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The Norwich club which gave salvation to rough and tumble city lads
PUBLISHED: EDP24 16:04 26 September 2017
It was the first club of its kind in the world which almost wiped out juvenile crime in Norwich a century ago - an extraordinary achievement in what was a rough and tumble city.From 1913 to 1919 around 100 young people below the age of 16 were brought before the courts. By 1922 the figure was down to just 12. There had also been scores of boys in reformatories, but that number had dropped to just five.And that was down to the visionary Chief Constable of Norwich, John Henry Dain, who set about opening the lads club in the city, reaching out to the boys of Norwich and giving them a second home.Apart from offering a range of activities at the club in St George’s he even arranged for the boys to go on holiday for the first time.He asked the city fathers to back them and Dain, appointed Chief Constable 100 years ago, was not the kind of man who took no for an answer.
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PUBLISHED: EDP24 16:04 26 September 2017
It was the first club of its kind in the world which almost wiped out juvenile crime in Norwich a century ago - an extraordinary achievement in what was a rough and tumble city.From 1913 to 1919 around 100 young people below the age of 16 were brought before the courts. By 1922 the figure was down to just 12. There had also been scores of boys in reformatories, but that number had dropped to just five.And that was down to the visionary Chief Constable of Norwich, John Henry Dain, who set about opening the lads club in the city, reaching out to the boys of Norwich and giving them a second home.Apart from offering a range of activities at the club in St George’s he even arranged for the boys to go on holiday for the first time.He asked the city fathers to back them and Dain, appointed Chief Constable 100 years ago, was not the kind of man who took no for an answer.
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Nothing can stop city’s boxing production line
PUBLISHED: ED24 16:34 21 June 2017
From Jem Mace to the Walsh boys and from Ginger Sadd to Jon Thaxton....Norfolk has produced, and still is producing talented and tough boxers
Professional or amateur, little or large, it takes an awful lot of courage to step into that ring.
And we should be proud of the boys – and now girls – who pull on the gloves to represent a club, city, county or country. It takes raw courage.
Many of our boxers emerged from Norwich Lads Club, the first club of its kind in the world, set up by the police to give boys a purpose in life.
There have been many other clubs over the years and men who have dedicated much of their lives to helping and training boxers, Glen Saffer, the late Ray Pease included.
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PUBLISHED: ED24 16:34 21 June 2017
From Jem Mace to the Walsh boys and from Ginger Sadd to Jon Thaxton....Norfolk has produced, and still is producing talented and tough boxers
Professional or amateur, little or large, it takes an awful lot of courage to step into that ring.
And we should be proud of the boys – and now girls – who pull on the gloves to represent a club, city, county or country. It takes raw courage.
Many of our boxers emerged from Norwich Lads Club, the first club of its kind in the world, set up by the police to give boys a purpose in life.
There have been many other clubs over the years and men who have dedicated much of their lives to helping and training boxers, Glen Saffer, the late Ray Pease included.
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