What is now ‘Esquina’ was the Sawley Co-operative Society’s shop. The Sawley Co-operative Society had started in 1873 and existed as an independent society for 20 years, until being merged with the Long Eaton Co-operative Society in 1895.
From their formation in 1834 the Sawley Cricket Club played behind the Harrington Arms in a field jokingly called Trent Bridge. After a break in the 1960s they started again on the park behind the Community Centre. In 1974 they discussed laying out a better pitch behind the Harrington, but this never came to anything and the club moved to West Park.