Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on July 11 1863
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| Data | “Base ball” was mentioned amid a large display advertisement announcing “A Grand Temperance Demonstration and Annual Festival of the Christchurch Temperance Society.” Christchurch, on England's southern coast, was then part of Hampshire but has since been reassigned to Dorset. The ad specified many activities for the day, among them: “For Juveniles there will be Merry-go-round, Gymnasium, swings, See-Saw, Rounders or Base Ball, Jumping Stocks, Mechanical Models in motion: -Windsor Park, a Railway Train, Musical Bells, &c., &c.” |
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| Sources | Christchurch Times, July 11, 1863, p. 1 |
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