Rash or Rational Tour (Liz Woolley)
March 8, 18 & 22 all at 2pm, 11, 19 & 25 all at 10.30am
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. Closing date for booking 8 February
Meet 10minues before tour time on the corner of Blue Boar Street and Alfred Street, outside the Bear Inn, Oxford OX1 4EH.