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D6546 - Papers and photographs relating to Brassington, and to mining in West Derbyshire - 1865-2004

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6546/3
Title	Papers and photographs relating to sporting clubs in Brassington
Date	1913-1991
Description	The cricket team, playing on barely-suitable pitches at Wash Hills, Harborough and Longcliffe, had existed at least as early as 1862. The village had good players during the inter-war years, and Ted Brittain is remembered as an all- rounder at cricket , a fine footballer , and gave a start of twenty points to the next-best player in the billiard handicaps. The cricket club was more than a team of cricketers. They organised the Carnival in 1935 and made a profit of £30-9-6d, seventy- five percent of which was given to the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. This carnival included a dance at which the music was played by the Night Hawks band at a fee of £2-15-0d and which raised £20-3-6d, plus £5-4-5d from the sale of refreshments -most of the village must have been there. The footballers played on fields at Bradbourne Lane, Kilcroft. They won the Ashbourne Cottage Hospital Medals by beating Ashbourne Town reserves in 1900, and their history lists a string of local honours up to 1953. The team won the Cavendish Cup in 1952, though it has to be said that the village players had some help from local stars brought into the side, and in 1953 they won the Derbyshire Medal. [www.brasington.org]
Level	SubFonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Unidentified
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Term	Music

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