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@Playing_PastsThe original online magazine for Global Sport/Leisure History. Contributions on any aspect of Sport/Leisure History always welcome. See webpage for details
Cheshire, England
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The story of the Bradford Rifles and the impact of the volunteer militia on the development of (rugby) football in the district in the nineteenth century. Told on VINCIT: bradfordsporthistory.com/201β¦β¦
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#LilyParr One of my 2 Articles on @Playing_Pasts telling the true story of my Granny's old teammate + friend @footballandwar @justaballgame @sportinghistory
@DrDKilpatrick @100BluePlaques
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Fullback #LilyParr Debut for Dick Kerr Ladies Aged 15 in Sep 1920 after 1 Game for St Helens @footballandwar @Playing_Pasts
@100BluePlaques
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CYCLING PASTS: a new blog on the history of early #cycling and cycling competitions (1860-1920) with articles in π³π±|π¬π§.
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@BritSportHisSoc @BramConstandt @SportinHistory1 @sportinghistory @Playing_Pasts @BritishCycling
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Violette Gourard-Morris - By a country mile the most contoversial woman footballer of all time... Here depicted in 1922 leading a French tour against Dick Kerr Ladies + Hey's Brewery Bradford - Executed by Maquis at end of WW2 @BreweryHeys @Playing_Pasts @footballandwar
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This is history! Hannah Cain and Carrie Jones fire Wales to Euro 2025 nation.cymru/sport/this-is-hβ¦
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2019 - Finding astonishing photos of #MollySeaton #SadieSmith led to so much @FionaSkillen @R_McBrearty @StJoesBelfast @vivienne7 @JulieMcNeill1 @eddireader @derryjournal @justaballgame @PhysCstudy
@FinnClodagh @footballandwar
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Great detective work by Bill Williams and Andrew Taylor to discover a fascinating part of #BritishBaseball history that involves multiple HOFers, the Giants-White Sox World Tour, and King George V, all set in #ChippingNorton!
New on @Playing_Pasts
The Tale of the βLouisville Sluggerβ
How a Baseball Bat made in Kentucky, found its way To Chipping Norton
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#ChippingNorton
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A short thread about the extraordinary sporting career of Max Woosnam, who was born in Liverpool (and captained the @England national football team), but had very close - and lasting - connections with Mid Walesβ¦ π§΅
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A game fit for heroes, the rebirth of Bradford RFC in 1919 by @jpdewhirst on VINCIT, the online journal of Bradford Sport History: bradfordsporthistory.com/201β¦ @Playing_Pasts @sportinghistory @yorkshire_rfu @collinstony @PJWOlicana @_philmcgowan @wrugbymuseum
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100 years ago, Cecil Griffiths, a gold medalist from Neath, was banned for life from the Olympics for unknowingly accepting a prize as a teen. His story reminds us of the strict rules athletes once faced. Dive into more Welsh sports stories @Playing_Pasts #BlackHistoryMonth
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Sterling Ladies FC - "The Dagenham Invincibles" of WW1 - Unbeaten over 2 Seasons - 34 Wins + 2 Draws - GREATEST team of WW1 @Playing_Pasts @PrestonPlayhous @blogpreston
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@InvincibleBooks @invincibles1881 Feb in #Preston
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Next on #AATP24 - @Few4gottenWomen
team member @Researchdogbody
Female Students at Play in Edwardian England
'Grab your trainers and step back in time as I explore how Edwardian female students played sport and the constraints they faced compared to their male counterparts'
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1923 Floodlit footballl match - Hey's Brewery Bradford Ladies FC v Dick Kerr Ladies - 1930 Male game - 1931 FA Ban Floodlit Football @Playing_Pasts @footyheritage
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"When Football Banned Women" - Article by Self + Professor Fiona Skillen @FionaSkillen @VicBrok
@beckyeaston16 @tatsdowie @Playing_Pasts @footballandwar
@justaballgame "Are the women's feet any heavier on the turf than the men's?" @TFHBs
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English FA Banned Floodlit Football in 1931 - London Clubs + Greyhound racing formed an Existential threat...
@Liberoacademica @TomWoWPR
@Playing_Pasts @footballandwar
@TFHBs Women's Football Banned in 1902 + 1921 They like a ban π
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OTD in 1895 the formation of the Northern Union and the split in English rugby. A Bradford perspective about the circumstances by @jpdewhirst on VINCIT: bradfordsporthistory.com/201β¦ @Playing_Pasts @sportinghistory @collinstony @PJWOlicana @_philmcgowan @wrugbymuseum
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#LizzyAshcroftCollection In honour of Blue Plaque for Legendary St Helens Ladies FC being unveiled today in St Helens I am releasing this rare unseen image from Archive - My guess is 1930s Sports Day at Whittingham County Mental Hospital - Lizzy on left - Relay team? @RunYoung50
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#LilyParr There are 2 Lily Parrs. A bit like Robin Hood - The nonsense on the net + the real person - My Granny's great friend whom I had the Honour of meeting β½οΈπ @MikeNearLeigh @Playing_Pasts
5ft 8in Lily played 1 Game for the great #StHelens Ladies FC
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George Eyser: Was he the First True Paralympic Champion playingpasts.co.uk/uncategorβ¦