Leisure and Sport
Tennis, the Sport of Clergy, Kings and Commoners
The origins of tennis go back a thousand years, a sport loved by the nobility of France and England was also enjoyed by the common man.
Read MoreArmy Cyclist Corps Cap Badge
The Army Cycle Corps Cap Badge illustrates the great versatility of the bicycle in the C19th and C20th. Not only did the bicycle find it’s way onto the battlefields but it had a powerful impact on women’s rights as well. Quite an achievement for the humble bicycle
Read MoreRights of Women to Play Football 1894 – 1921
Women and football? Oh yes and when they were good they were very very good……
Read MoreCharles Dickens Jr Writes on the Victorian Sport of Boxing
A fantastic insight into the Victorian boxing world from Charles Dickens Junior’s dictionary, ‘Dickens London Dictionary’
Read MoreEverton Football Club 1878
Are you an Everton football fan and would like to know more of it’s histpory?
Read MoreFirst Football Association Match 1864
Exhibition Football Association Match 1864, the start of a great romance…..
Read MoreFootball Association Founded 1863
Founding of the Football Association 1863
Read MoreVictorian Football
Victorian football, the beginning of the great British football teams, made possible by the Factory Act of 1850 and a free Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreEverton move to Anfield Rd 1884
Did you know Everton were originally at Anfield Rd?
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