ORIGINS OF NAMES

[.Stuart.]

[PtB]

We're named after Bonnie & Clyde, the famous Bank robbers.

Hence the songline "the bonnie wee Bankies the pride of them all".

[newcastle broon]

Some good reading on this thread... Although we're not junior our name is from the former whitehill colliery and the Welfare is from the former miners Welfare institute club.

[Dipple burn]

THE MAN WHO GAVE US OUR NAME
Richard Wogan Talbot 5th Baron of Malahide. (Born 1846. Died 1921)
This is the name of the lord that gifted a fledgling football club their football ground, whereas the founders of the said club took his name in an act of gratitude hence the name Auchinleck Talbot.
Beechwood Park at that time was no more than a field which was used by the Silver Band as a practice area, and on an annual basis the odd gala and fete took place. The name Beechwood Park relates to the fact that there were numerous Beech trees in the vicinity and in some gardens around the ground there still is some in evidence.
With Auchinleck crying out for a decent football pitch Richard Talbot rented the new football club the ground for an annual rent of £5 which he never collected. A fine gesture indeed you may say, but at that time Talbot had sold Auchinleck House the home of the Boswells and was in the middle of transporting its contents back to Malahide Castle near Dublin which was his family home.
He had married Emily Harriet Boswell in 1873 and when she died in 1898 the Baron inherited Auchinleck house and its estates. In 1901 he re-married the widow of banker John Gurney a member of a family better known today as Barclay’s Bank. Her name was Isabel Blake Humphrey who was left with 7 children in 1887 when john Gurney died. They met at a dinner party in London and were married in St Peters Church, Eaton Square.
Baron Talbot now had seven step children and his only child James Boswell Talbot later to be the 6th Baron of Malahide. They settled in Malahide in 1902 where they became part of the rural life. Talbot had no real connection with Auchinleck no doubt why he sold the house and the estate. He flung his all into his home and was founder of the Malahide Tennis Club, and first president of the golf club. He died in 1921 and is buried in St Andrews Church in Malahide.
The story has it that he never collected any rent for Beechwood Park under the proviso that it was always to be used for sports and recreation. Some changed the story to say that as long as Talbot played in black and gold, but this is highly unlikely as our first colours were sky blue.

[Dipple burn]

I forgot to add that the story about Lugar and Talbot playing for the name Boswell is utter shite. However Auchinleck and Lugar both had senior teams called Boswell back in the 1890's so this is where this story could have originated from. Also Mad Dick or Fighting Dick Talbot who was in charge of Irish army at the Battle of the Boyne was an ancestor of the Lord that we are named after. There is a story that on the morning of the battle 14 of the Talbot family breakfasted at Malahide castle. Not one of them was to return.

[tommyboy]

I forgot to add that the story about Lugar and Talbot playing for the name Boswell is utter shite. However Auchinleck and Lugar both had senior teams called Boswell back in the 1890's so this is where this story could have originated from. Also Mad Dick or Fighting Dick Talbot who was in charge of Irish army at the Battle of the Boyne was an ancestor of the Lord that we are named after. There is a story that on the morning of the battle 14 of the Talbot family breakfasted at Malahide castle. Not one of them was to return.

McDonald's has a lot to answer for,Dimps.

[tommyboy]

THE MAN WHO GAVE US OUR NAME

Richard Wogan Talbot 5th Baron of Malahide. (Born 1846. Died 1921)

This is the name of the lord that gifted a fledgling football club their football ground, whereas the founders of the said club took his name in an act of gratitude hence the name Auchinleck Talbot.

Beechwood Park at that time was no more than a field which was used by the Silver Band as a practice area, and on an annual basis the odd gala and fete took place. The name Beechwood Park relates to the fact that there were numerous Beech trees in the vicinity and in some gardens around the ground there still is some in evidence.

With Auchinleck crying out for a decent football pitch Richard Talbot rented the new football club the ground for an annual rent of £5 which he never collected. A fine gesture indeed you may say, but at that time Talbot had sold Auchinleck House the home of the Boswells and was in the middle of transporting its contents back to Malahide Castle near Dublin which was his family home.

He had married Emily Harriet Boswell in 1873 and when she died in 1898 the Baron inherited Auchinleck house and its estates. In 1901 he re-married the widow of banker John Gurney a member of a family better known today as Barclay’s Bank. Her name was Isabel Blake Humphrey who was left with 7 children in 1887 when john Gurney died. They met at a dinner party in London and were married in St Peters Church, Eaton Square.

Baron Talbot now had seven step children and his only child James Boswell Talbot later to be the 6th Baron of Malahide. They settled in Malahide in 1902 where they became part of the rural life. Talbot had no real connection with Auchinleck no doubt why he sold the house and the estate. He flung his all into his home and was founder of the Malahide Tennis Club, and first president of the golf club. He died in 1921 and is buried in St Andrews Church in Malahide.

The story has it that he never collected any rent for Beechwood Park under the proviso that it was always to be used for sports and recreation. Some changed the story to say that as long as Talbot played in black and gold, but this is highly unlikely as our first colours were sky blue.

Interesting stuff,bud,Sadly,a similar proviso failed to save Bellshill's Brandon Park.

[Dipple burn]

The older generation of Auchinleckians refutes your claim that Lugar and Talbot never played a game to be called Boswell as utter shite.

They say that you sir are indeed talking utter shite!

The Boswell story came from the same source that quoted that Talbot were once Highouse Rangers which is another load of the proverbial.

[Harry Beaver]

I forgot to add that the story about Lugar and Talbot playing for the name Boswell is utter shite. However Auchinleck and Lugar both had senior teams called Boswell back in the 1890's so this is where this story could have originated from. Also Mad Dick or Fighting Dick Talbot who was in charge of Irish army at the Battle of the Boyne was an ancestor of the Lord that we are named after. There is a story that on the morning of the battle 14 of the Talbot family breakfasted at Malahide castle. Not one of them was to return.

Alway like a story with a happy ending.

[Harry Beaver]

Mibbe aye, mibbe naw.

Conflicting stories is what I'm getting told.

Honestly though, I have to say that you are a wealth of knowledge with all things Talbot.

Ask Ed Flynn he would have been at the game if it had ever taken place.

[Dipple burn]

Ask Ed Flynn he would have been at the game if it had ever taken place.

It was on the same day as Ed's 21st birthday party.