Category: British Society of Sports History [BSSH]
The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 2 ~ Early British Interest (and Disinterest!) in the Discus
Read Part 1: Classical Origins HERE In the early 1800s, fitness regimes and personal trainers were...
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The Discus:
The Story of the Strange British Disdain for an Olympic Icon
Part 1 ~ Classical Origins
Of all the events in the modern Olympic track and field programme nothing invokes the ancient...
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The Remarkable Rise of Wheelchair Tennis
Break out the strawberries and cream, sun hats and umbrellas, it’s the second week of Wimbledon...
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Aquatic Fantasies: Female Commercial Swimmers
Female natationists were an essential ingredient in the provision of swimming as a commercially...
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Carmen Pomies:
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 2 of 3 – La Galerie des Champions Tour 1925
To read Part 1 of this series click HEREÂ 1925: Tea on the Terrace On Monday 11th...
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Carmen Pomies:
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 1/3
The Girl from Parr meets the Girl from Paris Carmen Chantelle Marianne Pomies… 5 feet 8...
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Fleetwood Ladies
Part Three
Media Coverage
 To read Part 1 of this series click HERE and for Part 2 click HERE Judged by many similar...
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Fleetwood Ladies
Part Two
Players and Officials
To read Part 1 of this series – please click HERE One of the major challenges in...
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The Reverend K.G.G. Hunt
Muscular Christian and Famous footballer
Playing Past is delighted to be publishing on Open Access – Sporting Lives, [ISBN...
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Fleetwood Ladies
Part One
On the 21 May 1921, fans crowded into the Oval stadium in Belfast. Normally they would come to see...
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Animals, Humans and Sport in Eighteenth-century England
Those of us who write books love positive reviews, but it is often the criticisms that are far...
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Industrial Heritage
Part 4
Public Swimming Baths: A Civic Responsibility?
Previous parts of this series: Part 1 – Cotton Lancashire’s Victorian Swimming Baths – can be...
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