Edwardian Era - Sport

Sport

The 1908 Summer Olympic Games were held in London. Popularity of sports tended to conform to class divisions, with tennis and yachting popular among the very wealthy and football (soccer) favoured by the poorest.

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    The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one’s appetite is not too keen.
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