Post industrial Flashcards
What years were post industrial Britain?
1850-1900
Why were opportunities for sport bad in pre-industrial Britain? 1800-1850
Poor health (bad working/living conditions so no energy)
Poverty - couldn’t afford to play/have time off work
No time - 72 hour week as just gone from seasonal time to machine time. Had sunday off but attended church
Urban revolution - no space to play
How do you remember why opportunities in sport increased?
PANTTS Provisions Acts of parliament National governing bodies Time Transport Social class
What provisions were there that increased opportunities to do sport?
Public baths/parks (hygiene/relax)
Purpose built facilities (space to play)
Professionals (broken time payments)
What acts of parliament increased opportunities to do sport?
Factory acts - minimum wage/max working hours
Education acts - Min age to leave school (state schools)
Increased literacy because of ^
Wash house act
What did national governing bodies do to increase opportunities to do sport?
Codification of sport
Newspapers and match reports
What happened to time after 1850 to increase opportunities to do sport?
Half day saturday 57 hour week Shorter working day Weeks paid holiday More time to relax/do sport
What happened to transport after 1850 to increase opportunities to do sport?
Railways were built so could play more teams and leagues/cups could be made
Annual trip to the seaside to relax
What happened social class in 1850 to increase opportunities to do sport?
3 tier system - now middle class Factory football teams, spectatorism, space to play, sports stars and status for women
What are the 3 classes after 1850?
Upper, middle and working (not peasants)
What were the middle class made of?
Positions of authority - professionals, industrialists and managers
Were not wealthy by birth but had the money and time to participate in sport
What schools did the middle class attend?
Public schools
How did the middle class influence sport?
They were responsible for NGB’s and codified sports. They also influenced society to become more respectable with an emphasis on good manners
Who were amateurs?
Upper and middle classes
Why were amateurs only upper and middle classes?
They did not have to be paid and took part for the love of the game
This idea developed in public schools and may of these gentlemen formed the first NGBs that codified sport