Cottingley Village History Society

    Sport and Leisure

    Cottingley’s residents have been involved in many sporting, cultural and leisure activities in the past. These are just a few of the photographs relating to those activities.

    Cottingley F C 1909
    Nignog Cup winners 1937
    Cottingley F C 1934

    Cricket team – undated
    Cottingley C C 1928
    Cottingley C C 1938
    Cottingley C C 1947
    Cottingley C C 1950
    Cottingley C C 1952
    Cottingley gymnasts 1932
    British gymnasts at 1948 Olympic Games including Dorothy Smith.
    Walter Smith and Elizabeth Fielding in Cottingley’s first carnival 1935
    Town Hall concert 1955
    Town Hall pantomime 1956
    Rifle Club 3 Oct 1914
    Rifle Club 3 Oct 1914
    Cottingley Choral Society

    Town Hall members 1950
    Town Hall performers 1916 – Richard Frear, William Snowden, Clifford Stagg, Mabel Hoyle, Hilda Fearnsides, Alice Ackroyd and Edith or Emily Hodgson
    Cottingley Choral Society in a performance of Iolanthe
    Town Hall performers – include Richard Frear, William Snowden & Clifford Stagg
    Town Hall Choir 1910