Brent AIS
  • Title
    Sport newsletters, guides etc.
  • Reference
    LHC/1/SPO/2/1
  • Date
    c.1893 -1993/1994
  • Creator
    Brent Archives
  • Scope and Content
    Borough of Wembley official opening ceremony programmes-the Athletic Track, Alperton Sports Ground, 1939.History of Queens Park Rangers Football Club. Sports interests of school -leavers' survey, 1965. List of members' clubs, 1988/89. Newsletters such as News Quest, 1996-1997, The Link ( Brent Sport Centres News), 1997 and Leisure Plus, 1998.Sportsnews- Sports Council (London Region),1996, focussing on the Lottery and one for 1997, Sporting tournament/competition souvenir programmes, many from events at the former Wembley Town Hall, c.1950s, such as wrestling and boxing. Also, includes Wembley Round Table Horse Show and Wembley Sports ( & cultural) festival, 1964; the last such event overseen by Wembley Borough Council before the merger to form the London Borough of Brent, Men's Hockey at the National Hockey Centre at the Willesden Stadium, Donnington Road, Willesden etc. Other sports programmes and souvenirs from the past feature details of such activities as junior football leagues seasonal organisation (fixture lists), gymnastic displays, Young Folks sports fete, and Willesden Boys' Athletics Meetings at the Kensal Rise Sports Ground plus modern day water-skiing at the Welsh Harp ( brochure). Copy of Willesden Football Club programme for match against Faversham Town, 1959. Regional Recreation Strategy (Greater London and South East Council for Sport and Recreation), 1982.Sports Council Report & Appendices, 1983. Notice of Women's Sports Foundation 1st Annual General Meeting, for 1/10/1985. News of Summer Sports clubs/activities, 1989. Grass Roots Brent sports facilities brochure. Brent Leisure and Brent Sports Council Official Handbooks. Willesden Schools' Sports Association Offical Handbook. London Sports Guides presented by the London and Middlesex Playing Fields Association, c. 1960s. Middlesex Sports Guides ( by London and Greater London Playing Fields Association) etc.
  • Language
    English
  • Persons keyword
    London Borough of Brent, Brent Leisure Services, Brent Sports Council, London Borough of Willesden, Borough of Wembley, London and Middlesex Playing Fields Association, National Hockey Centre, Willesden Schools Sports Association, Queens Park Rangers Football Club, Wembley Round Table
  • Subject
    London Borough of Brent, Willesden, Borough of, Wembley, Borough of, Brent Town Hall, Wembley, Alperton Sports Ground, Kensal Rise Sports Ground, Wembley Stadium, Welsh Harp, Willesden Stadium, Donnington Road, Newsletters, Surveys, Information
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