Early Cycling Races in Great Britain: Madness on Wheels (1869)
Discover +180 #cycling events in the 1st year of UK #cyclingraces in 1869.
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New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social
The Media Superstars of WW1
Sterling Ladies FC - The Dagenham Invincibles
Link 👍 www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/foo...
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#WomensFootball
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Sports History & Sporting Heritage: Working in Partnership. An in-person event bringing together delegates from sports history and sporting heritage to build stronger partnerships for the future.
📍 Heritage Quay
📅 5 Feb | 10am–4pm (GMT)
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mr462ckd
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Tired and happy back home from the annual #BSSH2025 conference in #Belfast with great memories of fascinating lectures and good talks with other sports history specialists.
Image: the Leeds Mercury, September, 1920, 12.
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Steve Bolton in front of a slide which reads: “Doing Public History”. Dated 22 August 2025.
Earlier, I had the pleasure of chairing Steve Bolton’s keynote, “Doing Public History”. I shed a tear watching this wonderful film about his Granny, the footballer Lizzy Ashcroft. #BSSH2025
You can watch it here: castelliandco.com/projects/gra...
The Bike Face or the Invention of the Safety Bicycle as a Catalyst for the Evolution of Female Independence.
What a title for a next article on #sportshistory!😉
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The first #tourofflanders was most likely organized to the occasion of the World's Fair of #Ghent on May 25, 1913.
NL: rb.gy/1iydpn
EN: rb.gy/654l36
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At the end of the #cyclocross season a #history of its emergence.
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CYCLING PASTS: a new blog about the history of early #cycling and cycling competitions (1860-1920) with articles in NL|EN.
👉 tinyurl.com/fabj87f3
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Applications for the BSSH annual conference in Belfast this summer are now open. Abstracts of 200 words on any aspect of sport are welcomed, the deadline for submissions is 7th May 2025..
