As a follow up to his excellent Draughts piece, Peter explores another forgotten working class sport. One where pitmen hurled whinstone...

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...