Gainsborough Working Men's Club was formed in 1870, and they held a bicycle race at their sports meeting on August 21st 1871, it was held in conjunction with the Gainsborough Horticultural Society.There were four thousand people at the event and the sports included a bicycle race, which only drew two competitors in which Bettison easily beat Hammond. After the sports, there was tea, a donkey race, juggling from Pio Whautkini and a horizontal bars performance by Castelotti. In the evening there was dancing on the vicarage lawn to the music of the Gainsborough Brass Band and a fireworks display.
The Working Men's Club held their sports at the Vicarage until 1874, after which, they moved venue to the Cricket Ground.
Gainsborough Flower Show and Harvest Gala was held on September 6th 1875 and was organised by the Horticultural Society. The Vicarage Grounds were kindly lent by Reverend Canon Williams and an immense marquee housed the show and over 3,000 people attended. The sports included a handicap bicycle race, but the blindfold wheelbarrow race unfortunately did not attract any competitors. The Gala concluded, as usual, with dancing on the vicarage lawn and a fireworks display.
The Holy Trinity Vicarage was sold in 1904 to the local company Marshall and Sons, who built the Britannia Iron Works on the site and manufactured steam engines and agricultural machinery. The area is now a shopping centre called Marshall's Yard and a Tesco superstore.