History A-Level
Leisure pursuits
What Leisure pursuits means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Leisure pursuits
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Day trips, weekend tours, cycling clubs and the countryside as a playground for the urban worker expanded with the safety bicycle.
Topics that use Leisure pursuits
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 4 John Kemp Starley: cycles, cycling clubs and emancipation, 1885–1901 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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Using Leisure pursuits in the exam
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