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Catalogue description Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association
This record is held by Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
| Reference: | DSO 48 |
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| Title: | Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association |
| Date: | [1880] -1999 |
| Held by: | Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 368 files |
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This deposit may be consulted, but not published in whole or part until April 1981. |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Deposited by the Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association through Mr. R. Robson, Carlisle, on 22nd March, 1978 1 - 5 Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association 6 - 28 Press-cuttings books, including his weekly articles 29 - 59, 66 Wrestling results (notebooks) 60 - 63 Wrestling results (file packets) 64 - 65 Wrestling history 67 Old programmes 68 - 69 Championships 70 Winners lists 71 - 90 Wrestling results (by season) 91 - 103 Press-cuttings 104 - 105 Results (files) 106 Book drafts 107 - 115 "Clicker" articles 116 - 123 Caldbeck Sports, Ullswater Sports, Women's wrestling, other styles of wrestling (Cornish, etc.), judo 124 - 141 Wrestling academies 142 - 143, 163 Grasmere Sports 144 - 147 Wrestling personalities 148 - 154 Photographs of wrestlers 167-368 Additional Acquisitions Additional accetions: 10 May 1979; 1 April, 14 November, 19 August, 19 October, 6 November 1985; 19 January 1987, 22 November 1989, 11 January 1994; 12 June 1996 |
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| Administrative / biographical background: |
Bob Horsley, of Penrith, journalist, had over forty years wrestling experience; he wrote weekly as "Cross-Buttocker" and later as "Clicker" in the local press. He had collected this material over many years for a book on the subject, but died suddenly in late 1977. |
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