Cricket Pavilions
Spring is coming and - just in time for the start of the cricket season - my new book on the architectural history of cricket pavilions...
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lynnpearson2
Dec 27, 20231 min read
Here's the cover!
On Christmas Day the cover of my forthcoming book - on the architectural history of Cricket Pavilions - appeared on Amazon's website, a...
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lynnpearson2
Nov 21, 20231 min read
What a peculiar scoreboard!
This interesting, probably early 20th century, postcard came from Australia (thus the palm trees) and was marked 'cricket pavilion' on...
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lynnpearson2
Oct 17, 20231 min read
England's 'tin tabernacle' count nears 200!
After months of hunting for iron churches, online and in person, it's time to reveal just how many 'tin tabernacles' and their wooden...
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lynnpearson2
Jul 19, 20231 min read
A Midland Railway mission church
The Midland Railway reached what is now the Derbyshire village of Westhouses in 1861. Further development took several years, but...
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lynnpearson2
Jun 14, 20231 min read
Sydenham Cricket Club
This peculiar pavilion, seen here c1908, stood at the Woolstone Road ground of Sydenham Cricket Club in south London. The club was...
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lynnpearson2
Apr 7, 20231 min read
Tranmere 1888
It is the end of the 1888 cricket season, and here we see Tranmere Cricket Club, winners of the L. & D. A. C. A. challenge cup, with...
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lynnpearson2
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Newton-by-the-Sea
This is the lovely little church of St Mary the Virgin in Northumberland, a tin tabernacle built as a mission room towards the end of the...
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lynnpearson2
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Tin towns
This is part of the prefabricated 'tin town' at Immingham (Lincolnshire), put up from 1906 to house workers building a new dock. The...
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lynnpearson2
Feb 26, 20231 min read
The Portable Building Company
Manchester's Portable Building Company offered a wide range of speedily-erected buildings, including ‘cyclists’ cottages’ designed...
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lynnpearson2
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Corrugated iron pavilions
The increasing popularity of cricket towards the end of the nineteenth century provided a significant sales opportunity for manufacturers...
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