British Society of Sports History
North West Region Sport and Leisure History Network Autumn Workshop
Date: Saturday 24th November 2012
Location: Manchester Metropolitan University
Crewe Faculty Costs/Registration (To include lunch): £25 per head
(Postgraduates £15)
Register online at http://buyonline.mmu.ac.uk/
For further details contact Dave Day on 07785545193 or at
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PROGRAMME (also see the attached flyer)
9.00
Registration and Introduction
10.00-10.50.
Melanie Tebbutt (MMU)Psychology and the Outdoor Movement in the 1920s
11.00 – 12.00.
Panel 1-
Diane Clements (Director, Museum of Freemasonry)‘Devoted exclusively to
Association Football’: New Light on Freemasonry and Football
Julie Moore (University of Hertfordshire) Golf and the Common: The
Hertfordshire Experience
Coffee
12.15-1.15.
Panel 2-
Grace Huxford (University of Warwick)‘The Finest Spectacle in P.O.W.
History’: the 1952 ‘Inter-Camp Olympics’ and British Prisoners of War in
the Korean War
John Bale (Keele University) Wilson of ‘The Wizard’: Asserting the
Rural in Post-War Britain
1.15-2.15 Lunch
2.15-3.05. Mike Huggins (University of Cumbria)The Regional and Local
History of North-West Leisure: A Historiographical Review.
Coffee
3.30 - 5.00.
Panel 3-
Jeff Hill (DMU, International Centre for Sport History and Culture)
Leisure, Politics and the Conservative Party Hegemony in
North-WestEngland, 1880s-1930s
Claire Robinson (University of Birmingham) Pantomime and the Bankruptcy
of Captain Bainbridge – 1889
Douglas Hope (University of Cumbria)‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and
dancing’: Holiday Making with the Co-operative Holidays Association and
Holiday Fellowship.
5.00 onwards
Extending the Network - Informal meeting.
If you would like to be added to the North West network's mailing list,
please get in touch with Samantha-Jayne Oldfield at
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About BSSH Regional Sport and Leisure History Networks
The British Society of Sports History (BSSH) has prioritised the establishment of
regional networks to further encourage the study of sport and leisure
history and to promote regional histories of sport and leisure. Regional
networks facilitate interaction with local archives and museums and
organise regular workshops to provide a regular forum to present and
discuss new research.
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