Curiosity

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03 June 2026 06:19

What Have The Three John Scotts Got To Do With Sport? This is a fabulous twisty-turny tale from sports writer Tony Collins involving a high-achieving family with numerous fingers in several significant pies. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/ykrv6m7w @hulllibraries.bsky.social @collinstony.bsky.social

Ancient & Loyal 🏉 Wigan R.L.

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21 February 2026 18:05

£50,000 worth of silverware 🏆 The West Lancashire and Border Towns Union (as it was, minus lid, for now) trophy and the Lancashire Cup (RU) First played for in 1885/6 Wigan won it twice and came runners up once. One of the most important trophies in Rugby of either code. ❤️ Jim Slevin be proud

Ancient & Loyal 🏉 Wigan R.L.

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21 February 2026 18:04

For a moment I felt like Jim Slevin! Probably the first Wiganer since Jim to hold this trophy aloft in the guise of the West Lancs Cup! Oh to be in 1890! #RugbyHistory #SocialHistory

Ancient & Loyal 🏉 Wigan R.L.

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31 December 2025 13:02

64 photocopied pages of the Lancashire Rugby Union minutes. So many classic names in those Lancashire teams… Valentine. Seddon, Sam Williams, Mills, Payne, Kemble, Eagles, Bullough, Atkinson, Bumby… And of course the President, Monkey Hornby Oct 1886-Feb 1890