A needlemaking community at play: the experience of high culture and low entertainment in Redditch,
J800- 1900
This paper examines the leisure activities in Redditch, Worcestershire in the nineteenth century The hypothesis is that the shift from local to 'mass' culture resulted in commercialisation replacing traditional entertainments, with a cultural void mid-cen
A needlemaking community at play
Alan Foxall
RLHS-OAR-011-189
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