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Background imagePlay Collection: Whitestone Pond, Hampstead Heath a071818

Whitestone Pond, Hampstead Heath a071818
WHITESTONE POND, Hampstead Heath, London. View of a boy lying down on the edge of the pond with his hand holding a model yacht on the water

Background imagePlay Collection: Roker Park PLA01_08_051

Roker Park PLA01_08_051
Roker Park Football Ground, Sunderland. The Main Stand and Fulwell End at Roker Park football ground, seen from the east, Roker End stand during a football game

Background imagePlay Collection: Cricket on Filey beach WSA01_01_G0584

Cricket on Filey beach WSA01_01_G0584
Filey, North Yorkshire. Children playing cricket on the beach, with two bathing tents in the background. Photographed for the Walter Scott postcard company in 1930

Background imagePlay Collection: Children playing in a pond in 1914 CC71_00076

Children playing in a pond in 1914 CC71_00076
BARRACKS LANE, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Children playing in the sheep-washing pool on a hot summers day. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1914

Background imagePlay Collection: Theatre Royal Bristol NWC01_01_1522

Theatre Royal Bristol NWC01_01_1522
THEATRE ROYAL, KING STREET, CITY OF BRISTOL. The auditorium in the Theatre Royal, viewed from the stage. The 18th century Theatre Royal was externally rebuilt in 1970-72 to incorporate the adjacent

Background imagePlay Collection: A game of chess EGP_22663_016

A game of chess EGP_22663_016
Ismailia, Egypt, 1918. Three men playing chess in a tent, probably the officers mess

Background imagePlay Collection: Croquet on the lawn GRE03_01_052

Croquet on the lawn GRE03_01_052
The Raikes, Raikes Lane, Great Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester. The exterior of The Raikes with two children playing croquet on the front lawn. Photographed between 1860 and 1874

Background imagePlay Collection: Bristol Hippodrome Theatre NWC01_01_1517

Bristol Hippodrome Theatre NWC01_01_1517
Bristol Hippodrome Theatre, St Augustines Parade, Bristol. A view from the side of the grand circle in the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre, showing the proscenium arch, safety screen

Background imagePlay Collection: Bristol Hippodrome Theatre NWC01_01_1516

Bristol Hippodrome Theatre NWC01_01_1516
Bristol Hippodrome Theatre, St Augustines Parade, Bristol. The auditorium in the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre. The Bristol Hippodrome Theatre opened in 1912

Background imagePlay Collection: Gaming board DP084472

Gaming board DP084472
Great Tower, Dover Castle, Dover, Kent. Room F14. Detail of a gaming board on a table in room F14 of Dover Castles Great Tower, with a colourful chair back behind

Background imagePlay Collection: Pooles Park JLP01_08_084205

Pooles Park JLP01_08_084205
Pooles Park, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London. Two children playing on posts in a playground besides blocks of flats at Pooles Park, built using the 12M Jespersen system

Background imagePlay Collection: Fish counter DP077091

Fish counter DP077091
Portchester Castle, Castle Street, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire. Detail of a fish-shaped bone gaming piece from Portchester Castle, photographed at Fort Cumberland. Object no.88288132

Background imagePlay Collection: Childrens play area JLP01_08_076262

Childrens play area JLP01_08_076262
Upton Priory, Macclesfield, Cheshire. A view of children playing in a play area in front of flat-roofed Easiform terraces on a housing estate in Macclesfield

Background imagePlay Collection: Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_046387

Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_046387
BOURNEMOUTH. A young child on the beach with her legs buried in the sand, taken during a Laing staff outing to Bournemouth

Background imagePlay Collection: Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_008856

Bournemouth Beach JLP01_08_008856
BOURNEMOUTH. Children playing on the beach and adults relaxing on deckchairs during a staff outing of the Laing London office to Bournemouth

Background imagePlay Collection: Beer ZEH01_01_41

Beer ZEH01_01_41
FORE STREET, BEER, EAST DEVON. Stereoscopic view looking north along Fore Street, with a group of boys playing with a hoop in the foreground, and the spire of St Michaels Church in the background

Background imagePlay Collection: Girls playing a091596

Girls playing a091596
Church Path, Queen Camel, Somerset. Looking along a cobbled street towards the tower of St Barnabas Church, with three young girls tending to a doll in a pram. Photographed by John Gay in April 1953

Background imagePlay Collection: Childrens ward BL12177

Childrens ward BL12177
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond Street, London. Interior of the Clarence Ward showing nurses and children. The Hospital for Sick Children later became known as Great Ormond Street

Background imagePlay Collection: Go-karting a97_05215

Go-karting a97_05215
A group of children playing on home made Go-Karts at Greatworth, Northamptonshire. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son in October 1901


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