Pitmen did not just work in the rough and tumble of industrial Durham - they competed for cash and a crack at local fame too. Widely...

Billiards, draughts and other pub games formed the cornerstone of leisure time in the 19th century, and still persists today though pale...

The once popular blood sport of cockfighting was especially widespread in the north of England prior to its legal ban in the...

"Going to the dogs" was an integral stitch in the social fabric of mining communities. Independent, or "flapping" tracks, congregated the...