David Pendleton
@davidpendleton.bsky.social
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
Urbanisation | Sport & Leisure | Maritime | Seaside
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
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
German's and Cricket in 1850s Bradford
Sporting Lunchtime Lecture, Noon, Saturday 13 December
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December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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
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
North Parade, the birthplace of a global obsession
Football Collectors Cards, Sporting Lunchtime Lecture, 21 September 2024
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December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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
Today at noon, the latest sporting lunchtime lecture at the Record Cafe, Bradford. And it’s free!
Roy Francis, Rugby’s Forgotten Black Leader
Record Cafe, Bradford, Noon, 29 November 2025
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November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today at noon, the latest sporting lunchtime lecture at the Record Cafe, Bradford. And it’s free!
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
Etch the dates on the inside of your eyelids. #CountyCricket
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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
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
An ongoing obsession, but the men are worthy of our remembrance. #CricketHistory #WW1
Commemorating one war, bombed in another
Scarborough Cricket Club's War Memorial
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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
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.
Upcoming Talks
2025/26 Season
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November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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.
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
Rebels to Reinstate Geoffrey Boycott
Is the suspended Scarborough Cricket Club president poised for a dramatic return?
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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
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
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
'After the Bombardment'
Maritime History Talk at Brompton-by-Sawdon
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November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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
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
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.
The brief pause before the council truck appears to turn the pure white snow into slush.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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.
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
Dr Tony Collins brings this remarkable story to life at the Record Cafe, Bradford. #Bradford #RugbyLeague @officialbullsrl.bsky.social
Roy Francis, Rugby’s Forgotten Black Leader
Record Cafe, Bradford, Noon, 29 November 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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
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
An Autumnal Visit to the Western Front on Armistice Day
Photographing the Graves of Scarborough Cricket Club Members Killed in the Great War, 11 November 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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
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.
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.
Commemorating one war, bombed in another
Scarborough Cricket Club's War Memorial
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November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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.
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
A hidden history, one that lies beneath the feet of thousands of cricket fans as they enter the North Marine Road ground. #WW2 #CricketHistory
The Scarborough Blitz
A wartime tragedy adjacent to Scarborough Cricket Club
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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
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
The Missing Names from Scarborough Cricket Club's War Memorial
Two members who made the ultimate sacrifice
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November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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
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
Capital of Culture. You'll Never Sing That ... and it is free. #SportHistory #Bradford
The Sporting Lunchtime Lectures Return This Saturday!
Paul Norcross: The Dude Abides With Me: German Philosophy, Films and Football Fandom
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November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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
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
Geoffrey Boycott Accused of Gross Misconduct
Scarborough Cricket Club suspends its own President
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October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The bun fight goes nuclear at Scarborough Cricket Club ... Geoffrey Boycott Accused of Gross Misconduct #Cricket
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.
Bun Fight at Scarborough Cricket Club
On a sticky wicket at the 2025 AGM
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October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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.
Ghost sign lit by the morning sun in Bradford.
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ghost sign lit by the morning sun in Bradford.
A few days left to grab 20% off my book ‘On the Tracks of the Flying Scotsman’.
Follow the link to Great Northern Books.
Follow the link to Great Northern Books.
Last days of GNOctober - offer ends after 31st...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A few days left to grab 20% off my book ‘On the Tracks of the Flying Scotsman’.
Follow the link to Great Northern Books.
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
Commemorating one war, bombed in another
Scarborough Cricket Club's War Memorial
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October 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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
A drama beneath towering chalk cliffs, retold via a rediscovered hotel visitor book.
A Hull trawler and Foords Hotel, Filey. #MaritimeHistory
A Hull trawler and Foords Hotel, Filey. #MaritimeHistory
Plucked from beneath the cliffs
A Hull trawler aground at Filey
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October 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A drama beneath towering chalk cliffs, retold via a rediscovered hotel visitor book.
A Hull trawler and Foords Hotel, Filey. #MaritimeHistory
A Hull trawler and Foords Hotel, Filey. #MaritimeHistory
The bizarre story of a cricket club’s balloon and its journey across the North Sea.
An inadvertent cricketing message in a bottle. #scarborough #germany #cricket
An inadvertent cricketing message in a bottle. #scarborough #germany #cricket
The Balloon of the Century
Scarborough Cricket Club's Inflatable and a German Beach!
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October 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The bizarre story of a cricket club’s balloon and its journey across the North Sea.
An inadvertent cricketing message in a bottle. #scarborough #germany #cricket
An inadvertent cricketing message in a bottle. #scarborough #germany #cricket
I’ve been busy updating the stories of the Scarborough Cricket Club members featured on the club’s 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.
Commemorating one war, bombed in another
The Rediscovery of Scarborough Cricket Club's War Memorial
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October 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I’ve been busy updating the stories of the Scarborough Cricket Club members featured on the club’s 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.
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!
Upcoming Talks
2025/26 Season
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October 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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!
Sunny evening in Crown Heights. Home of good beer, good vibes and my daughter Rosie.
We toasted Bradford City’s continued reign at the top of the league. #peckedbythechickens #brooklynbantams
We toasted Bradford City’s continued reign at the top of the league. #peckedbythechickens #brooklynbantams
September 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Sunny evening in Crown Heights. Home of good beer, good vibes and my daughter Rosie.
We toasted Bradford City’s continued reign at the top of the league. #peckedbythechickens #brooklynbantams
We toasted Bradford City’s continued reign at the top of the league. #peckedbythechickens #brooklynbantams