1. KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51

   …just KitKat after the Second World War. The origin of the name KitKat is uncertain but it’s thought the famous KitKat Club of the 1920s had some influence. ::c:: {{Image src="Kit_Kat_wartime_rowntree.jpg" width="300" class="left" title="War-…

2. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

   …upplement the programmes of youth organisations that were in existence at the time, like the Boys Brigade and the Boy's Clubs. But boys not in other youth movements bought the book, and set themselves up as **Patrols of Scouts**, and quickly fo…

3. Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33

   … (the English governing body, **FA**), were laid down on the 26th October **1863**. Representatives of several London clubs met //“for the purpose of forming an Association with the object of establishing a definite code of rules for the r…
   …to these meetings was **Ebenezer Cobb Morley** (1831-1924). A solicitor by profession and captain of **Barnes Football Club** that he formed in 1858. He wrote to 'Bell's Life Newspaper' proposing a governing body for the sport that led to th…
   …e first meeting. He wanted a common set of rules so that clubs from all over the nation could compete with each other. Little did he know this would become the **biggest sport in th…

4. Mensa — 2020-12-03 00:59:15

   …gence for the benefit of humanity. Mensa is non-political and free from racial or religious distinctions. To join the club involves passing IQ tests and achieving an accepted score on the Culture Fair test of at least 132, or 148 on the Catte…

5. Golf — 2020-11-30 16:29:33

   …€™ game similar to ‘kolf’ played in the Netherlands. From this developed ‘links golf’, played with a variety of clubs to holes, marked by flags, the fore runner of the game today. {{Image url="Golf-Rory-Mcilroy.jpg" class="right" title…

6. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

   …by 1871 == {{Image url="Rugby_Ball.jpg" class="right" width="100"}} At the meeting for the Football Association several clubs were unhappy over the removal of two draft rules, firstly the rule which allowed for the running with the ball in hand…
   …th the ball rather than retiring to kick it as was the normal mode of play in **Rugby School** football matches. Other clubs followed this lead and did not join the FA but instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football Union. == Golf 1502 == Golf…
   …€™ game similar to ‘kolf’ played in the Netherlands. From this developed ‘links golf’, played with a variety of clubs to holes, marked by flags, the fore runner of the game today. == Basketball & Volleyball == See [[YMCA]] == Hocke…
   …eld nearly 200 metres in length and all players chased the ball for the whole of the game. London's '''Wimbledon Hockey Club''' (organized 1883) standardized the game after the many centuries of informal play in England and it thereafter spread…

7. Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47

   …nt]], [[England]] in **1646**. This match also produced the first record of betting on cricket. === Marylebone Cricket Club 1787 === The world's first cricket club was formed in **Hambledon** in the 1760s and the world-famous Marylebone Cricke…
   …t Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. == Rules and International == {{Image url="Cricketball.jpg" class="left" width="100"}}The …
   …beginnings of modern cricket is said to be to be 1787, when the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket …

8. Bungee Jumping — 2020-08-17 13:17:46

   …rother of F1 champion racing driver James) and **Alan Weston** were members of the **Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club** who were dedicated to formal dress, abundant champagne, and imaginative stunts. {{Image url="Clifton-suspension-br…

9. TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45

   …in Your Small Corner"**. ~& Dave Jordan has just moved to London from Jamaica to be with his mother, who runs a social club in Brixton. Mrs Jordan has ambitions for her only son and is mortified when he starts seeing Terry - not because she's …

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