The Emergence of Canine Performance Sports in Poland after 1989
Presented by: Justyna Wlodarczyk The past 25 years, that is the period after the fall of communism...
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America and the Victorians: The Birth of a Transatlantic Leisure Culture
Presented by: Bob Nicholson At the start of Victoria’s reign, the United States had a muted...
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From Great Exhibition to Department Stores: A Victorian Spectacle
Presented by: Janice Li As the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace opened in 1851, it brought a...
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Social History of Tennis in the North West
Presented by: Rob Lake Unlike the sports of football, rugby and cricket, tennis as it emerged and...
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The Nude Dancer – Adorée Villany: Art, the Female Body and Morals during WW1
Presented by: Hans Henrick Appel During the 1910’s, a handful of women became notorious for their...
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Female Employees and the Victorian Public Baths
Presented by: Professor Dave Day Mainly because of its utilitarian value and its potential for...
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English Influence on the French Development of Sport in the 19th Century: the example of the “Bordeaux Athletic-Club” (1876)
Presented by: Jean-François Loudcher, Professor, University of Bordeaux, LACES, EA 4140 English...
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‘Oh the good times of old England; in old England very good times’: Leisure in post- First World War rural reconstruction
Presented by Prof. Bob Snape Centre for Worktown Studies, University of Bolton ‘Oh the good times...
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Manchester’s Miller Street public baths and wash-house, 1846-1850
Presented by: Syliva Koelling at the SpLeish Colloquium, March 2017 Much of the historical...
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The Death of the Fisherman and the Birth of the Bather: the emergence of recreational swimming in a Cornish coastal town
Presented by: Geoff Swallow ABSTRACT The first annual summer migrant to arrive on the coast of...
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Historical Perspectives on Female Contributions to Sports Leadership
This video is from a public lecture given at MMU Cheshire Campus for Internation Women’s Day...
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Yugoslav Football Teams in the UK and Ireland in Interwar Period (1918-1939): Impressions and Perceptions of the Cradle of Football
After the end of the First World War and unification of the South Slavic lands into one country,...
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