This week, we take a look back at four decades of sport in Glossop and some of the programmes that the organisers produced to promote them.
The oldest and the least eye-catching is from April 4, 1959, for Glossop FC’s Lancashire Combination match at Surrey Street with Crompton Recs.
Produced on a hand-turned printer it was six pages, four of them packed with advertisements, one filled with club news, the other listing the teams.
The cost was three old pennies, less than two pence in today’s money and it was mainly a way of raising hard cash - more than 20 local businesses supported the club by buying adversing space.
Revenue was something Glossop FC needed in abundance.
The team was suffering injuries to key players and defeats to Great Harwood Town and Rolls Royce had resulted in dwindling attendances.
From football to cycling and on Sunday, August 20, 1967, Glossop Velo Road Club was staging the two-event Glossop Grand Prix which had attracted a top class field. Sixty riders, including Peter Buckley from Oldham Century RC who had just won the Empire Games Road Race, started the day with a nine o’clock 6.2 mile time trial from Norfolk Street. This took in the B6105 Woodhead Road, Padfield Main Road, Brosscroft, Bankbottom, Woolley Bridge Road, Hadfield Road, Park Road and North Road, with the finish on Fauvel Road.
ON THE PITCH: Glossop North End.
Four hours later they were back on the start line outside the station for the start of the 55 mile Glossop Grand Prix itself, five laps of a tough circuit similar to the time trial, but this time taking in Torside, Woodhead, Crowden and Tintwistle.
It was obvious that the riders were racing for glory rather than money.
The six penny programme revealed the winner of each race received £3, with the champion, based on both races, getting £6, plus the Ovaltine Challenge Trophy to hold for a year.
Next event on our time scale was a testimonial match at North Road between Glossop and Derbyshire County Cricket Club on Sunday, August 18, 1968.
The programme, which included admission to the game, was two shillings and sixpence (around 22p), with the proceeds, plus what was raised from autographed team sheets, going to Derbyshire and England fast bowler Harold Rhodes.
Glossop staged testimonial matches with Derbyshire every year to reward players who had given years of loyal service to the county club.
This particular fixture included England wicket keeper Bob Taylor and all-rounder John Eyre, who joined Derbyshire from Glossop.
We return to Surrey Street for our last sporting programme and the August 15, 1992 fixture between Glossop North End and Skelmersdale United in the Bass North West Counties League First Division.
There was no price on the 36-page programme, but it was packed with news and seemed good value for money. Glossop again needed money. The club had just installed floodlights!
TESTIMONIAL: Special match for Harold Rhodes.
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