Author: Margaret Roberts

On This Week – 29th May 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | May 29, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

29th – On this day in 1852 the Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind, often known as...

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Hidden Histories Part 3 – Census or Censorship: Everyone Counts in Small Amounts…

Posted by Margaret Roberts | May 25, 2017 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH] | 0

Nineteenth and early twentieth century census returns tend to be the principal documents that...

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On This Week – 22 May 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | May 22, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

22nd – On this day in 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of...

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On This Week – 15th May 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | May 15, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

15th -On this day in 1856 Matthias Zurbriggen Swiss mountaineer and one of the great 19th-century...

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On This Week – 8th May 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | May 8, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

8th – Yorkshire completed a record innings in the county cricket championship when they made 887...

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