Harrier Hall of Fame
A Visit to our Glorious Past
The Harriers are proud of our noble history. Brendon Foster calls us "The famous Preston Harriers". One of our favourites, still going strong, but playing only regular Tennis these days, is Maurice Dean. He would without doubt still be running with the rest of the gang, but for his injury. He holed out on a run and damaged his foot, seemingly beyond repair. In addition to his great and respected prowess as a runner, he has for so long been a Harriers workhorse, perhaps unmatched. Brian D tells me that some time ago he was setting out a Maurice designed Orienteering Course, around Great Hill. Brian said that it was so well planned that he had encountered no problems at all. Typical Maurice, planning to the smallest detail.
Maurice has put together the following. More can be added from those with or without a glittering past.
1881 Start of the Harriers A brief History of the Harriers by Maurice. + A good picture at the end.
1905 Earliest Harrier Picture Names to follow
1924 Jack Higginson And others
1949 Cross Country Including Maurice
1953 Pre Walsh Days More great pictures from Maurice Dean
1954 (May) Roger Bannister Letter from him to us
1954 Jim Woodhouse's 100 mile walk Blackpool to Manchester & back again. Read how Mayor oversleeps!
1954 Three Peaks Race Fred Bagley's brilliant picture
1959 First Lake District Mountain Trial Roy Swinbank's fabulous account, also includes Railway Romance.
1962 Lake District Mountain Trial Wasdale Start
1962 Avenham Park Races Harriers Racing in the Park
1962 Derwent Water 10 mile John Bell & Co
1964 Ben Nevis George Barrow
1990 Jim Woodhouse Badger Mountain 50k Washington State
1990 Tiffany Moorcroft & Helen Pattinson XC Battle
2008 Email from Malcolm Withnell A Tale of good old fashioned misunderstanding. 
Jim Woodhouse above is a former President of the club.
Mick Mack receives his BG award
If you have any pictures or news you would like to see on these pages send them to Bob Shepherd