DidsburyTocH
My Details
| First Name | Arthur |
| Last Name | Crabtree |
| Username | DidsburyTocH |
| Profile | Club |
Club Information
| Club Name | Didsbury Toc H RFC |
| Address | Didsbury Toc H RFC, Ford Lane, Didsbury |
| Post Code | M20 2RU |
| Playing Level | Level 7 |
| Number of Men's Teams | 4 |
| Number of Women's Teams | 1 |
| Mini & Junior Section | Yes |
| Training Session Details | During the summer we train at the club. It’s at 1800 for the Ladies and 1900 for the men on Tuesday and Thursdays. From October to March we train on the 4G at Platt lane Sports Complex on Tuesdays at 2000.
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| Constituent Body | Lancashire |
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| About The Club | History Why TOC H? During the First World War, a soldier’s club was established by the Reverend Tubby Clayton at Poperinghe in Flanders, a place where troops of all ranks could go for a brief respite from the battlefields. It was named Talbot House, as a memorial to a young lieutenant killed in action in one of the many conflicts in the previous year.
TOC H was the way the signallers pronounced the letters T H, the initials for Talbot House. TOC for T and H for House as in todays TANGO HOTEL. After the war the organisation continued using the name Toc H setting up a number of similar houses – called marks – throughout the country. In 1924 members of the Manchester mark of Toc H formed a rugby club, calling it Toc H Manchester and was situated in Victoria Park.
After moving to various sites the club arrived in Didsbury and in 1986 the name was changed to DIDSBURY TOC H to identify with the location of the clubhouse. |