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Title
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Social and Sporting Life
Description
An account of the resource
Items relating to the provision of sporting and social facilities by John Player & Sons for its staff.
In 1906 the company built a recreation ground for its employees to use, complete with club house, at a site on Aspley Lane, Nottingham. Known as the Rec, the site had top-class playing fields which were used for a wide variety of sports.
Photograph
Still images.
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Photograph of Women's Hockey
Description
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A group of women playing field hockey at the company's recreation ground situated at Aspley Lane.
Player's provided sports facilities for its workers at a site at Aspley Lane. Built in 1906, the Recreation Ground, or the Rec as it was known, was a central part of life at Player's right up to the 1980s. The ground's club house was the site of a great number of social events.
Source
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P2525
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1960-1978
photograph
social life
sport
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Title
A name given to the resource
Social and Sporting Life
Description
An account of the resource
Items relating to the provision of sporting and social facilities by John Player & Sons for its staff.
In 1906 the company built a recreation ground for its employees to use, complete with club house, at a site on Aspley Lane, Nottingham. Known as the Rec, the site had top-class playing fields which were used for a wide variety of sports.
Oral History
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Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Dan O'Neill
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Steve Needham
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Title
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Steve Needham on Player's Sporting Facilities
Description
An account of the resource
Steve describes the sports facilities and sports played by Player's employees at the Rec, the recreation ground provided and maintained by John Player & Sons.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261160863%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-gmJJr&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="300"></iframe>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
26 August 2015
aspley lane
oral history
sport
steve needham
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Title
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Working Life
Description
An account of the resource
Memories and objects relating to the various departments at John Player & Sons and working conditions at the factory site.
Oral History
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Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Dan O'Neill
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Steve Needham
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Title
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Steve Needham on Working at Player's and Playing Football
Description
An account of the resource
Steve Needham describes how he worked at Player's whilst playing football for Nottingham Forest and Notts County football clubs in the late 1960s. Later in his life, playing for Player's sides allowed him to rediscover his love for football after having left club football behind.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261160552%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-7LVyQ&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="300"></iframe>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
26 August 2015
oral history
sport
steve needham
working life