Tags
Chipping sodbury, Football, groundhop, groundhopping, Mark Edmonds, Street, Tannery, Town, Western League
Sunday 9th October 2016 ko 14.15
Western League Premier Division
STREET 4 (Herrod 27 Murray 42 62 90p)
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN 2 (Guest 23 Sims 71) Criddle sent off 45 (Serious foul play)
Att 291
Entry £6
Programme £1
We headed back towards Bristol for the hop’s final game in the Somerset village of Street, named it seems because a Roman road ran through where the settlement built up. The Society of Friends, the Quakers established a base here in the 17th century and one Quaker family, the Clarks set up the eponymous shoe making business here. The factory closed in 1993 (although Clark’s still has its HQ in Street) and the factory was converted into an outlet shopping centre. The Clark family leased the firm’s former sanitorium to become, in 1931, Britain’s first Youth Hostel. Continue reading
