Rational Recreation

Question 1

Social cultural factors in post industrial Britain

Answer 1

Improved transport
Business and administrative skills
Middle class influence
Increased free time
Social class and gender discrimination
The revolutions 
Increased law and order
Class structure/spectatorism
Public school influence
Technological advancement

Question 2

Impact of the industrial revolution on rural peasants (early rat rec)

Answer 2

A-acceptable of middle class -wouldn’t accept mob football
S-pace -urbanisation/factories=loss of space
H-ealth -long working hours
I-ndependence/income -loss of independence due to factory influence, low income
R-ights -lost rights to play traditional activities
Time -72 hour weeks

Question 3

Start of 1800:

Answer 3

Loss of space
Seasonal time to machine time
Poverty and low wages
12 hour days and no time to play
Loss of rural patronage 
Urbanisation and poor living/working conditions

Question 4

1850:

Answer 4

Improved living conditions
Sport for the masses
Trips to the seaside
Paid holiday
Increased freedom
Earnings improved
Hours reduced
Widespread industrial patronage
Codification/rationalised
Public parks
Urban swimming baths

Question 5

Explain PURE FARRCCE

Answer 5

P-urpose built facilities-improved technology
U-rban/suburban-the revolutions (country to town)
R-egional/national/international-improved transport
E-xclusive-social class/gender discrimination

F-air play-public school influence
A-mateur/professionalism-class structure/spectatorism
R-espectable-middle class influence
R-egular-increase in free time/transport
C-odified-increase in law and order
C-ontrol of game-business and administration
E-litist-social class/gender discrimination

Question 6

Importance of half day Saturday

Answer 6

Series of bills through parliament
Excessive hours damage health
Nationwide time slot for spectating 
Paid holiday from 1880
Increase in pay
Third class rail for working class
Mob football codified by middle class proprietory colleges and Oxbridge - 'people's game'

Question 7

Post 52 hour working weeks (late post industrial Britain)

Answer 7

P-ublic baths/parks, police, provision
A-cts of Parliament (decrease in working hours, women's rights)
N-ewspaper (factory owns got interest)
T-rains, time, teams (teams travelled) 
S-ocal class (emergence of middle class)

Question 8

Characteristics of rational recreation

Answer 8

Rule based
Regular
Regional
Restrictive
Respectable
Role