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www.delaunecc.org June 2016 No. 1007 - 87h Year

CLUB NIGHT 1889 DE LAUNE 2016
SECOND MONDAY CYCLING CLUB
OF EACH MONTH
S & M CRICKET CLUB
DULWICH COMMON

PRESIDENT 125 Years old and
WILLIAM WRIGHT going going gone

61a Burns House
Kennington
SE17 3SX
020 7735 9605

CHAIRMAN On May 23rd 1891, the gates of the London County
ROY SAVERY Athletics Ground were opened to the public for the
01959 777455 first time, on a site between Herne Hill and North
Dulwich. Inside a rolled ballast cycle track, there was
SECRETARY a cinder running track and a rugby pitch. A brick and
JEREMY WHITE wooden pavilion provided some seating and changing
101 Manor Park facilities.

London
SE13 5RQ
07565 151457

TREASURER In September 2001, I started work as manager of
VAL PEACHEY the track. The cycle track had been replaced several
63 Beverley Road times over the years, with at least two wooden
tracks, and asphalt one, and a bitumen one for the
Barming Olympic Games in 1948. This was endlessly patched
Maidstone up until 1991, when it received a centenary rebuild to
Kent ME16 9DU metric dimensions (450m and with steeper
01622 727649 bankings) and a ‘state of the art’ epoxy screed
surface which was supposed to be all-weather, but
MEMBERSHIP sadly suffered from an algae build-up each winter
DAVID HAGGART which required annual cleaning.
388 Elmers End Road

Beckenham
Kent, BR3 3HG

0208 658 7419

Built on land from the Dulwich Estate, the lease

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