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Leisure Activity Collection (page 93)

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Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Ring-A-Ring Of Roses

Ring-A-Ring Of Roses
24th July 1908: Children at play in Loughton, Essex on Fresh Air Fund Day. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Oban Regatta

Oban Regatta
12th September 1912: Lord Inverclydes yacht Emerald in Oban harbour during the Oban Regatta. Oban now hosts the annual Tennents West Highland Week

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Oban Regatta

Oban Regatta
12th September 1912: Society spectators walking on the pier at the Oban Regatta. Oban now hosts the annual Tennents West Highland Week

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Cowes Regatta

Cowes Regatta
1st August 1911: Members leaving the Royal Yacht Club landing for the yachts at Cowes Regatta, Isle of Man. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Skating Crowd

Skating Crowd
January 1907: A crowd at the skating matches at Littleport near Ely. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Henley Type

Henley Type
circa 1905: A man at a rowing event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Model Aeroplane

Model Aeroplane
July 1909: One of the first model aeroplanes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Park Lunch

Park Lunch
March 1912: A group of school children having a lunch time picnic and relaxing on deck chairs in Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Kite Flying

Kite Flying
1908: Man launching a kite on Wimbledon Common, while a group of children look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Childrens Fete

Childrens Fete
15th July 1913: Tricycle decorated as a swan ridden by a boy in a sailor suit, at the Childrens Fete and Gala, Taggs Island. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Kite Special

Kite Special
1908: A Brogdani dihedral kite being held ready for launch while a group of youths look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Cowes

Cowes
August 1912: Visitors arriving by steamboats on the Isle of Wight during the Cowes Regatta Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Whalers Race

Whalers Race
12th September 1912: The start of the Whalers Race during the Oban Regatta in Oban harbour, Scotland. Oban now hosts the annual Tennents West Highland Week

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Child Gardeners

Child Gardeners
circa 1910: Girls in their pinafores and hats at workon their garden plots with the incentive that Mrs Asquith would distribute prizes at the model Childrens Gardens

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Family Fun

Family Fun
circa 1905: Family flying a kite on Wimbledon Common. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Would-Be Motorists

Would-Be Motorists
September 1908: Boys with sticks pushing wheels down a street. One boy is barefooted. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Beach Exercises

Beach Exercises
29th March 1929: A group of children playing at aerobics in the sea at Bognor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Speakers Corner

Speakers Corner
January 1912: Orators in Hyde Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Regents Park

Regents Park
18th August 1908: Children playing in the sand pits at Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Sand Pit

Sand Pit
18th August 1908: Children playing in the sand pit at Regents Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: School Holiday

School Holiday
circa 1905: London school children fishing during the holidays; the envy of the crowd has caught a gudgeon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Emptying Nets

Emptying Nets
1st September 1907: Fisherman at their nets at Sowleys Pond in Hampshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Skiing By Pony

Skiing By Pony
2nd January 1908: A skier being pulled by a pony. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Balloon Jumping

Balloon Jumping
circa 1927: Englands first tests of a new sport called balloon jumping. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Fair Scene

Fair Scene
circa 1925: A general view of the amusement park at Wembley Stadium, during the Exhibition opened by the King. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Ascot Sunday

Ascot Sunday
circa 1923: The photograph shows holiday makers boating down the Thames at Boulters Lock, on Ascot Sunday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Flying Boats

Flying Boats
circa 1925: A flying boat ride at a fair on Londons Hampstead Heath. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Racer Rollercoaster

Racer Rollercoaster
2nd May 1938: The undulating Giant Racer rollercoaster ride at Bellahouston Amusement Park in Glasgow. The amusement park formed part of the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park which offered a

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Piggy-Back Race

Piggy-Back Race
1st December 1905: Members of the Salvation Army farm colony at Hadleigh prepare to take part in a piggy-back race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Badger Hunting

Badger Hunting
October 1908: A whip with a dead badger killed by the hounds during the Grafton Hunts cub hunting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Hunting Beagles

Hunting Beagles
4th October 1906: The Worcester Park Harriers hunt hares with their beagles. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Spectator Sport

Spectator Sport
1st April 1907: A group of hunters watch from the banks of the river during a meet of the Hawkston Otter Hounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Bramham Hunt

Bramham Hunt
12th October 1908: The Bramham Moor Hunt meet outside the Harewood Arms in preparation for the afternoons fox hunt. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Bicester Hunt

Bicester Hunt
1st March 1907: Riders from the Bicester Hounds pursue their quarry over the fields near Cadycot. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Cottesmere Hunt

Cottesmere Hunt
1st November 1908: The hounds and riders of the Cottesmere Hunt out on a meet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: River Hunt

River Hunt
circa 1910: Two members of the Dumfriesshire Otter Hounds follow their dogs along the river. Otter hounds have been bred for hunting since the 12th century

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Bicester Meet

Bicester Meet
November 1908: The Bicester Hunt gathers for a day of fox hunting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Beachcombers

Beachcombers
19th October 1936: Beachcombers at Brighton diligently searching for anything thrown up by the rough sea. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Motor Boats

Motor Boats
5th May 1906: Boats from the British Motor Boat Club, sailing on the Thames at Kingston. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Picking Flowers

Picking Flowers
August 1910: Women picking mountain flowers on Schynige Platte, at a height of 6, 800 feet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Crossing River

Crossing River
August 1911: After attending a Northern Counties Otter Hounds Fair, a group of people cross a river in the countryside. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Atherstone Hounds

Atherstone Hounds
10th November 1905: The Atherstone Hounds during a meet at Brownsorer. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Scottish Meet

Scottish Meet
May 1906: A meet of the Dumfriesshire Otter Hounds at Shieldhill, Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland. The groups title, Otter Hounds

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Roundabout

Roundabout
1939: Cyclists overlooking a valley at Caterham in south east England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Breakfast Stop

Breakfast Stop
5th August 1911: A motorcyclist competing in the Herts County AC rally leaves the Aberford breakfast stop. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Girl On A Donkey

Girl On A Donkey
1907: Miss Evelyn Wall riding a donkey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: A Day By The Sea

A Day By The Sea
circa 1900: A seaside party, with fishing nets and umbrellas, prepare for a day on the beach. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLeisure Activity Collection: Paddington Pool

Paddington Pool
January 1909: Paddington Public Baths, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)




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