Block:Pize Ball in West Yorkshire on July 27 1833
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| Data | “Pies ball” was the game being played by group of teenage girls in Leeds, West Yorkshire, when they were allegedly attacked by several young men, according to testimony in a rape trial where the defendants were ultimately acquitted because several witnesses said they saw the girls laughing with the men after the supposed attack took place. “On the evening of the 10th of June, (Sarah Smith) got home about seven o'clock from her work. She remained at home about half-an-hour, and then went to Richmond-hill, with Fanny Shaw, Harriet Dunwell, Alice Varey, Ann Dunwell, and others, to play at 'pies ball.' |
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| Sources | Leeds Intelligencer, July 27, 1833, p. 3 |
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