Author: Margaret Roberts

On this Week 7th August

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Aug 7, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

7th-Today in 1711 Queen Anne attended the Ascot race meeting, thus earning it the prefix ‘Royal’....

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Lizzie Beckwith – The Forgotten Sister – Part 2

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Aug 3, 2017 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving, Women in Sport, Your Family's Playing Pasts | 0

While Part 1 of this paper [which can be read HERE] used documentary evidence gleaned from...

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On This Week – 31st July 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Jul 31, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

31st – Ramón Fonst Cuban fencer was born today in 1883. Although born in Cuba, he spent...

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Lizzie Beckwith – The Forgotten Sister – Part 1

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Jul 31, 2017 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving, Women in Sport, Your Family's Playing Pasts | 0

The name Beckwith is integral to the story of swimming in the 19th century and that of Agnes...

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On this Week – 24th July 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Jul 24, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

24th – Fred Tate, English cricketer, who played in one Test in 1902, was born today in...

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