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Dr David Pendleton. Author, editor and historian, interested in the long 19th Century (1789-1914). Career defining moment was organising an open top vintage bus trip around a sewage works. Urbanisation | Sport & Leisure | Maritime | Seaside
On Saturday I'm telling the perhaps unlikely story of German's and cricket in 1850s Bradford and the first step towards the famous Bradford Cricket League.
Noon at the Record Cafe, North Parade, Bradford. Free entry as ever, just buy a pint or a cuppa. #CricketHistory
It's peace in our time! After intensive shuttle diplomacy, we have resolved our issues with La Liga ... so here's Rob's April talk bringing a touch of Spanish sunshine to North Parade.
09.12.2025 10:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sir Geoffrey Boycott is back! The suspended club president is set to be reinstated.
It's all change at Scarborough Cricket Club, Sunday's meeting of club members voted in a new board to take the historic club towards a new future. #Cricket #Yorkshire #Scarborough
On the eve of Sunday's crisis meeting the board of Scarborough Cricket Club resigns en masse. Another twist in a dramatic winter at North Marine Road.
Suspended club president Geoffrey Boycott poised to return. #Cricket #Scarborough #Yorkshire
A week on Saturday, the unlikely story of German cricket in 1850s Bradford.
Come along to the Record Cafe, Bradford at noon on 13 December to hear about the German roots of league cricket in one of Yorkshire's largest cities. #CricketHistory #GermanCricket #YorkshireCricket #Bradford2025
From Montevideo to Manchester, Tokyo to Turin, the appeal of football cards knows no bounds. Yet how many people are aware that this global obsession has its roots in Bradford? Baines Cards produced millions of collectors cards depicting sporting personalities and clubs. #FootballHistory
01.12.2025 13:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Today at noon, the latest sporting lunchtime lecture at the Record Cafe, Bradford. And itโs free!
29.11.2025 10:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
As the sun barely clears the horizon and the days are short, a promise of sunlit horizons.
Etch the dates on the inside of your eyelids. #CountyCricket
I've added a few more images to the piece about the men named on the Scarborough Cricket Club war memorial.
An ongoing obsession, but the men are worthy of our remembrance. #CricketHistory #WW1
The line up of speakers for the 2025/26 Sporting Lunchtime Lectures is complete. See you at the Record Cafe, Bradford at noon on Saturday for the latest instalment.
24.11.2025 10:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Will Geoffrey Boycott be reinstated as Scarborough Cricket Club president? A special general meeting of the members is finally scheduled for 7 December. #cricket #Yorkshire #Scarborough #GeoffreyBoycott
23.11.2025 13:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Join me at Brompton-by-Sawdon, for a presentation on a forgotten element of the Bombardment of Scarborough.
The dramatic story of a minefield that would claim 20 ships. It is a story that is still on going, as the divers of Scarborough Sub Aqua Club hunt for five missing ship wrecks. #NavalHistory
Sun rise over a snowy Yorkshire coast at Filey
The busy world muffled beneath a blanket of snow.
The brief pause before the council truck appears to turn the pure white snow into slush.
On Saturday 29 November the Sporting Lunch Time Lecture series continues with the remarkable story of Rugby's Forgotten Black Leader, Roy Francis.
Dr Tony Collins brings this remarkable story to life at the Record Cafe, Bradford. #Bradford #RugbyLeague @officialbullsrl.bsky.social
Two Belgian brothers, and their Armistice Day trip to record the graves of Scarborough Cricket Club members who died in the Great War. #CricketHistory #Scarborough #WW1
17.11.2025 08:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
On Armistice Day Frank and Tom Depoorter visited and photographed the graves of five of the men named on the Scarborough Cricket Club War Memorial.
I've added the images to the page dedicated to the memorial. A post about Frank and Tom's trip to the graves will be posted next week.
On a dark March night, 100 bombers attacked Scarborough. A huge parachute mine landed in North Marine Road, bringing with it death and destruction.
A hidden history, one that lies beneath the feet of thousands of cricket fans as they enter the North Marine Road ground. #WW2 #CricketHistory
On Remembrance Sunday, here are the stories of two men who should have been on Scarborough Cricket Club's War Memorial; it is hoped that an addenda plaque will be added when the existing memorial is relocated at the ground. #WW1 #CricketHistory #Scarborough
09.11.2025 10:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
At last, the sporting lunchtime lectures return for the 2025/26 season. Saturday, high noon at the Record Cafe, North Parade, Bradford.
Capital of Culture. You'll Never Sing That ... and it is free. #SportHistory #Bradford
The bun fight goes nuclear at Scarborough Cricket Club ... Geoffrey Boycott Accused of Gross Misconduct #Cricket
31.10.2025 14:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Today's news that Geoffrey Boycott has been suspended by Scarborough Cricket Club, following allegations that he supplied confidential information to a club member who is part of a bid to overthrow the committee, my post of the club's AGM gives the backdrop to the crisis that is engulfing SCC.
30.10.2025 14:47 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Ghost sign lit by the morning sun in Bradford.
29.10.2025 11:45 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A few days left to grab 20% off my book โOn the Tracks of the Flying Scotsmanโ.
Follow the link to Great Northern Books.
As we approach Remembrance Sunday, it seemed an appropriate time to rewrite my article on Scarborough Cricket Club's war memorial. I've tried to put it in its context and have expanded some of the stories of the men listed on the memorial. #CricketHistory #WW1
27.10.2025 10:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A drama beneath towering chalk cliffs, retold via a rediscovered hotel visitor book.
A Hull trawler and Foords Hotel, Filey. #MaritimeHistory
The bizarre story of a cricket clubโs balloon and its journey across the North Sea.
An inadvertent cricketing message in a bottle. #scarborough #germany #cricket
Iโve been busy updating the stories of the Scarborough Cricket Club members featured on the clubโs recently rediscovered war memorial. Some images of the men and their final resting places have been added. Quite a bit more to do and, as ever, any additional information would be gratefully received.
07.10.2025 12:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Organising the 2025 Sporting Lunchtime Lecture programme at The Record Cafe has been tougher than normal, due to the happy fact that Bradford City's home games are a bit frantic. But here we go for the new season!
05.10.2025 14:40 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sunny evening in Crown Heights. Home of good beer, good vibes and my daughter Rosie.
We toasted Bradford Cityโs continued reign at the top of the league. #peckedbythechickens #brooklynbantams
The Hudson River derby. NY Red Bulls 2 NYCFC 3.
Family links to the Red Bulls previous iteration, the NY Metrostars, meant that I was rooting for the Red Bulls. But my heart wasnโt in it. #hudsonriverderby #NewYork
