Neon Frontage at Walthamstow Dog Racing Stadium
Famous for its greyhound racing track, Walthamstow Stadium opened in 1933. With a distinctive pink and green neon-lit frontage, the stadium has been one of the capital's most recognised landmarks. Falling profits and attendances forced the Chandler Family, owners since the opening of the stadium, to sell up and the stadium was closed in August 2008.
OXFORD VS CAMBRIDGE 1873
The Boat Race - Ready to Start
ROWING BOAT EIGHT
Oar pattern: a study of a typical 'rowing eight' a rowing boat team of eight men, seen from a bridge above.
TENNIS/MIXED DOUBLES
A friendly game of mixed doubles
WOMAN PLAYS TENNIS 1903
Woman playing tennis in long white skirt
FRANCE/IRELAND RUGBY '23
France v Ireland at Paris; the final score was a 14-8 victory for the home side.
Women playing hockey
A women's hockey match -- they are wearing long skirts, which must be rather difficult to run in.
WIMBLEDON/SEMI-FINAL '81
Lawford versus Renshaw in the fifth round of the all-comers' match at the Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon
LADIES DOUBLES/WIMBLEDON
Ladies' doubles match at Wimbledon
OLYMPICS/1932/HOCKEY
Hockey: India beats USA by 24 to 1
FOUR CARS RACING
Four very different and unequally advantaged cars racing.
MOTOR RACING IN 1926
Racing cars of 1926 : oddly, one car is carrying two people, the others only one. Evidently it was still optional.
COMING OFF THE COURT
Two men walk off the court
SPORT/TENNIS
Three young women, two with tennis racquets pose for their photograph
GIRLS AT TENNIS COURT
German girls talking beside a tennis court : 'So far as the score goes , the English are the champions : but when it comes to betrothals, we are the record-holders !'
1930S TENNIS PLAYER
Stylised player performs a stylish backhand
TENNIS / ABOUT TO SERVE
A lady prepares to serve, though we hope she is not going to do so while holding the racquet in this way !
TENNIS / READY TO SERVE
An elegantly if unsuitably dressed player prepares to serve
TENNIS/DASHING MAN PLAYS
Dashing man plays a difficult tennis shot
TENNIS/LADIES DOUBLES
A game of women's doubles in a country garden
