Preston Harriers' fell running section . Some of our fell runners also do cross country and road running, but fell running is our main activity. Our junior fell runners are in a keen fell running section, you can read about them in juniorfellblog below. Preston Harriers running club was established in 1881. Mick McLoughlin our chairman of fellblog recently did the Bob Graham Round. Fell Runners are not as much bothered about PB's as they are about 3B's ( a local brewery).

Preston Harriers Fell Section :- fellblog

Harrier Hall of Fame

 

 

 

Two Very Early Pictures from 1924

 

This picture is in the February 2006 Issue of The Harrier Magazine. It is of the Olympian, Jack Higginson. It was taken in 1924 and shows Jack in his Olympic outfit for the Paris Games.

A group of Harriers with Jack top left. Picture taken in May 1924 on Haslam Park. The rest are at back left to right. Jack Crangle, George Morriser, Charlie Sumner, William Collid, Clement Wiggins & Roger Brook. Front Row; William Morriser, Thomas Brook, Jack Spyde, William Holliwell, William Danser, William Campbell, Joss Woods & William Gregson.

These two photographs were doomed for the fire. However & luckily Jeanne Eccles spotted them & read the writing on the back. Jeanne lives in Purley and her uncle was Joss Woods, seated at the front! She retrieved them from the verge of destruction & her husband  Roy contacted us. I sent them one of the new 125th anniversary postcards with Jack Higginson's picture on. They were very pleased. And so were we to get such gems. The originals are now safely in Maurice's Vaults. Ben Higginson may have more to tell us about his uncle Jack.

Finally I am grateful to the two shorthand experts for their interpretation of the names on the back of the above picture.

 

 

If you have any pictures or news you would like to see on these pages send them to 

 

Anne Sweeney

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Bob Shepherd

back to memory lane

 

 Keeping abreast with our Fell Runnners

Lots of fell runners break away from their original running clubs, mainly because they have no interest in track & field, fell running being their main interest. The fell running section of our club decided to have their own website, probably for the same reason. Now a V70, George Arnold is our oldest active fell runner. There are a few more of us close behind! One of our top female road runners, whilst marshalling recently at Chipping Show Fell Race commented on just how friendly fell runners are.

Preston Harriers Fell Section :-  FELLBLOG  is the proud fell running section of the famous Preston Harriers Athletic Club. Our athletic club has been around for well over a hundred years. We like to call it famous because it is what Brendan Foster calls us on BBC athletic programmes. We are well represented in Track & Field presently by our pride & joy, Helen Clitheroe.  We also have some accomplished road runners. Our Fell runners are a mixed bunch of beer drinkers, most fell runners seem to be like that! We do run lots of races, as can be seen in the site itself. We have a world record holder Pete Benson, you can read about his feat inside. We are pleased that you have visited our website, which of course is mainly about fell running. If you want to see more about the club, you can visit our main site. Click here