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'Amusements they must have, or life would hardly be worth living...' Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, 1895This text explores life in the mining villages of the north-east of England in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - a time of massive social and industrial change. The sporting lives of these communities are often marginalized by historians, but this thoroughly researched account reveals how play as well as work were central to the lives of the working classes.Miners contributed significantly to the economic success of the north-east during this time, yet living condi

Working class --- Miners --- Leisure --- Recreation --- Manners and customs --- Amusements --- Community centers --- Free time (Leisure) --- Leisure time --- Mineral industries --- Commons (Social order) --- Labor and laboring classes --- Laboring class --- Labouring class --- Working classes --- Social classes --- Labor --- History --- Employees --- Employment --- 316.7:796 --- 379.8 <41> --- 796 <09> <41> --- 316.7:796 Sociologie van de sport --- Sociologie van de sport --- 379.8 <41> Recreatie. Vrijetijdsbesteding. Sociaal-culturele voorzieningen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Recreatie. Vrijetijdsbesteding. Sociaal-culturele voorzieningen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 796 <09> <41> Lichamelijke opvoeding. Sport en spel--Geschiedenis van ...--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Lichamelijke opvoeding. Sport en spel--Geschiedenis van ...--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland