Category: Leisure

Cloelia, Atalanta and Nausicaa
The Search for a Classical Sportswoman Role Model in 1930s’ Italy

by Marco Giani | Sep 6, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Football, Leisure, Olympics, Rowing, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Women in Sport | 0

This Playing Pasts article is the English version of a longer Italian article (2018), that can...

All About That Skirt:
Women’s sportswear in 1920-1940s’ Fascist Italy
Part 2

by Marco Giani | Aug 9, 2021 | Archival Research, Athletics, Basketball, Golf, Leisure, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Women in Sport | 0

To read Part 1 Click HERE To continue where we left Part 1 with the discussion regarding female...

All About That Skirt:
Women’s sportswear in 1920-1940s’ Fascist Italy
Part 1

by Marco Giani | Aug 5, 2021 | Athletics, Basketball, Leisure, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Tennis, Uncategorised, Winter Sports, Women in Sport | 0

As Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan has pointed out just some days ago in her The Conversation article...

Going the Distance
The Story of Rosa Symons

by Mike Fishpool | Jul 12, 2021 | Archival Research, Cycling, Leisure, Women in Sport | 0

The early 1900s saw a number of women setting new British road endurance records aiming to break...

Animals, Humans and Sport in Eighteenth-century England

by Mike Huggins | May 17, 2021 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Canine Sport, Equestrian, Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

Those of us who write books love positive reviews, but it is often the criticisms that are far...

Industrial Heritage
Part 1:
Cotton Lancashire’s Victorian Swimming Baths

by Keith Myerscough | Apr 8, 2021 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Leisure, Sport & Leisure History, Swimming & Diving | 2

The “Penny Scrub” is still evoking notions of civic pride in the industrial heritage of Victorian...

BARTITSU:
The Art of Self-defence
Part 2

by Roy Case | Mar 8, 2021 | General, Indoor Sport, Leisure, Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

Part 1 can be read HERE In 1913, the Liberal government led by Herbert Asquith, 1st Earl...

BARTITSU:
The Art of Self-defence
Part 1

by Roy Case | Mar 1, 2021 | General, Indoor Sport, Leisure, Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

The sixty-three year reign of Queen Victoria [1819-1901] was fast approaching its end, and with it...

Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport? Part 2

by Roy Case | Feb 1, 2021 | Golf, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0

Missed Part 1 then read it HERE Motivated by his visit to the USA, Fr. Schröder witnessed...

Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport? Part 1

by Roy Case | Jan 25, 2021 | Golf, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 1

Although 1867 was not a particularly historical year, it did mark the conclusion of almost thirty...

#NSM2020 – Geoffrey and Ida’s Secret Romance

by Heather Roberts | Nov 23, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 0

To read Part 1 of this series of papers please click HERE , for Part 2 Click HERE and for Part 3...

#NSM2020 – Music in wartime

by Heather Roberts | Oct 19, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 0

To read Part 1 of this series of papers please click HERE and for Part 2 Click HERE The...

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