ON THIS DAY
1874: Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patented his game of “Sphairistike”, which later became known as lawn tennis.
He had demonstrated the new game to friends on the lawn of a house at Nantclwyd, Wales, during a Christmas party two months earlier.
1979: Pakistan wicketkeeper Wasim Bari caught seven New Zealand batsmen during the Auckland Test – a record which Derbyshire’s Bob Taylor equalled for England a year later against India.
2001: Sprinter John Skeete was withdrawn from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon after testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol. He took the substance innocently but was later suspended for two years by the IAAF. 2003: Canada opener John Davison hit what was then the fastest hundred in World Cup history against the West Indies in Pretoria, bringing up three figures off only 67 balls.
2005: Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan withdrew from the Amateur Boxing Association after a row over ticket allocation.
2009: British tennis star Anne Keothavong broke into the world’s top 50 for the first time. The 25-year-old moved from 52nd to 48th place, becoming the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1993 to feature in the top 50.
2010: Australia fast bowler Brett Lee announced his retirement from Test cricket.
2017: Wayne Rooney announced he would remain at Manchester United until the end of the season amid speculation he was planning a move to China. His transfer to Everton was announced that July.
OVER the next two weeks, this special collectable photo series will continue to explore what it was like to live, work and play in East Midlands, from the 19th century to more recent decades.
Faces, places and moments in history are frozen in time in our unique picture archives, and putting this series together has turned up many images that haven’t been seen since the first time they were used in our pages. Through them, we are telling the stories of our communities, through good times and bad. We’ve already looked at the long legacy of caring that we see continued today in the dedication and sacrifice of our NHS heroes. And we’ve seen familiar street scenes that show how much has changed in our neighbourhoods – and how much has not.
This week our story is of fads and fashions, the music we listened to and the clothes we wore.
Each week we look at a different aspect of life in the East Midlands over the years, focusing on themes as varied as fashion, the workplace, family life and transport.
Don’t miss your chance next Tuesday to complete your own Memory Lane 96-page souvenir edition that you can look at time and time again.
To ensure you don’t miss out, you’ll find details on page 16 of how you can get the Nottingham Post delivered directly to your door or reserved by your newsagent.
You can also order your own high-quality photographic print copy of any picture you see in these pages, to find out more, visit www.mirrorpix.com
And as if this wasn’t enough, don’t forget to check out www.memorylane.co.uk, the UK’S new website, packed full of amazing pictures and memories from years gone by.
We hope you enjoy reading Memory Lane as much as we’ve had fun finding these great images and putting it all together!