Leisure Collection (page 51)

Strandbad, Lake Zurich, Switzerland
A busy scene at Strandbad, on Lake Zurich, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Alpina restaurant and bar, Champex, Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Inside spa hotel St Gellert, Budapest, Hungary
View inside the spa hotel St Gellert in Budapest, Hungary, with people swimming in a pool. Date: 1930s

Mineral spa in Budapest, Hungary

Greetings card from Bad Ischl, Austria, showing the Sofienesplanade, Hotel Elisabeth, the Rechensteg and Franz Josef Warte (watchtower). late 19th century

People at a crowded regatta on the River Thames
People at a crowded regatta, probably at Henley on the River Thames. Date: 20th century

Holidaymakers riding donkeys on a beach
Holidaymakers riding donkeys sidesaddle on a beach. Date: early 20th century

Edwardian holidaymakers on a cliff at a seaside resort. Date: early 20th century

Firefighters playing tennis during a break, London
Firefighters playing tennis outside their fire station during a break, London

Group photo, LFB cricket team, District B, who won the cup in 1907. Date: 1907

Fire Station Billiards Room
Men playing snooker on one of the tables in the Fire Station billiards room

Zambrene weatherproofs advertisement, 1918
Advertisement for Zambrene weatherproof coats showing a young woman taking her dog for a walk n a windswept beach. Date: 1918

Entertainment for National Fire Service firefighters -- sawing the lady in half! Date: late 1941

Poster advertising Austin Seven Countryman car
Poster advertising the Austin Seven Countryman car, showing a man using the car for business and pleasure

Marjorie Russell School of Modern Dancing, WW1
Advertisement for the Marjorie Russell School of Modern Dancing of Wigmore Street, London, where pupils could learn the fox trot, one step, the 1918 tango, the Boston and the Hesitation

Woman in swimsuit jumping
Woman in a swimsuit jumping. circa 1960s

Girl in fancy dress, Camborne, Cornwall
Girl in fancy dress for a carnival at Camborne, Cornwall, dressed in a matchbox costume with no more strikes written, punningly, on the side

Woman on a sailing boat, holding the tiller. Date: circa 1960s

Woman on beach with ball
Woman on a sandy beach with a ball. Date: circa 1960s

Woman on beach with ball and sunshade
Woman on a sandy beach with ball and sunshade. Date: circa 1960s

Woman on beach with sunshade
Woman kneeling on a sandy beach under a sunshade. Date: circa 1960s

Woman doing handstand on beach
Woman doing a handstand on the beach. Date: circa 1960s

Young woman with ball on beach
A young woman holding a ball above her head on the beach. Date: circa 1960s

Man playing with son on beach
Man playing with his son on the beach. Date: circa 1960s

Mother and children making sandcastle
Mother and children making a sandcastle on the beach

Poster, Rudge bicycles, showing people on a golf course. Date: circa 1950

Family of four paddling in the sea
A happy family of four paddling in the sea. Date: 1960s

Children at County Showground, Cornwall
Two children and a cow at a County Showground, Cornwall

Pony trekking, Exmoor, Devon
A young girl pony trekking on Exmoor, Devon

Poster advertising White Star -- Aberdeen Service, cruises from England to South Africa and Australia

Poster, Britain Today, showing the benefits and freedoms available

Poster design, Passing Show, extra summer number, showing three women in swimsuits diving from a boat, and a man rowing

Cover design, London Magazine, August, one shilling, with a woman in a black swimming costume and a red scarf on her head. Containing stories by Chesterton, Baroness Orczy, Elinor Glyn and others

Man in a field with parked car
Man in a field, sitting on a leather stool, with his parked car in the distance

Cub Scouts watching TV at Baden Powell House, London
A group of Cub Scouts watching TV in a seating area at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1960s

Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, London
Boy scouts relaxing in a seating area at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Two of them are playing a game of chess. Date: circa 1960s

Two Bars Rest - Woman smoking, 1917
Illustration by E. Lucchesi taken from a De Reske cigarettes advertisement showing a woman multi tasking by playing the piano with one hand and lighting her cigarette from a candle with the other

Skindles at Maidenhead by Fish
Uncle Fred, the uncle of Eve, The Tatler magazines fictional gossip columnist, enjoys the delights of Skindles, the notorious hotel in Maidenhead popular with officers - and all men really

Maidenhead for the summer by Fish
Impression of Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire in August by Annie Fish, a popular a popular destination, and one with a bit of a reputation, for fashionable society in the first half of the 20th century

Tennis and flirting, 1916
Illustration by Annie Fish to accompany the Tatlers gossip column, The Letters of Eve, showing a lady arriving on a tennis court fully garbed and ready for a game

A Sing-Song within the Firing Line
Sketches drawn by a sergeant with the B.E.F. of an evenings entertainment at the Front, showing various talents on display from an opera singer giving a recital

An open-air circus, recreation in Salonika, WW1
An open-air circus in a specially dug-out arena inaugurated for the amusement of Allied troops Salonika. Date: 1916

A Theatre for War Workers, WW1
Interior view of a picture and variety theatre built by the firm Messrs. Vickers, Ltd, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness in order to provide recreation for their workers during the First World War

The Soldiers Theatre in France, WW1
The Follies, one of numerous entertainment troupes performing for soldiers in France, giving a performance to an audience from an undisclosed division at a converted factory near the British front

When Three ARE Company by A. K. Macdonald
An amorous couple sit entwined in a boat on a river at nightime while a cupid watches over them to ensure the romance goes smoothly. Date: 1922

Amusement by the Meuse by H. L. Oakley
Some scenes showing troops billeted in the valley of the Meuse after the signing of the Armistice spending their leisure time on round of golf, sledging

Chiaroscura in Silhouette by H. L. Oakley
Sunshine and shade in summer time. A set of idyllic scenes during the summer cut by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley. Top picture shows a group frolicking by the sea

The Season in Harrogate in Silhouette, H. L. Oakley
A charming group of vignettes depicting scenes in the North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate during the Season, with people taking the waters, out walking, attending a concert, meeting for coffee

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