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rational recreation 1850-1890
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- 1dissemination of sportFormer public school boys disseminated sport into the wider community through civil service, churches, clubs & teams, armed forces, YMCA etc. They were given facilities and grounds by authorities which reduced working hours and provided a specific time for sport. Old boys became teachers/masters in preparatory schools
- 2Britain in 1850-1890-society developing at the same time as public school sports
- industrial revolution - 3effects of this change in britain-change in work & living(rural-town/city)
-development of machinery + increased production of goods
-working class worked for long hours
-urbanisation/cramped terraced housing
-leisure time changed
-determined by hours at factory
-6 days a week 12hrs a day - 4three tiered societyUPPER CLASS- had former public school games
MIDDLE CLASS-came from people who made money out of industrialization E.g factory owners
LOWER/WORKING CLASS- little time for leisure - 5rational recreationFormer school boys created sports to fill there leisure time and did recreational activities like waking. Factory owners and churches provided facilities and even teams. Between 1850-1890 most of today's sport were created and formalised
- 6other reasons for sports rapid development-Railways developed: cheaper and easier travel enabling spectators to get to fixtures
-Communications improved: telegraph permitted rapid spread of info e.g. results
- Media developed:More people could read and the media helped spread publicity about fixtures and events - 7upper and middle class not wanting to participate alongside or against working classSocial- did not want to mix with lower class than themselves
Practical- lower class men were fitter (harder work) so upper and middle class did not want to be seen as less successful
OUTCOME- only gentlemen amateurs allowed to play
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- GCSE AS PE (public schools) Flashcards on rational recreation 1850-1890, created by s.ghillean on 09/03/2014.
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