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The History of Dings Crusaders Rugby Club: A Club with its Heart in Bristol

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The History of Dings Crusaders Rugby Club: A Club with its Heart in Bristol - Haddrell, Ian
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In 1897 Herbert William Rudge founded Dings Crusaders Rugby Club as a part of the Dings' Club, one of the activities of the Shaftesbury Crusade, a Christian and social mission founded in the 1880s in the Dings, a notorious area of poverty and degradation in the St Philip's area of Bristol. This book tells the story of how the rugby club grew from humble beginnings to competing in the fourth tier of English rugby. The club's move to Lockleaze in 1948 established close links with the local community and schools, and the ...

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The History of Dings Crusaders Rugby Club: A Club with its Heart in Bristol 2017, The History Press Ltd, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780750984195

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