Sport, Leisure and Tourism from 1900 to the Present Day
Subjects / History / The Impact of Leisure and Entertainment from 1900 Onwards
The 20th century saw a massive increase in the amount of leisure time and disposable income that the British population had. This was reflected in their sudden demand for more leisure opportunities. The public wanted bigger, better and more extreme leisure activities. Sports developed into national pastimes, as it became cheaper for people to travel around the country following football teams and rugby games. The 20th century was also the time of great technological change. It saw cinemas, music, computers, game consoles and the internet play an even greater role in the lifestyles of both the young and the old. Not only were there now new forms of leisure, but the development of aeroplanes and the increase in holiday parks also meant that more people than ever before could afford to go on holiday, both in Great Britain and abroad.
| Author: | Nicky Boughey | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Peter McGowan | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-248-0 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-748-5 |
Chapters
- Popular Entertainment in the Twentieth Century
- Changes in Sport in the Twentieth Century
- The Growth of Leisure - From 1900 to the Present Day
- Tourism and Holidays
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- Billy Butlin and the growth of holiday camps
- changes in working practices
- changing characteristics of sport
- Changing holiday patterns: seaside resorts; holiday camps; foreign holidays; package tours
- crooners' and dance music
- Extent of leisure time before 1914: recreational facilities for 'the leisured classes' (e.g. house parties, hunting and shooting)
- Extent of leisure time before 1914: recreational facilities for the poor (e.g. public parks and short-distance excursions)
- fashionable continental destinations for the well-to-do
- gentlemen and players in cricket
- Higher living standards and increasing leisure opportunities since the 1960s
- how these changes have affected society, work and leisure.
- Location, nature and characteristics of holidays, pre-1914: excursion trains
- new 'long-haul' holiday destinations since the 1980s
- package holidays since the 1960s
- radio coverage of sporting events
- spas and inland resorts
- the changing importance of air transport
- the changing importance of railways
- The contribution of sporting heroes and issues raised by the career of John Charles
- The contribution of sporting heroes and issues raised by the career of Jonathan Davies
- The contribution of sporting heroes and issues raised by the career of Len Hutton
- The contribution of sporting heroes and issues raised by the career of Tanni Grey
- the development of a leisure industry
- the establishment of National Parks
- The establishment of organised sport to 1914, amateur, Rugby Union
- The establishment of organised sport to 1914, amateur, tennis
- The establishment of organised sport to 1914, professional, Association Football
- The establishment of organised sport to 1914, professional, boxing
- The establishment of organised sport to 1914, professional, racing
- the extension of professionalism
- the growing popularity of athletics
- the growth in the popularity of hiking and outdoor pursuits
- the growth of air travel
- the growth of commercial sponsorship
- the growth of popularity of in the Olympic Games from the 1920s
- the growth of service industries
- the impact of government legislation and the introduction of holiday pay during the 1930s
- The impact of new technology; the use of robots and computers
- The implications for tourism of mass car ownership
- the implications of changes in Sunday observance legislation
- The increasing importance of women's sports
- the popularity of Spain and other Mediterranean destinations and their the implications for traditional holiday resorts
- The reduction of the working week after 1918: Saturday afternoon and the development of the 'weekend habit'
- the role of chapels in providing social activities
- the role of churches in providing social activities
- the role of workingmen's clubs in providing social activities
- theme parks at home and abroad
- traditional seaside resorts in Wales and England
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