SINCE 1899, Worcester citizens have enjoyed the right to roam over Pitchcroft at will.
Among my earliest memories, I remember being taken to Pat Collin's fair, which always visited Pitchcroft in the first week of July.
Local Worcester football and cricket leagues always used the ground for matches. The long-forgotten Thursday football league also played most games on Pitchcroft. The players were workers who had to work all day on Saturdays. There were only eight teams in this league.
On Saturdays, sizeable crowds would gather to watch matches between local leading teams.
Schools used Pitchcroft and, out of school, young lads would play scratch games of football and cricket, with jackets piled to represent goal-posts or wickets, according to season.
Traditionally, people walk dogs, meet friends and sit watching the boats on the Severn.
Horse racing only takes place on Pitchcroft with the tacit permission of the people of Worcester.
Pitchcroft belongs to the people. Arena should remember that.
D E MARGRETT,
Worcester.
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