Author: Margaret Roberts

On This Week – 3rd April 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Apr 3, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

3rd – On this day in 1908 the heavyweight wrestling championship was won by Frank Gotch after a...

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On This Week – 27th March 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Mar 27, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

27th The 1871 rugby union match between Scotland and England was a single international rugby...

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On This Week – 20th March 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Mar 20, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

20th – On this day in 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel about slavery, “Uncle...

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International Sport and Leisure History Colloquium 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Mar 16, 2017 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], General | 1

The third SpLeisH International Sport and Leisure History Colloquium, which took place at MMU...

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On this Week – 13th March 2017

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Mar 13, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

13th – On this day in 607, the 12th recorded passage of Halley’s Comet occurred. The...

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