Wallsend rabbit club was founded by a gentleman called Harry Bush.  Wallsend rabbit club then merged with Byker and Heaton rabbit club after the war.  The other rabbit clubs around at this time were Newcastle who met at the Grey Horse and held there shows at this venue as well.  The other club around at this time was North Shields and they met somewhere on Nile Street.  Wallsend used to meet in the Memorial Hall in Wallsend on the third Saturday of every month which used to be a table top show and there would used to be a judge for each show.  They would get around 80 plus rabbits at each show so even after the war it was a popular hobbie as people used to come to shows to catch up with people they have not seen in a while.

Harry built Wallsend to be the best around.  As when he went to other shows to judge he would ask them to come to his shows and judge so this would therefore bring more people through the doors and made Wallsend more popular.  Wallsend rabbit club was the first club to have there own badge. 

During the war it was a popular hobbie as when people were on rations people who used to keep rabbits got extra bran so they could use that to bake with.

When people first strated to show rabbits at the table top shows the popular breeds to show were English and Dutch rabbits and as we know they are still popular breeds in the modern day.  We do have more of a variety at our shows today though for example Rex, Mini Lops, Dwarfs and many more and it is nice to see a wide variety of rabbits.  Going back to Harry Bush he was the secutary of the BRC as well for 10 years what a grat achievment to be secutary for 10 years.  Harry was a leading light for rabbits and for Wallsend and with out him there would not have been a Wallsend.

So here's for some more good times ahead in the future and lets hope we get bigger and bigger with the help of you the breeders