Nellie Halstead:
Once known as “Britain’s Greatest Woman Athlete”
I was recently reading part two of Steve Bolton’s article on Manchester Ladies F.C. on the Playing...
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Posted by Mark Evans | Jan 26, 2023 | Athletics, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Olympics, Women in Sport | 3
I was recently reading part two of Steve Bolton’s article on Manchester Ladies F.C. on the Playing...
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The Hartley family lived in Shipton-Under-Wychwood, West Oxfordshire. There were seven children, 5...
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Introduction As a Mancunian I have always been interested in the sporting history of Manchester...
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In 2017 I wrote an article for “Playing Pasts” entitled “Women’s Hockey and the Introduction of...
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A lot of things have been different during lockdown, and many people have had clear outs. Two...
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