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Finish line JLP01_09_860871
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Children reaching the finishing line of one of the children's races at the 1986 Family Day at Laing's Sports Ground.
Over 2500 people attended the Family Day and raised over £700 for that year's designated charity The British Heart Foundation. Attractions included; guest appearances by the cast of the television programme Grange Hill, a bouncy castle, donkey rides, Punch and Judy shows, Pierre the Clown, children's races, blindfold stunt driving and golf and six-a-side football tournaments
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Swinging dummy JLP01_09_860854
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. People competing in the swinging dummy stage of the It's a Knockout style competition at the 1986 Family Day at Laing's Sports Ground.
Over 2500 people attended the Family Day and raised over £700 for that year's designated charity The British Heart Foundation. Attractions included; guest appearances by the cast of the television programme Grange Hill, a bouncy castle, donkey rides, Punch and Judy shows, Pierre the Clown, children's races, blindfold stunt driving and golf and six-a-side football tournaments. Eight teams entered the It's a knockout competition and it was won by a team named The Floppies from the Information Services Department. This photograph was used in the August 1986 edition of Team Spirit, the Laing company newsletter reporting on the event
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Photographer and model JLP01_08_073450
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. A photographer taking a photo of a model in the studio of the new Sports Club centre soon after the centre's opening.
By 1966, membership of the Laing Sports Club had reached 2,500 throughout the country. A new Sports Club wing opened at John Laing and Son Ltd's offices at Mill Hill on 28th April 1966. The new centre had two floors which a billiards room, club rooms, sports shop, photographic studio, and offices. A coffee lounge, table tennis hall and TV lounge were separated by folding doors and could be converted into a large meeting hall. In the photograph, a poster advertising The Laing Sports Club, Photography Section, Tenth Annual Exhibition is on the studio wall
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