Category: Leisure
#NSM2020 – Geoffrey and Ida’s Secret Romance
Posted by Heather Roberts | Nov 23, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 0
#NSM2020 – Music in wartime
Posted by Heather Roberts | Oct 19, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 0
#NSM2020 – Early Days & Memorable Names
Posted by Heather Roberts | Sep 21, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 0
#NSM2020 – The Centenary of the Northern School of...
Posted by Heather Roberts | Aug 24, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 1
Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport? Part 1
by Roy Case | Jan 25, 2021 | Golf, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0
Although 1867 was not a particularly historical year, it did mark the conclusion of almost thirty...
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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...
Read More#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...
Read More#NSM2020 – Early Days & Memorable Names
by Heather Roberts | Sep 21, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 0
To read Part 1 of this series of papers please click HERE In the second article in the...
Read More“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 7
by Marco Giani | Sep 3, 2020 | Archival Research, Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Gender and Sport, Leisure, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics, Team Sports, The Great Outdoors, Winter Sports | 0
The author would like to express thanks to Luigi and Francesco Ferrari for the images (taken from...
Read More#NSM2020 – The Centenary of the Northern School of Music
by Heather Roberts | Aug 24, 2020 | Archival Research, Leisure, Theatre and the Arts | 1
For the Royal Northern College of Music Archives, there was to be one very specific celebration in...
Read MoreLeisure in Alexandra Park ~ The Gymnasia ~
by Alexandra Park Research Team | Aug 20, 2020 | Gender and Sport, History of Alexandra Park Manchester, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0
Introduction Perhaps, more than any other aspect of the Alexandra Park, the gymnasia represented...
Read MoreLeisure in Alexandra Park:
The Ornamental Lake, Skating, and Fishing
by Alexandra Park Research Team | Aug 6, 2020 | History of Alexandra Park Manchester, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History, The Great Outdoors, Winter Sports | 0
Introduction An Ornamental Lake was an integral part of the designs for the new Alexandra Park...
Read MoreMaking Sports Visible: Italian Sports Logos from Milan Archivio di Stato
by Marco Giani | Jul 23, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Football, General, Leisure, Rowing, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Swimming & Diving, Team Sports, The Great Outdoors, Winter Sports | 0
PLEASE NOTE ~ All images are taken from: Milano, Archivio di Stato di Milano, Prefettura di...
Read MoreLeisure in Alexandra Park
~ Tennis ~
by Alexandra Park Research Team | Jul 20, 2020 | History of Alexandra Park Manchester, Leisure, Tennis | 0
Introduction Although tennis was absent in the 1870s, it quickly became one of the park’s most...
Read MoreLeisure in Alexandra Park ~ Bowling and The Bowling Green
by Alexandra Park Research Team | Jul 9, 2020 | History of Alexandra Park Manchester, Leisure | 0
Introduction The Alexandra Park Bowling Green, opened in 1871, was the site of a great deal of...
Read MoreBarbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Revisited
by Rachel Harris-Gardiner | Jul 6, 2020 | Gender and Sport, Leisure, Motoring, The Great Outdoors | 0
Barbara Cartland: queen of the romantic novel with a passion for pink and traditional values, or a...
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