Leisure Collection (page 57)

Holidaymakers enjoying a boat ride, Walton, Essex
Holidaymakers at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, enjoying a boat trip from Hipkins Beach at the Naze (the headland just north of the town). circa 1950

Silhouette of a couple with golfing gear
Silhouette of an elegant couple walking along with their golfing gear

Greyhound racing and dinner at White City
The White City stadium restaurant where diners could eat in luxury while watching the greyhound racing on the track below. Date: 1931

Silhouette of a woman with a parasol

Silhouette, Between Dances
Between Dances -- a silhouette of people watching a piper and highland dancer. 1919

Game of snooker, Convalescent Police Seaside Home
Three Met Police colleagues enjoying a game of snooker in the games room of the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex

Tennis court on board the Empress of Britain
A full-sized tennis court on board the Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Britain, departing from Southampton on a world cruise for four and a half months

In the Gloaming by Balliol Salmon
A pre-war (pre-WWI) Idyll of the Thames, with a young man serenading his two female companions (possibly with a ukelele?!) as they drift slowly along the Thames in a boat. Date: 1930

Silhouette of a woman in an armchair, relaxing with a cigarette and a teatime tray. The caption reads: It takes her from Monday to get fit again for Friday

Society Children in Rotten Row
Society Children riding in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London Date: circa 1910s

Metropolitan Police B Division officers playing draughts
Officers of the Metropolitan Police B Division playing draughts during a rest break at the station. Two men are sitting at a table playing, with four men standing and watching. Date: circa 1930s

Far From the Madding Crowd
Sequential cartoon showing a couple of intrepid campers determined to get away from it all, and hiking up hill, down dale and through a a river

Silhouette of a fashionable woman on her travels. A man in the background is lifting a bag of golf clubs

Indoor ski school at Piccadilly Circus
Miss Audrey Sale-Barker, the well-known aviatrix, at the opening of the new ski school at the Criterion building, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1931

Silhouette of passengers in a charabanc, with the handwritten caption: from the West Riding

Royal Surrey Gardens, 1856
The Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, including the concert hall, in 1856. Date: 1856

Two nurses with convalescing policemen
Two nurses enjoy a joke with a room full of convalescing policemen, possibly somewhere in East London. The men are laughing and smiling, while the nurses hand out cups of tea from a trolley

Design for a Modern Tapestry by Jaxon
Design for a modern tapestry in the Medieval Manner, showing a 1930s society enjoying motorcycling, shooting and flying, while medieval dogs and dragons litter the scenes of modern pursuits

Silhouette of a golfing couple
On the Links at Starbeck (Harrogate, Yorkshire) -- silhouette of a golfing couple

Poster design for a wartime The Dansant
A Fair Prospect -- poster or leaflet design for a wartime The Dansant at the Prospect Hotel, starting at 4pm. A man in uniform stands facing a woman, ready to dance together. circa 1940s

Opening of Stanley Park, Liverpool
Crowds for the opening of Stanley Park, Liverpool on 14th May 1870 Date: 14th May 1870

Silhouette of two bathing beauties
Beside the Seaside from Friday to Monday -- silhouette of two bathing beauties in their swimming gear on a long weekend

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Silhouette of a couple taking evening coffee
9pm Coffee at the Grand -- silhouette of an elegant couple taking evening coffee at a smart hotel, sitting at a table under a palm tree

Silhouette of a couple in a garden. He is relaxing in a deckchair while she attaches a hammock to a tree

Eccles caravan
A trailer caravan, built by Eccles Motor Caravans Ltd, designed to accommodate two people and to be trailed behind 7 or 8 h.p cars of the baby type

Young couple sitting on a rock at the seaside
A young couple enjoying their holiday romance, sitting on a rock at the seaside, wearing their swimming costumes. (2 of 3) Date: 1960s

Young couple sitting on the beach looking out to sea
A young couple enjoying their holiday romance, sitting on the beach wearing their swimming costumes, looking out to sea. (3 of 3) Date: 1960s

Restaurant on the RMS Aquitania
View of the Louis XVI Restaurant on the RMS Aquitania, a luxury Cunard Line cruise ship which launched in 1914. Date: early 20th century

Rooter Rocks, Peak District
A party of tourists admire the Rooter or Roo Tor Rocks, in the Derbyshire Peak District Date: 1837

Sailing at Sunset
A leisurely sunset sail. Date: 1930s

Woman on holiday, sitting on a bench

American soldiers relaxing with WaCs, WW1
American soldiers relaxing with members of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WaC) during the First World War. Date: June 1918

Woman on holiday, sitting in a deckchair
A woman on holiday, sitting in a deckchair on a pebbly beach. circa 1930s

Brother and sister on holiday
A brother and sister on holiday, leaning against a wall in their swimsuits. Date: circa 1930s

Couple on holiday in Scarborough, Yorkshire
A couple on holiday in Scarborough, Yorkshire, with an outdoor swimming pool in the background. Date: circa 1940s

Silhouette of a family group
A charming silhouette of a family group a mother and father surrounded by their six children. One plays with a wooden horse on wheels, another with a diabolo

Two friends on holiday in Blackpool, Lancashire
Two female friends walking along the street while on holiday in Blackpool, Lancashire. Date: early 1950s

Family of five on holiday
A family of five on holiday. Mother and father sit on deckchairs in their best clothes, with their three children sitting in front on them on the sand. Date: circa 1920s

Father and daughter outside beach hut
A father and his daughter outside their beach hut at a seaside resort. He looks at her, she looks at the camera. Date: late 1950s

Scale Force, Cumbria
Sightseers admire Scale Force, Cumbria, one of the most dramatic falls of the Lake District. Date: 1833

Richmond Park, Surrey
Holidaymakers patronising a fortune teller in Richmond Park, Surrey (now in the London Borough of Richmond). Date: 1839

Advertisement for railway tickets to Ghent Exhibition
An advertisement for affordable railway tickets to Ghent, Belgium, via Dover and Ostend, for the Universal and International Exhibition, taking place from April until November 1913. Date: 1913

Advert for Kestos brassiere 1934
Advert for Kestos lingerie, to be worn under swimwear. 1934

KIRKSTALL ABBEY, Yorkshire

Advert for Jantzen swimming suits 1934

St Austell harbour, Cornwall
Aerial view of St Austell harbour in Cornwall, with fields in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1952

Scarborough, Yorkshire
High summer on the beach at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with the Spa building on the left and the Grand Hotel in the right distance. Date: 1890s

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