AOUP walking tour with Liz Woolley Victorian Leisure & Entertainment
Thurs 18th & 25th; Fri 19th March 2027 @ 10.30am Mon 8th & 22nd, Thurs 18th March 2027 @ 2pm
In the mid-19thC changes in employment practices and rising wages meant that ordinary working people found themselves with leisure time and spare money. All sorts of establishments arose to fulfil the new demand for entertainment, many of them aimed at keeping people out of the pub. On this walking tour find out where and how Oxford citizens spent their free time, and how the middle classes attempted to encourage the practice of ‘rational recreation’ amongst their working-class contemporaries.
Meet 10 min before tour time on the corner of Blue Boar Street and Alfred Street, outside the Bear Inn, Oxford OX1 4EH.
