Played in Birmingham Beauchampe Steve
Played in Birmingham is the fifth book in a groundbreaking English Heritage series celebrating Britain's rich and diverse sporting heritage. Lavishly illustrated and adopting a completely new approach…
Specifikacia Played in Birmingham Beauchampe Steve
Played in Birmingham is the fifth book in a groundbreaking English Heritage series celebrating Britain's rich and diverse sporting heritage. Lavishly illustrated and adopting a completely new approach to the study of sporting and urban history, Played in Birmingham leads readers along a trail of fascinating locations and little known buildings, landscapes and waterscapes, in all corners of the city and its surrounds. Birmingham is a city founded upon hard work, enterprise and civic pride. Its stock of historic public baths includes three of the oldest operational swimming pools in Britain. In 1888 a Birmingham draper was responsible for setting up the Football League, the first in the world. Birmingham also has a proud record at grassroots level. Following on from the pioneering example set at Bournville by the Quaker brothers, George and Richard Cadbury, during the early 20th century