ABSTRACT
Leisure was certainly taken in school hours, albeit in a regulated environment. Sports and drama classes introduced pupils to a variety of leisure activities. Since the leisure habits of the working class have been the main focus, very little has been said about middle-class leisure. Further work on the inter-war period would profit by focusing on the recreational and cultural pastimes of this substantial segment of the population. The wealthier classes were able to spend a lot of money on all kinds of leisure pursuits, both inside and outside the home. However, despite the emergence of a more homogeneous product and the greater uniformity in the nation’s leisure, there was still a clearly defined differentiation along class lines. Leisure has undergone radical change in the twentieth century. This is certainly true of the inter-war years, and perhaps more so of the period after 1945.
