AIMS.

1. Revise the characteristics of popular recreation activities.

2. Analyse the activities on waterfront towns at this time, particularly bathing and rowing.

3. Analyse the influence of pre-industrial wakes.

4. Analyse the characteristics of pedestrianism.

Popular Recreation Revision.

PRE-INDUSTRIAL POP REC ACTIVITIES REFLECTED SOCIETY IN WHICH IT EXISTED

THEY WERE COLOURFUL, LIVELY AND SUPPORTED BY STRICT CLASS SYSTEM

DIFFERENT CLASSES SOMETIMES SHARED THE SAME ACTIVITE. Eg Cock Fighting.

SOMETIMES HAD DIFFERENT ACTIVITES. Eg Mob football for the peasants, real tennis for the aristocracy

SOMETIMES HAD DIFFERENT ROLES WITHIN SAME ACTIVITY. Eg The bare knuckle fighter was lower class while his patron was upper class.

KEY WORDS TO LEARN: REFORMATION, PURITANISM, COURSING, PATRON & FIND

OUT CHARACTERISTICS OF POP REC FOR NEXT THURS PLEASE. ALSO DON’T FORGET YOUR PIECE OF RESEARCH ON HAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUB.

Occupational.

Natural/Simple.

Wagering.

Local.Simple

UnwrittenRules.

Class dividedCourtly/popolar.

Rural.

Occasional.

Cruel/violent.

Characs’Of

Pop. Rec.

To what extent did early swimming show the characteristics of Pop. Rec. (3)

Activities In Waterfront Towns.

Summer Festivals: Regattas, rowing, boating Swimming, diving, water polo, bathing. River bank activities like fishing and shooting. Winter Festivals: Ice fairs. Example?. Fairground stalls. Skating/forms of ice hockey. Reasons For Winter Activities: Deeply frozen rivers No work possible on the land Held on holy days like Christmas Held on holidays like Boxing Day. Provided

entertainment.

RECREATIONAL CHARACTERISTICSPOPULAR BATHING SOCIALlocalised………… ……minimal travel

rural………………. ..….village-county

occupational…. ........land/cottage

occasional……… .limited free time courtly/popular. .feudal patronage

cruel/violent…… ……..harsh society

ritual/festival…. ……pagan origins

limited coding.. ………………literacy

wagering……….. ……rags to riches

Wakes.

How did pre-industrial wakes influence and affect popular recreation?

Consider what they were, what happened there, what developed from them, who took part?

Look now at worksheet 1.4 and attempt as many of the questions that you can. You may have to guess on some!

Revision Areas.

Compare the rural activities of the gentry with those of the agricultural worker. (4 marks)

GENTRY AGRICULTURAL WORKER Consider their pursuits, use key words from this lesson! What form did their activities take? Did they play or were they involved in another capacity? How organised were their activities?

Revision Areas. Can you complete the first 4 areas on

worksheet 1.5? For pedestrianism, think who was involved,

and what the races attracted? Exam Questions: Analyse the emergence of pedestrianism as a

major popular recreation activity in the early nineteenth century. (4 marks)

In pre-industrial Britain many sports developed in river towns. Identify key features of the Doggett Coat and Badge rowing competition. (4 marks)

Research Task!

For your historical studies section in your research file you should already have information on Hambledon Cricket club and what was started there.

In addition research pre-industrial wakes & pedestrianism.

For pedestrianism remember we are interested in who was involved and what the races attracted!