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Get a glimpse into the world of sporting heritage through our regular blog. We welcome guest contributions too - just download the Sporting Heritage Blog Contribution Template, complete and return to kevin@sportingheritage.org.uk 

  • Cecil Rhodes and Cricket

    Cecil Rhodes and Cricket

    09/01/2017
    Sport is undoubtedly an integral part of contemporary British cultural life, yet there is an uneasy relationship between sports and heritage institutions, which sometimes seem to be from completely different worlds.
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  • The Original Aston Villa

    The Original Aston Villa

    17/10/2016
    At the end of a talk, the question was raised as to the precise location of the villa which gave its name first to a district in Aston, and then to the Wesleyan Chapel whose members formed the football club. It was suggested that there was a map in existence which gave this information.
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  • Bleddyn Williams – Prince of Centres

    Bleddyn Williams – Prince of Centres

    05/09/2016
    Here at Glamorgan Archives, we hold the papers of one of the giants of the game, Welsh centre Bleddyn Williams. Bleddyn Williams, the ‘Prince of Centres’, played for Cardiff for many years.
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  • Everard Digby’s De Arte Natandi

    Everard Digby’s De Arte Natandi

    05/09/2016
    Published in 1587, De Arte Natandi (“The Art of Swimming”) is the first swimming treatise published by someone from these islands.
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