A History of Sport in Sussex: from the amazing to the bizarre
Mathew Homewood
- Regions:
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £75, plus travel. Happy to negotiate a lower fee for small groups
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 17th May 2024
- Tagged:
- History | Sussex | Sport | Village Life
This talk takes a light-hearted look at the history of sporting events in Sussex. Sport has been a key feature of Sussex life throughout the centuries, with cricket, football and horse racing being commonplace events, as well as the much-loved Sussex game of stoolball. However, local village sports days were also host to many lesser-known sporting activities. These included jingling matches, menagerie races and piano bashing. I will regale the audience with tales of all these events, and more, in an entertaining and informative talk, full of wonderful photographs.
Views: 343 | Enquiries: 8About Mathew Homewood
I am a self-employed genealogist and historian, and have always had a great interest in local history.
In my early thirties I left an office job to study for a degree in history at the University of Sussex, and ended up studying for a further five years, obtaining an MA and an MPhil.
I started up a genealogy business in 2010, and qualified as a member of AGRA (The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives) shortly afterwards. Researching family histories is rarely dull, and every case I work on is fascinating to me.
My talks are generally both informative and entertaining.
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