Pop Rec Flashcards

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Pop rec 2

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Local, limited transport and communication

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Pop rec 3

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Simple/unwritten rules, illiteracy, no NGBs

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Pop rec 4

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Cruel violent, reflect harshness of 18th century rural life

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4
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Pop rec 5

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Occasional, free time on holy days and annual holidays

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5
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Pop rec 6

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Courtly/popular, two class society feudal system

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Pop rec 7

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Rural, before industrial revolution

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Pop rec 8

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Occupational, work often basis of sport

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8
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Pop rec 9

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Wagering, chance for rags to riches or to show off

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9
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Pop rec 1

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Natural/simple, lack of tech, facilities

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10
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Pop rec definition

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Pre-industrial past-time and sport mainly associated with peasants/lower class.

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11
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Spartan

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Poor or basic living standards. With regards to public schools, an environment where younger children were treated severely by masters and older boys.

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State (primary) schools

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Schools for junior-aged children funded by the government. State education began in Britain following the Forster Education Act of 1870

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13
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Pop rec sports and pastimes

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Cock fighting
Bare fist fighting
Fox hunting

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14
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English civil war date

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1642-1651

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15
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Victorian era dates

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1837-1901

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16
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Regency period info + dates

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1790-1830
High fashion, pedestrianism and prize-fighting at peak, church discouraged pop rec (devil), pressure to stop Sunday play (Sabbatarianism),

17
Q

Who was in the civil war

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Royalist cavaliers- Charles I, gentry, rural and high church
Roundheads, merchant class, urban and low church, Oliver Cromwell
Bleak for sport due to Puritan rule

18
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Restoration

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1660, army asks Charles II to take throne, Puritanism in decline and sport on the rise

19
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Game laws

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18th and 19th century laws giving sole right to upper class to kill game

20
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Patron

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Member of the gentry who looked after lower class such as a runner, arrange contest, put of stakes/wager, give board and lodgings, did it for prestige
Now a sponsor or agent
21
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Puritanism

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Idleness and playfulness were sinful and that salvation could only be earned through a life of prayer, self-discipline and moderation

22
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Coursing

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Chasing of hares by trained dogs for a wager

23
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Pop rec swimming

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Upper- inc skill and health

Lower- key role for hygiene

24
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Pop rec athletics

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Upper- pedestrianism needed skill and inc fitness and health

Lower- rural sport, predominantly for recreation

25
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Pop rec football

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Upper- unlikely involvement

Lower- mob football, harmful with injuries

26
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Pop rec cricket

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Upper- outside and active during summer, skilful and inc health
Lower- as for upper

27
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Pop rec real tennis

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Upper- skilful, potentially health enhancing for elite

Lower- play simple hand ball games for rec, perhaps skilfully

28
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Pop rec upper activities were:

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Sophisticated/expensive
Rule based, dress code and etiquette
Linked to patronage
Distant due to travel opportunity

29
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Pop rec for lower were:

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Simple, accessible and inexpensive
Simple unwritten rules, violent/uncivilised
Linked with occupation
Local due to lack of travel opportunity

30
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Pop rec swimming today

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Lake based swimming
Health effects
Survival/safety

31
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Pop rec athletics today

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April 2002, Captain Robert Barclay Allardice achievement, 200 years ago
Traditional Olympics- Much Wenlock, Dover

32
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Pop rec football today

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Ashbourne football,

Violent player or spectator nowadays

33
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Pop rec cricket today

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Was for all classes, ECB stresses same today

34
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Pop rec tennis today

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Real tennis was exclusive, today is largely the same

35
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Pop rec characteristics

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Natural/simple
Local
Simple, unwritten rules
Cruel/violent
Occasional
Courtly/popular
Rural
Occupational 
Wagering