Gerry Wolstenholme

Gerry Wolstenholme
Occupation	Author, historian
Spouse	Linda (m. 1964–2004; her death)

Gerry Wolstenholme is an English author and sports historian from Blackpool, Lancashire. ^[1] His genres are football and cricket. He wrote his first book in 1992.

Early life

Wolstenholme was born in Blackpool, England, and became a supporter of Blackpool F.C., the town's professional football club. ^[2] He attended Northlands school between the ages of three and five, then Devonshire Road School in Blackpool and Baines Grammar School in Poulton-le-Fylde. ^[3]

He saw an advertisement for Civil Service examinations and decided to take them. He passed, and moved to London to begin working at Her Majesty's Treasury in Whitehall. He was promoted, and worked in the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ^[3]

Career

He produced The Cheltenham Spectator and Festival News, a daily summary of the Cheltenham Cricket Festival, for six years. He also published his own The Cricket Postcard Collectors' Journal, which ran for 24 issues. ^[3]

He contributed regularly to Blackpool F.C.'s matchday programmes. ^[3]

Personal life

Wolstenholme married Linda in 1968. Four years later, they returned to Blackpool, where he worked for the Department of National Savings. He also ran a second-hand and antiquarian bookstore on Elizabeth Street. ^{[4] [5]} He wrote his first book, The West Indian Tour of England, 1906, during this time. ^[3]

He became a widower upon his wife's death in 2004. He wrote The Lost-Love Poems of a Madman, a book of poetry, as a result of it and his subsequent breakdown. ^[3]

Bibliography

A selected list of books Wolstenholme has written.

• The West Indian Tour of England, 1906 (1992) ^[6]
• From Peak to 'Pool: A Short History of Lancashire versus Derbyshire matches at Blackpool (1994) ^[7]
• Really Lancashire (1996) ^[8]
• Cup Kings (1998) ^[9]
• The Tour of the 'Gentlemen of Philadelphia' in Great Britain in 1884 (2002, with John P. Green) ^[10]
• Cricket with Laughter: Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI v West Indies, Blackpool 1933 (2006) ^[11]
• The Khaki Years: Blackpool Football Club, The First World War Years (2008) ^[12]
• Return to the Top Flight: Blackpool Football Club's Promotion Campaign 1969/70 (2010)
• Blackpool FC: Miscellany. Seasiders Trivia, History, Facts & Stats (2011) ^[13]

References

1. BBC. "Revoe's Footballing Heritage". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
2. "Anything England can do: Recalling Blackpool's record 10-0 thrashing of Lanerossi Vicenza in the Anglo-Italian Cup" – Blackpool Gazette , 16 November 2021
3. "Gerry Wolstenholme answers your questions — Ask the Author". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
4. The, Sheppard Press (1981). A Directory of Dealers in Secondhand and Antiquarian Books in the British Isles 1981-83. Sheppard Press. p. 407. ISBN   978-0-900661-21-1.
5. Cole's Register of British Antiquarian & Secondhand Bookdealers. Picaflow Limited. 1989. p. 229.
6. Beckles, Hilary; Stoddart, Brian (1995). Liberation Cricket: West Indies Cricket Culture. Manchester University Press. p. 204. ISBN   978-0-7190-4315-4.
7. From peak to 'pool : a short history of Lancashire versus Derbyshire matches at Blackpool | WorldCat.org. OCLC   1345565267.
8. Duxbury, Stephen (2017-10-02). The Brief History of Lancashire. The History Press. ISBN   978-0-7509-8609-0.
9. Tossell, David (2013-01-01). Great English Final. eBook Partnership. ISBN   978-1-909178-93-9.
10. The tour of the "Gentlemen of Philadelphia" in Great Britain in 1884 | WorldCat.org. OCLC   60361775.
11. Cricket with laughter : Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI v West Indies, Blackpool 1933 | WorldCat.org. OCLC   276348545.
12. Jackson, Alexander (2022-04-06). Football's Great War: Association Football on the English Home Front, 1914–1918. Pen and Sword Military. p. 308. ISBN   978-1-3990-0223-3.
13. Blackpool FC miscellany : seasiders trivia, history, facts & stats | WorldCat.org. OCLC   818444258.