Heritage

Looking back at the Bees
Bees United is now the lawful custodian of the Brentford FC collection of items, programmes and overall archive. We are building completely new catalogues for all the items and objects. We are building the BU collection too. More news to follow and we will keep you posted

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The Oxford and Cambridge hotel

The Oxford & Cambridge Hotel has proved to be a rather camera-shy building, with no publication nor website providing a definite image of the Club’s founding place. Jonathan Burchill has unearthed a series of images which, for the first time, let us see what it really looked like
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A Tram Stop In Hounslow – A play by Geoff Buckingham

Geoff Buckingham, a truly loyal Bee for over 65 years, is well known for the many books he has written and collaborated on but the events of 1889 really captured his imagination. Geoff saw the debt we have to our founders, who knew this, small working class town really needed a...
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Bees shirts from the beginning

Brendan Nevin shares his unique Bees shirts history, from the 1890's, claret and blue, to a variety of Red and Whites stripes including the infamous (Griffin Park protests) red and grey. What do you think we can look forward to as the red and white centenary approaches?
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Brentford Football Club, founded, October 1889

On 7 October 1889, a mild Autumnal Monday, Brentford Rowing Club gathered for its monthly meeting. A proposal was put forward for a winter sport to be taken up for its membership to participate in. That proposal was that a “Brentford Football Club” be formed. Paul Briers tells the story...
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