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Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the Heritage of People at Play (Paperback, New)
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Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the Heritage of People at Play (Paperback, New)
Series: Played in Britain
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It used to be said that whenever a football (UK) manager needed a
goal scorer, all he had to do was travel to the North East of
England, call down a mineshaft and up would pop a centre forward.
But while the careers of Alan Shearer, Raich Carter, Bobby Robson,
Brian Clough and Jackie Milburn all attest to the famous
description of the North East as 'the hotbed of football', the
region's miners and shipbuilders were just as likely to be
formidable boxers, rowers, runners, cricketers or pigeon-racers. In
Played on Tyne and Wear, the 16th book in English Heritage's
groundbreaking Played in Britain series, architectural historian
Lynn Pearson guides the reader on an intimate tour of the area's
sporting treasures, from the site of the celebrated Blaydon Races
in Newcastle to a cockfighting pit in Tynemouth, and from the
cantilevered heights of Sunderland's Stadium of Light to the
homespun delights of Britain's only listed pigeon cree in Ryhope.
On Newcastle's Town Moor - one of the great open spaces of urban
Britain - Pearson traces the path of the Toon's old racecourse and
the haunts of strong-armed pot-share bowlers (whose mathces drew
tens of thousands of gamblers in the 19th century), while an echo
from the other side of the Moor recalls the smoky clamour of the
5,000 capacity St James' Hall, where the likes of 'Seaman' Tommy
Watson and Jack Casey 'the Sunderland Assassin' drew massive crowds
between the wars. The River Tyne itself has witnessed many an epic
rowing battle, not least featuring the legendary oarsman Harry
Clasper, whose funeral drew an estimated 100,000 to the streets in
1870. More recently the likes of Brendan Foster and Steve Cram have
continued the North East's reputation for great athletes and for
great events, such as the Great North Run and the now annual
Gateshead Grand Prix. Lesser known gems from the Victorian era
include the Ashbrooke sports ground in Sunderland, a real tennis
court at Jesmnd, and a handball wall in Wallsend, while the region
is dotted with charming bowls and tennis pavilions, golf courses
and cricket grounds. Profusely illustrated with archive images,
specially commissioned contemporary photography and detailed
mapping, Pearson's study may not get Geordies and Mackems to bury
the past, but it shows they have sporting heritage aplenty to share
as neighbours.
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