Category Archives: History

Putting our Best Foot Forward : Tom Payne shows the way

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Tony Taylor

Firstly I must apologise that the site has been dormant for well over year. I’ll spare you the excuses, but it’s not entirely down to my dull sloth. Whatever, my New Year resolution is to get things up and walking … Continue reading →

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THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS [PART TWO]

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Tony Taylor

This is the second half of the article on ‘THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS’, written for the 1967/68 Year book. The second paragraph has already appeared on the site as part of the piece on Bobby Bridge, but we have retained … Continue reading →

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Norman Walsh, Legendary Maker of Race Walking Shoes – RIP

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Tony Taylor

Tributes to the late Norman Walsh, who died last week at the age of 82, have stressed his remarkable career as an innovative maker of sports shoes. The Walsh web site notes: Starting his career at JW Foster in 1945 at … Continue reading →

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Ron Wallwork – May, a month of anniversaries

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Tony Taylor

In the latest edition of the Enfield Walker Ron Wallwork reports on the involvement of Sean Pender and Dan Maskell in our club’s Macclesfield Trophy race on April 26. He goes on to add, At this venue on 17th May … Continue reading →

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THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS OF THE LANCASHIRE WALKING CLUB [PART ONE]

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Tony Taylor

This account of the opening period in the life of our club appeared in the 1967/68 Year Book, price one shilling! THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS [PART ONE] Shortly after the turn of the century there was a great surge of … Continue reading →

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Bobby Bridge : Our First Olympian and World Record Holder

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Tony Taylor

If you go to Google and search for Robert ‘Bobby’ Bridge you will find the limited information below charting his short-lived, but remarkable career.   ogr Initially a postman, he later qualified as a dentist despite the handicap of his … Continue reading →

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Dipping into Alfred Scorer’s 1951 Reports – A Novice Race included

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Tony Taylor

In the middle picture Jack Sankey of Leigh mentioned in the first report below is on the far left next to Ron Wallwork. Grateful thanks to Guy Goodair for digging out these reports, despite being on one leg, which though … Continue reading →

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1967 Revisited – DQ’s, Raffles and Lancashire’s Ironic Good Fortune?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Tony Taylor

Further to my piece on Lancashire’s overthrow of Sheffield’s Northern 10 miles dominance at Matlock in 1967 memories have been awakened.  Within it I speculated that the disqualification of Wakefield’s Roy Thorpe had opened the way to Lancashire’s success.  Some … Continue reading →

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On Rewriting History and Definitions : A Response

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Tony Taylor

There’s a bit of a hullabaloo going on over at the Race Walking Facebook page about the Race Walking Association’s decision to make this year’s National 50 kilometres championship a ‘B’ classified race. Obviously it is an effort to boost … Continue reading →

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The Northern Senior 10 miles : The Tables Turned 1967 – 69

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Tony Taylor

A lovely article on Roland Hardy, Derbyshire Living Legend, rescued from the archives by Trevor and Linda McDermott  brought back to mind a significant  moment in the history of the Northern Ten and the Lancashire Walking Club. The Ten Miles … Continue reading →

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