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Two fat ladies at the seaside: the place of gambling in working-class holidays

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Two fat ladies at the seaside: the place of gambling in working-class holidays. / Downs, Carolyn.
Recording leisure lives: holidays and tourism in 20th century Britain. ed. / Robert Snape; Daniel Smith. Vol. 112 Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association, 2010. p. 51-73.

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Harvard

Downs, C 2010, Two fat ladies at the seaside: the place of gambling in working-class holidays. in R Snape & D Smith (eds), Recording leisure lives: holidays and tourism in 20th century Britain. vol. 112, Leisure Studies Association, Eastbourne, pp. 51-73.

APA

Downs, C. (2010). Two fat ladies at the seaside: the place of gambling in working-class holidays. In R. Snape, & D. Smith (Eds.), Recording leisure lives: holidays and tourism in 20th century Britain (Vol. 112, pp. 51-73). Leisure Studies Association.

Vancouver

Downs C. Two fat ladies at the seaside: the place of gambling in working-class holidays. In Snape R, Smith D, editors, Recording leisure lives: holidays and tourism in 20th century Britain. Vol. 112. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association. 2010. p. 51-73

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Downs, Carolyn. / Two fat ladies at the seaside : the place of gambling in working-class holidays. Recording leisure lives: holidays and tourism in 20th century Britain. editor / Robert Snape ; Daniel Smith. Vol. 112 Eastbourne : Leisure Studies Association, 2010. pp. 51-73

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