Ragamuffin Purring in 1873 (Preston) May 3, 2013
Posted by Beachcombing in : Modern
In the early days of this blog Beach celebrated the ancient Lancashire sport of purring or clog fighting (1, 2), where an opponents shins are reduced to bloody jelly with the white bone showing through. Sorry for that. In the hope of reviving this thread of posts here is a nineteenth-century allusion to the sport [...]
Lancashire Kick Boxing March 20, 2011
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary, Modern
Old time readers of this blog will know that Beachcombing once expressed an interest in ‘purring’ or ‘clog fighting’ when in the nineteenth century the natives of Manchester, Preston and Liverpool in the north-west of Britain were alleged to settle their disputes through kicking contests. Back when he wrote this post Beachcombing expressed some scepticism [...]
Purring – a Lancashire Martial Art? July 19, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Modern
Beachcombing is up at 5.00 tomorrow to get a bus at 6.00 to get in a queue at 7.00 for a blood test at 8.00. Oh summer time, when the living is easy… He thought then that he would offer just a short piece this evening, more question than substance. Nineteenth-century clog-fighting: did it really [...]
