An Athletics Compendium

England ~ General 154 - 167 154 A history of sports in Dorking: a compilatiofnthe histories of a variety otfhe sports which havbeeen practised in Dorking / editor, Celia Newbery. Dorking: The Local History Group, Dorking and Leith Hill District Preservation Society, 1985. 138p; illus; index; pbk BL: X.629/27835 Chris Kohler traces the history of athletics in Dorking, Surrey, from ISSS. The most notable member of Dorking St Paul's AC, formed in 1935, was the 1950 European 8>00mchampion, Harold JohnParlett. 155 A very sporting association: tshteory of theCity of Ely Sports 1893-1964 / Roy Stubbings. Ely: Ely Society, 1985. 50p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-903616-09-2 BL:YK.1987.a.683 The history of the August Bank Holiday sports meeting. 156 B Georges' running in Devo/nJohn Legge. Exeter: Obelisk, 1987. 48p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-946651-18-3 BL:YK.1988.a.775 In providing a brief outline of distance running in Devon, the authorpresents thienformation in five sections: Town and country races; Club competition; Cross­ country championshipsP; oad racing in Devon; Devon relays past anpdresent. 157 Athletics inthe Eastern region. Bedford: Sports Council (Eastern Region) in co-operatiown ith the Southern Counties AA and the governing bodies of athletics in the Eastern Region, 1988. 27p; pbk BL: BS.387/214 158 Athletics: astrategy for sport and recreation thien Northern region. Durham: Northern Council for Sport and Recreation, 1992. 23p; pbk BL:DSC-q93/07076 159 A Devon approach to physical education: athletics. Exeter: Devon County Council, 1993. 106p; illus ISBN: 1-85522-313-9 BL:DSC-OP-LG/7627 160 On the starting line: haistory of athletics in Leiceste/r Jim Sharlott; foreword by Sebastian Coe including illustrations by George Herringshaw. Leicester: Leicester City Council, 1994. 112p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-901675-25-3 BL:YK.1995.a.2157 Unusual in its attemptto delineate the history of athletics oin e city, it succeeds admirabilny pulling together a number of strands: cross-countrrya,ce walking, road running, track and field.Other sections deal with schools athletics, clubs and venues, and there are detailed biographies of UK Olympic participants from Leicester. 161 Focus sport: athletics. North West 1992-1996: a development plan foarthletics in theNorth West. Manchester: North West Council for Sport and Recreation, 1996? 28p; illus, 1 map; pbk BL: ZK.9.b.5334 162 Staying the distance: the complehteistory of distance running in Keighley / Rob Grillo. Keighley: The author, 1999. 150p # Additional References 163 The Londonto Brighton running rac/eJohn C.Jewell. London: Road Runners' Club, 1960. 4p; pbk 164 The development of athletics thien Potteries, 1850-1900 / H. P. Mawdsley. Manchester University, 1976. MEd dissertation. 165 Sports and games: history and orig/insBrian Jewell. Tunbridge Wells: Midas, 1977. 148p; illus; index ISBN: 0-85936-075-X BL: X.622/5936 An update to 1900 of JosSeptrhutt's seminal work, covering earlyregional games. 166 Lakeland sport in the nineteenth cent/uryI. Ward. Liverpool University, 1985. PhD thesis. 167 Everyone's a winner: thheistory of sport in anadround Greater Manchester / Alison Taubman, Pauline Webb and Jenny Wetton. Manchester: Greater Manchester Museum of Science & Industry, 1990. 44p; illus; pbk ISBN: 1-870698-60-6 Prepared foran exhibition organised by the museum, this includes a brief general history of the Olympics and of athletics and other Olympic sports in Manchester. [ 1 7 ]