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Milestones in Women’s Marathon History
~1975~
Permission for Women to Run the Marathon in the UK
by Katie Holmes | Jul 25, 2022 | Athletics, Sport and Coaching, Women in Sport | 0
Introduction For most of the twentieth century the maximum distance that women were permitted to...
Read MoreManchester Ladies FC – Post WW2 Pioneers
My Tribute to the Great Marian Bindotti RIP
Part 1
by Steve Bolton | Jul 18, 2022 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0
Formed in November 1946 by Marian Bindotti Very few of the high profile pre-WW2 women’s football...
Read MoreJessop’s Last Hurrah
by Bill Williams | Jul 11, 2022 | Archival Research, Cricket, Team Sports | 0
By the early summer of 1916, Captain Gilbert Laird Jessop (hero of the 1902 Oval Test Match) was...
Read MoreVictoria College in Bingen on the Rhine:
Call for Research
by Petra Tabarelli | Jul 4, 2022 | Archival Research, Football | 0
Bingen on the Rhine is not only the title of a well-known poem, but also famous for its landscape:...
Read MoreThe Pedestrian Pre-History of Six Day Bicycle Races
Part 2: 1875
by Filip Walenta | Jun 13, 2022 | Archival Research, Cycling, Sport & Leisure History | 0
To read Part 1 of this series click HERE Introduction. The first part of this sequel story...
Read MoreRon Eland:
A Pioneer of Weightlifting and Reconciliation in South Africa
by Margaret Roberts : Playing Pasts Editor in Chief | May 16, 2022 | Indoor Sport, Physical Culture | 0
Most South African sport history enthusiasts are familiar with the name Basil D’Oliveria, who was...
Read MoreBotham’s Test and Jessop’s Match:
Anniversaries and Kindred Spirits
by Bill Williams | May 9, 2022 | Archival Research, Cricket, Team Sports | 0
The summer of 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of ‘Botham’s test’, which for...
Read MoreGeorges Carpentier’s Training:
A ‘Scientific Method’ of Boxing?
by Jean-François Loudcher | May 4, 2022 | Boxing, Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Leisure on the Eve of WWI: edited Volume 2016 | 0
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Read MoreKick-Off in Europe’s Powder Keg:
Cooperation and Confrontation in Football in South Slavic Lands 1900-1914
by Dejan Zec | May 3, 2022 | Football, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Leisure on the Eve of WWI: edited Volume 2016, Team Sports | 0
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Read More‘Our Present Methods and Spirit are Fatal to Success’:
Coaching and Training in Britain 1912-1914
by Dave Day | May 2, 2022 | Archival Research, Athletics, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Leisure on the Eve of WWI: edited Volume 2016 | 0
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Read More‘The Butter-Cup that Blooms in Spring’:
Crowd Singing on the Eve of the First World War
by Paul Newsham | May 1, 2022 | Archival Research, Football, Leisure, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Leisure on the Eve of WWI: edited Volume 2016, Team Sports | 0
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Read More‘International Friendships’ with the Co-operative Holidays Association in the Years Leading up to the First World War.
by Douglas Hope | Apr 30, 2022 | Archival Research, Leisure, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Leisure on the Eve of WWI: edited Volume 2016, The Great Outdoors, Winter Sports, Women in Sport | 0
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