Rules booklet and tournament programme for Olympia Tennis Club, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1879, sold together with a further programme for a tournamen
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Rules booklet and tournament programme for Olympia Tennis Club, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1879, sold together with a further programme for a tournament held at The Western Club, 25th - 27th June 1896, (2) The Olympia Tennis Club may have been a predecessor of The Northern Lawn Tennis Club that was established in Old Trafford in 1881. Sir Humphery de Trafford was elected the club's first president, at the turn of the century the club relocated to Didsbury on land purchased by members and local residents.