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Background imageLeisure Collection: Figure skating MCF01_01_0160

Figure skating MCF01_01_0160
KENSINGTON GARDENS, HYDE PARK, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A man figure skating in Kensington Gardens with boys watching in the background

Background imageLeisure Collection: Ice cream cart CXP01_01_118

Ice cream cart CXP01_01_118
An Eldorado ice cream seller standing beside his tricycle cart outside a pavilion

Background imageLeisure Collection: Library CC46_00597

Library CC46_00597
Guys Hospital, The Borough, London. People reading books in the Free Lending Library. 1920s

Background imageLeisure Collection: Miniature golf course 33151_005

Miniature golf course 33151_005
Miniature golf course, New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside. Photographed in May 2017

Background imageLeisure Collection: Bolton Priory WSA01_01_13400

Bolton Priory WSA01_01_13400
A fisherman on the River Wharfe, with the ruins of Bolton Priory on the far side. Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire. Photographed in 1940 by Walter Scott

Background imageLeisure Collection: Pleasure Gardens EAW035706

Pleasure Gardens EAW035706
Festival of Britain, London 1951. The Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, with fun fair and crowds. Photographed 12 May 1951

Background imageLeisure Collection: Chained Library CC78_00195

Chained Library CC78_00195
Wimborne Minster, Dorset. The chained library was founded in 1686 and was one of the first public libraries in the country. Photographed in July 1898 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

Background imageLeisure Collection: Holiday Park EAW226932

Holiday Park EAW226932
Pontins Holiday Park, Clifton Drive, Blackpool. Popular family holiday resort known as Squires Gate Holiday Camp before Pontins took it over in 1961

Background imageLeisure Collection: Skating in Hyde Park 64R_HYD_1850_S

Skating in Hyde Park 64R_HYD_1850_S
MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Hyde Park. Skating on the Serpentine, c.1850. Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and three colours

Background imageLeisure Collection: Great Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851 N110264

Great Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851 N110264
GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, Hyde Park, Westminster, London. Crystal Palace. The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park. Bragg delin. Lithograph in black and tints. From the Mayson Beeton Collection

Background imageLeisure Collection: Great Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851 N110263

Great Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851 N110263
GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, Hyde Park, Westminster, London. Crystal Palace. Interior of the Great Exhibition looking West. Durond lith in black and tints. From the Mayson Beeton Collection

Background imageLeisure Collection: Watching cricket a064195

Watching cricket a064195
KEW GREEN, London. View of two standing boys and a seated man watching a game of cricket on Kew Green. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: Jan 1962 - May 1964

Background imageLeisure Collection: Battersea Funfair a019815

Battersea Funfair a019815
BATTERSEA FUNFAIR, Greater London. General view showing couple standing in front of trick fountains lit at night with Battersea Power Station in the background. Laurence Goldman

Background imageLeisure Collection: Strand on the Green, Chiswick a064333

Strand on the Green, Chiswick a064333
STRAND ON THE GREEN, Chiswick, London. Rear view of two elderly women seated on a bench between trees overlooking boats moored on the River Thames. Also, a dog lying in the shade behind the bench

Background imageLeisure Collection: Well dressing a98_11956

Well dressing a98_11956
Youlgreave, Derbyshire. View showing a well dressing. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in June 1966

Background imageLeisure Collection: Fore Street, Hatfield a080269

Fore Street, Hatfield a080269
A view looking north west in Fore Street, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, showing to the right of frame the East Indian Chief Public House at no

Background imageLeisure Collection: Pleasure Gardens EAW048055

Pleasure Gardens EAW048055
Festival of Britain, London 1951. The Festival Pleasure Gardens and Fun Fair, Battersea Park, photographed 12 December 1952

Background imageLeisure Collection: Pleasure Gardens EAW035839

Pleasure Gardens EAW035839
Festival of Britain, London 1951. The Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, with fun fair and crowds. Photographed 12 May 1951

Background imageLeisure Collection: Pleasure Gardens EAW035678

Pleasure Gardens EAW035678
Festival of Britain, London 1951. The Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park. Photographed 2 May 1951

Background imageLeisure Collection: Scaleber Force CC025336

Scaleber Force CC025336
Scaleber Force, Settle, North Yorkshire. The Scalebar Brook drops 40 feet over limestone cliffs. Photographed in 1897 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

Background imageLeisure Collection: International Exhibition of 1862 N110266

International Exhibition of 1862 N110266
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862, Kensington, London. The exhibition building. Aston Bragg delin. Lithograph in black and tints from the Mayson Beeton Collection

Background imageLeisure Collection: Buckingham Palace N110240

Buckingham Palace N110240
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Buckingham Palace Road, City of Westminster, London. Picturesque winter view. Coloured aquatint dated 1817 by R Hawell

Background imageLeisure Collection: Ball at St Jamess on her Majestys birth night N110051

Ball at St Jamess on her Majestys birth night N110051
MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. St James Palace, London. " A view of the Ball at St Jamess on her Majestys birth night." Published 1782. Coloured engraving from the Mayson Beeton Collection

Background imageLeisure Collection: Cinema organ BB87_02757

Cinema organ BB87_02757
Organ at the Odeon Cinema, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Interior view. The Haverstock Hill Odeon was designed by T P Bennett & Son and opened on 29 September 1934

Background imageLeisure Collection: Richmond Park a064376

Richmond Park a064376
RICHMOND PARK, London. A family ice skating in the park. 1962-1964. John Gay

Background imageLeisure Collection: Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456

Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456
HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940

Background imageLeisure Collection: Clevedon Pier at sunset K990506

Clevedon Pier at sunset K990506
CLEVEDON PIER, Marine Parade, Clevedon, North Somerset. A view of the pier at sunset

Background imageLeisure Collection: Roller Coaster, Blackpool Pleasure Beach N100540

Roller Coaster, Blackpool Pleasure Beach N100540
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. Night view of the roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Background imageLeisure Collection: Clevedon Pier N071847

Clevedon Pier N071847
CLEVEDON PIER, North Somerset. General view of the pier taken from the beach

Background imageLeisure Collection: The pier at Lytham St Annes N990008

The pier at Lytham St Annes N990008
LYTHAM ST ANNES, Lancashire. The pier at Lytham St Annes, viewed here at sunset. First built in 1885 and subsequently remodelled, it is made of conventional iron column with a lattice girder design

Background imageLeisure Collection: London Zoo 1929 MD93_07025

London Zoo 1929 MD93_07025
London Zoo, Regents Park, Westminster. Line drawing entitled " The Gardens of the Zoological Society of London 1929" and " the Gardens 1829" (inset)

Background imageLeisure Collection: Scarborough Castle J870079

Scarborough Castle J870079
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, North Yorkshire. View of the castle across the bay

Background imageLeisure Collection: Smeatons Tower N080736

Smeatons Tower N080736
SMEATONs TOWER, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. View of Smeatons Tower which was largely dismantled from Eddystone Rocks and reassembled on Plymouth Hoe as a memorial

Background imageLeisure Collection: Vermeer - The Guitar Player J910551

Vermeer - The Guitar Player J910551
KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " The Guitar Player " by VERMEER, Jan (1632-75)

Background imageLeisure Collection: Clapham Common DP042633

Clapham Common DP042633
Bandstand, Clapham Common, Clapham, Wandsworth, London

Background imageLeisure Collection: Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk a082550

Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk a082550
ALDEBURGH BEACH, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Fisherman tipping a wicker basket at the seas edge with gulls wheeling overhead and a sea mark in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1977

Background imageLeisure Collection: Dover Castle K970010

Dover Castle K970010
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. View of the cliff, castle, lighthouse and church from the sea

Background imageLeisure Collection: Granada Cinema, Tooting BB87_02905

Granada Cinema, Tooting BB87_02905
Granada Cinema, 50 - 60 Mitcham Road, Tooting Graveney, London. Exterior view at night. Photographed by John Maltby in the 1930s

Background imageLeisure Collection: Southwold, Suffolk K022028

Southwold, Suffolk K022028
SOUTHWOLD, Suffolk. View of the Sole Bay Inn with lighthouse visible to rear

Background imageLeisure Collection: Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922

Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922
MILL GREEN, Broxted, Essex. A cyclist rests his tandem against the finger post / sign post at Mill Green in Broxted. A windmill stands in the background

Background imageLeisure Collection: Odeon cinema, Birmingham BB87_03100

Odeon cinema, Birmingham BB87_03100
ODEON CINEMA, Kettlehouse, Kingstanding, Birmingham, West Midlands. Exterior view. 1930s photograph taken by John Maltby

Background imageLeisure Collection: Peterhouse College, Cambridge K991428

Peterhouse College, Cambridge K991428
PETERHOUSE COLLEGE, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. View of the arcade with bicycles

Background imageLeisure Collection: Meeting at a country gate CC73_01502

Meeting at a country gate CC73_01502
MICKLETON, Gloucestershire. A couple posing by a gate with the spire of St Lawrences Church and surrounding countryside in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt (active 1860-1922)

Background imageLeisure Collection: Queens College, Oxford CC51_00352

Queens College, Oxford CC51_00352
QUEENs COLLEGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. A 1903 view looking west along the south arcade of the front quad with parked bicycles belonging to members of the college

Background imageLeisure Collection: Finsbury Park Cinema 1923 BL26835

Finsbury Park Cinema 1923 BL26835
FINSBURY PARK CINEMA, London. An exterior view of the entrance to Finsbury Park Cinema advertising a varied programme, including a film of the heavyweight boxing bout between Jack Dempsey

Background imageLeisure Collection: Burford Mop Fair CC57_00428

Burford Mop Fair CC57_00428
BURFORD, Oxfordshire. A view of the High Street during the Hiring Fair (Mop Fair) with stalls set out. Photographed in 1895 by Henry Taunt

Background imageLeisure Collection: Swiss Cottage Odeon BB87_03613

Swiss Cottage Odeon BB87_03613
Odeon Cinema, Swiss Cottage, Camden, London. Oscar Deutsch established the Odeon cinema chain in 1933, and Odeon became a registered trade mark

Background imageLeisure Collection: Saltburn Pier N100019

Saltburn Pier N100019
SALTBURN PIER, North Yorkshire. View down onto the pier from the clifftop. Unusual patterns in the sea on a frosty winter dawn




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