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Amateur Football Liverpool 1910s

By Paul293 |

Attached to my grandfathers watch-chain is a hallmarked medallion inscribed "Liverpool Wednesday League" on the front and on the reverse " his name  (P O'Hanlon) and  "Lunts United  1913/14". I assume this is linked to  Lunt Village though he lived in Bootle. Google searches have no info on LWL or Lunts United. Does anyone have any info about them please?

I wonder if the football team was more to do with . LUNTS BAKERIES LIVERPOOL and BIRKENHEAD, than the village. I think the Liverpool branch was Soho Street.

What was Mr O'Hanlon's occupation?

OK the newspaper images aren't always the best when downloaded so I'll transcribe

Liverpool Echo, 5th June 1914 (similar entry on 30th March and 13 April)

BOWLS

Liverpool & District Parks & Gardens Wednesday League

Bootle Hairdressers 234. Waterloo Wednesday 167, Lunt's United 183, J. & Y. 172, Press 223, Lunt's Athletic 186

Thanks for the information. He worked at the Labour Exchange, Midland Road, Bootle from about 1910 to 1941 apart from his Army service in WW1 Not aware of any connection family of friends with the bakeries businesses  but I will look into the Bowls information more thanks -  I had assumed football for some reason.  There is second medallion too which is does not have his name but is transcribed "BFL Div2 1908-09"Looking again I realise the front crest is the same on both(image below)