employees.
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