Social and sporting history of the city of Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
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Dr David Pendleton Podcasts
Social history brought to you from the beautiful Yorkshire coast in the north of England. My specialisation is Victorian and modern history, in particular sport and leisure, but expect this podcast to range far and wide. From the football terrace, to a fishing boat on the heaving waters of the North Sea; archeological geophysics, to the buckets and spades of seaside holidays. This will be an eclectic podcast!
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The Bradford City AFC fanzine The City Gent is thirty-five years old this month. Current editor Mike Harrison, and former editor David Pendleton, chat about the development of The City Gent and the fanzine movement in general.
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The Last Viceroy of India, Billy Butlin and a Terry's Chocolate Orange; the surprising history of The Crescent at Filey
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32:41The history of The Crescent at Filey is bricks and mortar proof that fact is often stranger than fiction. Dr George Sheeran returns to the podcast to talk about the development, architecture and people of Filey's famous Crescent. Topics range from Victorian property speculation to a 'lingering Greek Revival' style of architecture; visiting nobility…
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One Year, Two Seasons, Bradford City AFC April 2017 to May 2018
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28:01Richard Wardell and City Gent editor Mike Harrison chat about Richard's publication 'One Year, Two Seasons', a personal diary of following Bradford City AFC between April 2017 to May 2018. We also discuss the history of the City Gent fanzine and Bradford City's season thus far. Listen as we manage to jinx City's home game with Southend United.…
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Paul Norcross and David Pendleton visit Bradford University's School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences to chat to Dr Chris Gaffney about his investigations into the archaeology of sport and leisure. Chris is a geophysicist, he featured on eighty episodes of Channel 4's Time Team and is now head of department at Bradford. We hear about the pio…
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Dinamo! Football, philosophy and art in the former Yugoslavia
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28:45North Parade's favourite philosopher, Paul Norcross, chats with Les Hall and David Pendleton, about the historical curiosities of football in the former Yugoslavia. From Trieste where, in the same stadium, two teams played concurrently in the Italian and Yugoslavian leagues; Zagreb where a player's Cantona-esque drop-kick on a policemen has been me…
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A must-listen for all Bradford City fans. James Mason, Bradford City AFC's popular former chief operating officer speaks, alongside former T&A journalist Andrew Hebden, about being a young City fan, journalist and the now infamous Edin Rahic regime.
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How Football Began, A global history of how the world's football codes were born
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30:08In the 21st century Association Football dominates global sport. The People's Game has swept all before it, but its birth in nineteenth century Britain was marked by division and conflict. Attempts to agree a formalised rule book broke the game of football into differing codes. Hence the establishment of the Football Association and Rugby Union. A …
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The History of Seaside Resorts at the Yorkshire Coast
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52:18Maharajah’s at Whitby, French royalty at Scarborough and Charlotte Bronte at Bridlington. Dr George Sheeran talks about the, perhaps surprising, history of seaside holidays at the Yorkshire coast. Scarborough is widely recognised as being the first seaside resort in the world. George's talk ranges from Scarborough's beginnings as a spa in the 1600s…
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Paul Norcross and David Pendleton visit Bradford University's School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences to chat to Dr Chris Gaffney about his investigations into the archaeology of sport and leisure. Chris is a geophysicist, he featured on eighty episodes of Channel 4's Time Team and is now head of department at Bradford. We hear about the pio…
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How Football Began, a global history of how the world's football codes were born
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30:08Interview with Professor Tony Collins of De Montfort and Beijing Universities discussing his new book, 'How Football Began, a global history of how the world's football codes were born'.
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