Growing interest. Social mixing. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (70) explores cricket as an interesting prism through which to study representational sport in the resort. Examination of the players’ social profiles shows developments in Bournemouth’s society. The Reverend J. H. Wanklyn played a major role not only in promoting local cricket but also in the town’s civic […]
Success. Disaster. Success. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (69) studies the career of Corporal Candy, publican at Victorian Bournemouth and member of its Volunteer Rifles. Although born into a poor rural working family, at his daughter’s wedding he had become a gentleman. Charles Candy’s career illustrates how, during the Victorian period, hard work, resourcefulness and luck could […]
Victorian Bournemouth (68) examines how Bournemouth’s Volunteer rebels beat Lord Malmesbury at his own game of weaponising courtesy.
Infighting. Social cracks. Independence. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (67) studies infighting amongst the Volunteer Rifle Corps, when middling independence opposed traditional privilege. Lord Malmesbury, commandant of the new Christchurch and Bournemouth volunteers, tried to impose a seigneurial approach. This brought confrontation with Bournemouth’s powerful people. He surrendered. Bournemouth established its own battalion, marking a key stage […]
Hierarchical structure. Social mixing. Shared camaraderie. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (66) opens a sequence about the town’s Volunteer Rifle Corps, an exercise in social mixing. This appeared to play an important part in shaping and maintaining the identity of the unit. Although its command structure reflected the country’s social hierarchy, the unit’s activities created a commonality […]