The society is looking to organise a trip to the Portsmouth Maritime Museum on Friday 6th September. £10 for members, £20 for non members. Price of trip to include coach travel and admission to museum. Trip will only go ahead if we have reasonable numbers to fill the coach. Money returnable should trip not proceed. Payment to the treasurer Jon, at the next meeting in May. Let see if we can get those numbers !
Alan Clarke used his past studies to provide a compelling insight into this largely forgotten movement. It started in the 1830s although there were concerns in the previous century. Famous paintings by Hogarth, Gin Lane and Beer Street depicted the era where beer was perhaps thought less of a problem. Initially you did not have to be completely abstinent but could chose moderation. Various acts exacerbated the volumes consumed. Firstly, reduced duty in the 1820s was introduced on order to…
Dear Members of the Kingswood History Society I hope that you don’t mind me contacting you. I am researching evidence of football prior to 1860. There is far more of it than hitherto thought. The British Newspaper Archive has brought much to light from c1740 and has already upset the orthodox account of football’s origins. Having discovered a number of pre-modern references to football in the West Country, I am interested to know of any further references to football in…