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Title: Hung out to dry Swimming and British Culture View count: 325 Rating: 0 (0 ratings) Description: This captivating book puts flesh on the bones of British history, exposing for the first time the dramatic impact that swimmers have had on culture and morals. It explores the reason for a change in attitudes that has shaped the lives of every man woman and child in Great Britain and to varying degrees the world. British swimmers once filled the lakes, rivers and canals of England. How did these sportsmen, the pride of the nation, find themselves chased out of the water, rounded up and confined to indoor swimming pools? Discover how pride turned to prejudice as a nation of skinny dippers sparked the development of the unique British culture of prudery. Discover religions role in our changing culture, and visit the city of Leicester; Swim City, as the swimmers past is revealed. Tags: abbey, ayriss, baby, book, boys, british, canal, child, chris, cornwall, costume, culture, dipping, dyslexia, england, english, games, girls, glasgow, heliotherapy, history, hoe, holiday, infant, jarvis, john, kenwood, lake, leicester, lido, lonely, london, man, morals, olympic, olympics, palace, park, plymouth, pool, prudery, prudish, queen, religion, river, sex, education, seaside, serpentine, shorts, skinny, sunbathing, swim, swimmer, swimming, swimwear, tuke, uk, victoria, victorian, water, wild, witches, woman, cambridge, Author: chrisayriss |
