Quite early on in the history of the Club, croquet became a popular game. Mr. H. J. Armstrong, in the speech he made on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the new clubhouse in April 1955, mentions it:
"Court 3, the site of this clubhouse, was then a grass court big enough for croquet on which overdressed gentlemen in tight trousers and waistcoats, equally overdressed ladies in trailing skirts and large hats, battled their way through the hoops." His mother, besides her prowess at tennis, was also Croquet Champion in 1910.
Mr. Armstrong was 10 years old in 1910
Perhaps the family has stories to tell … ?
BROADHURST, MARGARET (Margaret Ethel Broadhurst) Great Britain Born 1871 in Manchester, Lancashire, England Died [????] Married (1) Owen Dickins on 16 August 1891 in Salford, Manchester
Married (2) Francis Harold Armstrong in 1896 in Salford, Manchester [Active in 1890s]
Margaret Broadhurst is the Mrs Dickins who won the women's singles event at the Welsh Covered Court Championships in October 1894 (she had been runner-up to Alice Pickering at the first-ever edition of this event in April of the same year).
Margaret's first husband, Owen Dickins, died of heart disease and rheumatic within a few months of their marriage, and she later remarried. One of Margaret's two sisters also took part in the first edition of the Welsh Covered Court Championships in April 1894. Little is known about these sisters beyond their first names: Agnes Mary Broadhurst (b. 1872) and Katharine Dorothy Broadhurst (b. 1877). [Thanks to Newmark for this biography
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Harold John Armstrong 1900 - 1984
Born 16 June 1900 (Death Records) and death age 83 recorded January 1984 in Hove Sussex 1984
Death 29 January 1984 (Times Obituary)
His second wife was Diana Joyce Dodwell and they had two children.
David Stanley Armstrong born 30 March 1949 and baptised 4 November 1949
? Philip Armstrong
Diana Joyce Armstrong nee Dodwell born 22 December 1915 died 2003 Crawley Sussex
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Harold John Armstrong
”CROQUET
Quite early on in the history of the Club, croquet became a popular game. Mr. H. J. Armstrong, in the speech he made on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the new clubhouse in April 1955, mentions it:
"Court 3, the site of this clubhouse, was then a grass court big enough for croquet on which overdressed gentlemen in tight trousers and waistcoats, equally overdressed ladies in trailing skirts and large hats, battled their way through the hoops." His mother, besides her prowess at tennis, was also Croquet Champion in 1910.
Mr. Armstrong was 10 years old in 1910
Perhaps the family has stories to tell … ?
BROADHURST, MARGARET (Margaret Ethel Broadhurst) Great Britain Born 1871 in Manchester, Lancashire, England Died [????] Married (1) Owen Dickins on 16 August 1891 in Salford, Manchester
Married (2) Francis Harold Armstrong in 1896 in Salford, Manchester [Active in 1890s]
Margaret Broadhurst is the Mrs Dickins who won the women's singles event at the Welsh Covered Court Championships in October 1894 (she had been runner-up to Alice Pickering at the first-ever edition of this event in April of the same year).
Margaret's first husband, Owen Dickins, died of heart disease and rheumatic within a few months of their marriage, and she later remarried. One of Margaret's two sisters also took part in the first edition of the Welsh Covered Court Championships in April 1894. Little is known about these sisters beyond their first names: Agnes Mary Broadhurst (b. 1872) and Katharine Dorothy Broadhurst (b. 1877). [Thanks to Newmark for this biography
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