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Old Spondon cricket ground

Dated: C.1914
Taken by: Unknown

Thomas Thompson, landlord of Vernon Arms stands at the Hedge boundary of the old cricket ground on Royal Hill Road.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/09/2010 - 17:36

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George Porter, my uncle, and son of the famous Derbyshire cricketer George Porter, was the groundsman in the early thirties, and permitted me to 'help' him in 1933 until I broke his scythe sharpening stone on the pitch roller. He thanked me and pensioned me off with a penny.