Articles with the tag: Sport

William Garbutt – and Italian Football

William Garbutt – and Italian Football

Jul 5, 2016 | People

“The most important man in the history of Italian Football” This is an introduction to a more detailed article which can be seen when you CLICK HERE. The Daily Mail dated Friday 15th April 2016 reviewed a new football related book entitled ‘Mister’.  Part way through...
Cricket in Leamington

Cricket in Leamington

Apr 2, 2016 | Memories, People

ONE OF OUR EARLY ARTICLES As 19th Century Leamington metamorphosed from village into prestigious spa town, and eminent medical men advised exercise in addition to taking the waters, many sports associations sprang up here. Leamington could boast a Real Tennis Club,...
Women in the Cricket Field

Women in the Cricket Field

Jun 23, 2015 | Memories, People

 A trawl through back copies of the Leamington Courier in search of archive material relating to Leamington Cricket Club turned up an intriguing announcement by Mr W A Bezant in the editions of June 1890, – the forthcoming “Engagement, for one day only, of...
Westlea Wanderers Football Club

Westlea Wanderers Football Club

Jun 17, 2015 | People

It is fifty years since Westlea Wanderers got together, – a group of lads playing football for fun on the local rec, who gradually became a force to be reckoned with.  They started their campaign for recognition in the Leamington Sunday League Youth Section and...
Tomes Printers of Leamington 

Tomes Printers of Leamington 

Jun 6, 2015 | Memories, People

    Alfred Tomes was born on 4th October 1853 at Rouse Lench, Worcestershire.  He was apprenticed in his teens to printer and stationer, Edward Adams of Stratford upon Avon, then worked as a printer in Oxford. By the age of 37 he was married and living in...