1883
Founding
(photos)
(maps)
(letters)
1890
Next generation
Early Ladies' profiles
Club life
1914
WWI
1920
Getting LRC house in order
1930
Enterprising
Committees
1945
Just
after the War
1948
Pool years
1955
New Clubhouse
1961
More
facilities
Gardening
Courts
8, 9 & 10
(formerly filter beds)
Importand Dates in LRC history
Notes on text colours:
1960 History of the LRC
Newspaper reports
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Ladies'
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| 1924 Tennis at the Club for Mrs. Peggy Beard and her friends
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1923 - a memoir Colonel H.
Owen Hughes "I do recall being in the Final of the Mixed Doubles with Helina Calvert (the sister of Lady Stewart Taylor). That must have been in 1923 and I think the event was won by commodore Worthington (Secretary to commodore Grace) and Primrose Grace, youngest of the Commodore's daughters. They were known as Miss Grace, Disgrace and Miss Deameanour!"
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1924 Cheltondale, Sir, I desire on behalf of the committee of the Ladies Recreation Club, of which I am President, to ascertain from the Gevernment, whether they would consider a loan of the sum of $4,500 (four thousand five hundered dollars) for the purpose of putting the Club House of the L.R.C. in a good state of repair... ... I have pleasure in enclosing the club's last audited account & would point out that since the date of this, owing to our having raised the subscription, & the fact that tennis balls are now paid for by members themselves ... Hoping for a favourable reply.
1928 - LRC Vegetables Stolen
"Two baskets full of ginger root, onions and lettuces were produced in Court as evidence this morning, when two chinese were charged with stealing vegtables from the garden of the Ladies' Recreation Club... The men were arrested at 5:30 this morning. One of the defendants was an ex-banishee, who had complete his term of banishment. " 1929 Widening of May Rd (LegCo report) Sub-Head 24. $75,000 - Widening May Road from Tram Station to Conduit Road. This provides much-needed motor access on the Mid-levels and constitutes the natural continuation of the road now in preparation from Garden Road to MayRoad
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