Perspectives on the Sport, Leisure and Creative Industries in the 20th
Century
3rd Conference in the Pay and Play Series on the Business History of
Leisure in Britain
To be held at Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus
September 4th 2012 in the West Room, International Politics Building
Programme
9:30 Welcome and Introduction
Richard Coopey
9:45 Session One: Selling the Seaside (Chair: Richard Coopey)
Owen Roberts (Aberystwyth University)
“Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: Marketing Victorian West Wales”
Meilyr Emrys (Aberystwyth University)
“The Importance of Sport in the Seaside Resorts of North West Wales 1870
– 1914”
11:00 Coffee
11:15 Session Two: The Art of Making Money (Chair: Colin Dival)
Di Drummond (Leeds Trinity)
“Art, photography and the marketing of rail travel in India and Africa
to the British during the 1920s and ‘30s.”
Hiroki Shin (York University)
“From Commercial Art to Design: Britain’s Railways and Travel Marketing”
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Session Three: Capitalizing on the Sporting Gaze (Chair: Dil Porter)
Chris Stride and Ffion Thomas (University of Sheffield)
“Honouring Heroes by Branding in Bronze: The Rise of Sporting Statuary”
Sian Nicholas (Aberystwyth University)
“The Armchair Economy: The Commercialisation of Televised Sport in Britain”
14:45 Tea
15:00 Session Four: Style and Profit (Chair: Peter Lyth)
Richard Coopey (Aberystwyth University) and Philippa Tinsley (Worcester
Museum)
“The Business of Elegance: The Rise and Fall of the Fashion Glove
Industry in Britain”
Ben Wubs (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
“ The Look of International Business: Changing Structures in the
International Fashion industry”
16:15 Conference Series Conclusion
Peter Lyth (Nottingham University)
“Pay and Play: The Peculiarities of the Leisure Economy in 20th Century
Britain”
17:00 Conference Close
18:30 Conference Dinner
To register and further details please contact:
Dr. Richard Coopey, email – [log in to unmask]
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