Come to the premiere for of Going to the Dogs, a film about the history of greyhound racing at Wimbledon Stadium, from 1928 – 2017, on Saturday June 1st at Wimbledon Stadium, from 2:30pm – 4pm. Entrance to the event is on Copper Mill Lane, just off Plough Lane.
The film screening will be followed by a Q&A. There will be displays of Greyhound memorabilia and artefacts on show and the famous, newly-restored Mick the Miller mosaic is on display at the front of the stadium.
There will be a complimentary buffet afterwards from 4.30pm, offering refreshments, cake and biscuits.
Finally at 6.30pm, sit back and watch round 2 of the Greyhound Derby live from Towcester on the screen and the bar will be open as well.
Listen to the full project interviews and watch the film at www.goingtothedogs.org.uk
You can also check out www.wimbledoninsportinghistory.org for more!
This project is set up and run by Wimbledon in Sporting History and educational charity digital-works.
Digital-works has run many highly successful projects exploring the history of work in London. In this project we turn to leisure, and more specifically to greyhound racing which Londoner’s visited in huge numbers from the 1920s to the 1960s after which its popularity slowly declined.
