1902-03 Season - Dates & Venues |
1902-03 Season - Dates & Venues |
The following is proposed as the basis for a full and comprehensive list of the English & Welsh engagements
on the 1902-03 season of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World. The
towns / cities and dates are courtesy of the Buffalo Bill
Center of the West. A number of precise venues remain to be identified but it is hoped that a complete list will
follow in the fullness of time. All contributions towards filling in the
blanks - and corrections - will be gratefully received!
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Friday, 26th December 1902 - Saturday, 4th April 1903 |
London, ENG | Olympia |
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Monday, 13th April 1903 - Saturday, 2nd May |
Manchester, ENG | Brooks’s Bar |
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Monday, 4th May - Saturday, 23rd |
Liverpool, ENG | Old Exhibition Grounds, (Edge-Lane Estate) |
| Monday, 25th May | Warrington, ENG | Wilderspool Causeway |
| Tuesday, 26th May | Birkenhead, ENG | Devonshire Park |
| Wednesday, 27th May | Rhyl, WALES | Wellington Road, near Marine Lake |
| Thursday, 28th May | Bangor, WALES | Agricultural Show Ground, Ffriddoedd Road |
| Friday, 29th May | Ruabon, WALES | Exhibition Grounds |
| Saturday, 30th May | Shrewsbury, ENG | Top Copthorne Road, Adjoining Barracks |
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Monday, 1st June - Saturday, 13th |
Birmingham, ENG | Aston Lane, Perry Barr |
| Monday, 15th June | Worcester, ENG | The Pitchcroft |
| Tuesday, 16th June | Kidderminster, ENG | |
| Wednesday, 17th June | Dudley, ENG | |
| Thursday, 18th June | Wolverhampton, ENG | Dunstall Park |
| Friday, 19th June | Stafford, ENG | Stone Flat |
| Saturday, 20th June | Coventry, ENG | Birmingham New Road |
| Monday, 22nd June | Rugby, ENG | Lutterworth Road |
| Tuesday, 23rd June | Leamington, ENG | Radford Road |
| Wednesday, 24th June | Banbury, ENG | The Marshes |
| Thursday, 25th June | Oxford, ENG | Iffley Road, Near Howard Street |
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Friday, 26th June - Saturday, 27th |
Reading, ENG | Oxford Road (Opposite Pulsometer Works) |
| Monday, 29th June | Swindon, ENG | Corpe’s Field |
| Tuesday, 30th June | Cheltenham, ENG | Cemetery Road |
| Wednesday, 1st July | Gloucester, ENG | Kingsholm Athletic Ground |
| Thursday, 2nd July | Hereford, ENG | Race Course |
| Friday, 3rd July | Abergavenny, WALES | |
| Saturday, 4th July | Aberdare, WALES | Ynys Meadow |
| Monday, 6th July - Saturday, 11th | Cardiff, WALES | Sophia Gardens Park |
| Monday, 13th July | Llanelly, WALES | |
| Tuesday, 14th July & Wednesday, 15th | Swansea, WALES | Victoria Park |
| Thursday, 16th July | Newport, ENG | |
| Friday, 17th July | Bath, ENG | Taylor’s Field, Warminster Road |
| Saturday, 18th July | Weston-super-Mare, ENG | Recreation Grounds |
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Monday, 20th July - Thursday, 23rd |
Bristol, ENG | Gloucester Road, Horfield |
| Friday, 24th July | Westbury, ENG | |
| Saturday, 25th July | Yeovil, ENG | Agricultural Show Grounds, Seaton Road |
| Monday, 27th July | Barnstaple, ENG | Bideford Road, Near Barnstaple Junction |
| Tuesday, 28th July | Exeter, ENG | Old Exhibition Fields, Pinhoe Road |
| Wednesday, 29th July | Newton Abbot, ENG | Race Course, Kingsteigngate Road |
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Thursday, 30th July - Saturday, 1st August |
Plymouth, ENG | Exhibition Fields, Pennycomequick |
| Monday, 3rd August | Taunton, ENG | Poor Grounds |
| Tuesday, 4th August | Weymouth, ENG | Goldcroft Farm, Newstead Road |
| Wednesday, 5th August | Bournemouth, ENG | East Common |
| Thursday, 6th August | Salisbury, ENG | The Butts, Stratford Road |
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Friday, 7th August & Saturday, 8th |
Southampton, ENG | West Marlands |
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Monday, 10th August - Wednesday, 12th |
Portsmouth, ENG | Exhibition Grounds, North End |
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Thursday, 13th August - Saturday, 15th |
Brighton, ENG | The Race Course |
| Monday, 17th August | Guildford, ENG | Shalford Park |
| Tuesday, 18th August | Tunbridge Wells, ENG | On the Agricultural Show Grounds |
| Wednesday, 19th August | Eastbourne, ENG | Seaside, near Old Toll Gate Bridge |
| Thursday, 20th August | Hastings, ENG | Buckshole Field, St. Helen’s Road |
| Friday, 21st August | Ashford, ENG | |
| Saturday, 22nd August | Folkestone, ENG | Top of Sandgate Hill [Near The Leas] |
| Monday, 24th August | Ramsgate, ENG | Ellington Fields (Opposite Park) |
| Tuesday, 25th August | Margate, ENG | |
| Wednesday, 26th August | Canterbury, ENG | |
| Thursday, 27th August | Maidstone, ENG | |
| Friday, 28th August | Chatham, ENG | |
| Saturday, 29th August | Croydon, ENG | Galpin Road, London Road |
| Monday, 31st August | Watford, ENG | Johnstone’s 5 Arches Field |
| Tuesday, 1st September | Luton, ENG | Powdrill’s Meadows, New Bedford Road |
| Wednesday, 2nd September | Leyton, ENG | Barclay Estate |
| Thursday, 3rd September | Southend, ENG | Marine Park |
| Friday, 4th September | Colchester, ENG | Reed Hall |
| Saturday, 5th September | Bury St. Edmonds, ENG | |
| Monday, 7th September | Ipswich, ENG | Bramford Road |
| Tuesday, 8th September | Lowestoft, ENG | Acton Road Ground, Kirkley |
| Wednesday, 9th September | Yarmouth, ENG | On the Marshes, Southtown |
| Thursday, 10th September | Norwich, ENG | Dix’s Land, Unthank Road |
| Friday, 11th September | King’s Lynn, ENG | Field at West Lynn |
| Saturday, 12th September | Wisbech, ENG | |
| Monday, 14th September | Peterborough, ENG | |
| Tuesday, 15th September | Ely, ENG | |
| Wednesday, 16th September | Bedford, ENG | Fore End Road (near Gas Works) |
| Thursday, 17th September | Northampton, ENG | On The Racecourse |
| Friday, 18th September | Wellingborough, ENG | |
| Saturday, 19th September | Kettering, ENG | Bayes’ Field, Rothwell Road |
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Monday, 21st September to Tuesday, 22nd |
Leicester, ENG | Freemen’s Meadow |
| Wednesday, 23rd September | Spalding, ENG | Green Waltham’s Park, Pinchbeck Road |
| Thursday, 24th September | Boston, ENG | Ryan’s Field, Sleaford Road |
| Friday, 25th September | Grantham, ENG |
On the Barracks Field, Avenue Road (Drill Ground, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment) |
| Saturday, 26th September | Lincoln, ENG | On the South Common, Corner of High-Street* |
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Monday, 28th September - Saturday, 3rd October |
Leeds, ENG | Cardigan Fields |
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Monday, 5th October & Tuesday, 6th |
Bradford, ENG | Leeds Road, Thornbury |
| Wednesday, 7th October | Keighley, ENG | Skipton Road, Utley |
| Thursday, 8th October | Halifax, ENG | Savile Park |
| Friday, 9th October | Wakefield, ENG | Belle Vue Grounds |
| Saturday, 10th October | Doncaster, ENG | Town Moor |
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Monday, 12th October - Thursday, 15th |
Sheffield, ENG | Thompson’s Meadow, Penistone Road, Owlerton |
| Friday, 16th October | Chesterfield, ENG | Derby Road |
| Saturday, 17th October | Newark, ENG | |
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Monday, 19th October & Tuesday, 20th |
Nottingham, ENG |
Radcliffe Road, Near Trent Bridge (West Bridgeford) |
| Wednesday, 21st October | Loughborough, ENG | Race Course |
| Thursday, 22nd October | Derby, ENG | Osmaston Park, London Road |
| Friday, 23rd October | Burton, ENG | Dallow Lock Field |
* Originally announced as the Race Course
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