Nelson ILP Land Society

14/06/2026

08/06/2026

07/06/2026

31/05/2026

Hiking Adventures Home and Away group enjoyed a rest stop at Clarion House today.

27/05/2026

Not the best of days for photographing flowers with the breeze, but here are a few grab shots from the Clarion House. including the 'sea roses' and accompanying bee.

26/05/2026

Posted by Lewis Ashworth on another page.
Brierfield Cycling Club, taken around 1890.
There are names for some of those on the photo:
Far left, William East.
Stood next to William East, John Bates.
Back row, second from the right, Charles Sagar.
Front row, second from the right, Frank Parkinson.
The photograph and information relating to the club were featured in a Nelson Leader article, dated 16th March 1928, in which a member of the club, John Bates, was interviewed by Joe Bates.
According to John Bates:
'The club was named the Brierfield Cycling Club, and would probably be organised about the year 1887. The club room was in a hut, now a petrol pump station, situated between the Wigglesworth Arms and the Cinema. This hut was attached to Sagar's cart cover business across the way.
Sagar's sold new machines and did repairs. Later this place was taken over by Joe East and used as an oatcake bakery, the business afterwards being removed to a better building behind, and is still in the family. I think Sagar's were the moving spirits in starting this club. I am not sure as to the actual number of members, but probably there would be over twenty. I think the membership fee was an annual one, and the officials included the usual secretary and treasurer.
Probably there would be a set of rules, but I remember only one, which stated that there had to be a leader in front, a pusher up behind, and the speed of the club to be that of the slowest rider.'