Clay pigeon shooting at Uxendon, 1908


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Clay pigeon shooting at Uxendon, 1908

By 1900, Uxendon Farm had become a shooting ground (the Lancaster Shooting Club). When the Olympic Games were held in London in 1908 the ground was sufficiently important to be used for Olympic clay pigeon shooting. Pressure from the shooting club, which was a two mile walk from the nearest station (Wembley Park), played a part in the opening of Preston Road Halt in May 1908.


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