Playing Collection

The Cosy Corner pub, a favourite with fruit market porters in Glasgow, Scotland. Male customers drink beer and play dominoes. 1949

Evacuated children in Wye, Kent, walking down a country road. 1939 / 40
Evacuated children in Wye, Kent, walking down a country road. 1939/40

Children paddling, Orpington. 1937

Hurlingham Lawn Tennis Tournament An action shot of Mrs Baddeley in the ladies handicap singles 2 August 1922

Small tan terrier dog {Lakeland / Border cross} with favourite soft toy on garden lawn
Small tan terrier dog {Lakeland/Border cross} with favourite soft toy on garden lawn credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Princess Elizabeth chatting to two of the tiny tots during her visit to Edzell Lodge Childrens Home in Edinburgh 1947

On the Air with his Mouth Organ Albert Leonard Lee, of 145a Lower Road, St Mary Cray
" On the Air" with his Mouth Organ Albert Leonard Lee, of 145a Lower Road, St Mary Cray, Kent, who is an expert with the harmonic or mouth organ, and is only eleven years old

Eight months old Peter Raven of Bishops Stortford takes a hand in the mixing of the Christmas pudding 1957

Children play wall ball games at St Mary Cray Council School in Bromley, Kent. 1939

Getting in trim for the circus ring. 16-year-old Olga Astley, one of Britain s
Getting in trim for the circus ring. 16-year-old Olga Astley, one of Britains youngest animal trainers, is busy at her Ongar (Essex)

Male customers take advantage of the new gaming and betting act which makes it legal to play cards, draughts and dominoes for a small stake of money

The Royal family at home

Princess Elizabeth at play in the garden. Crowds watching - 21 October 1930 ? TopFoto

Royal exiles at home in Ayot House in Herefordshire. Ex-King Michael of Romania and his wife, Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma play with two of their daughters

Southborough Green, Scene of men versus women charity cricket match 5 September 1934

Naval cadets from the Thames Nautical College training ship HMS Worcester are being evacuated from Greenhithe to the countryside

Archduchess Elizabeth Charlotte : 31 May 1922 - 7 January 1993 and Archduchess Charlotte of Austria : 1 March 1921 - 23 July 1989

Ivor Keys, the 17 year old schoolboy of Christs Hospital School, who has written several works and has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra who played his own work recently. 28th August 1938

Boys on the Sussex Downs preparing to launch their rocket made from a meccano set. 1959

Playtime at Jessop Primary School Herne Hill London 12th January 1961

Docks, Old London

Territorial Army recruits at camp in Chichester, Sussex. A game of cricket. 1939

A home for children suffering from raid shock has been established at Chailey. 12 November 1917

Bideford a small port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon 1925

Jackie Coogan helps the Savoy Orpheans at the opening of the Savoy ballroom at the Savoy Hotel, London. 19 September 1924

At the sign of the cradle. 18 November 1919

Where Queen Elizabeth I lived and danced galliards with her courtiers. The Old Palace at Croydon now a secondary school for girls

Miss Helen Wills playing at the Beckenham Tennis Tournament. 1927

Miss Violet Loraine bowls the first ball at the opening match of the Langley Park ( Berks ) Cricket Club. 18 May 1921

At the Beckenham Tennis Tournament, Miss Billie Tapscott in action during her match

At the Beckenham Tennis Tournamen, H Bignold, the one armed player. 7 June 1926

Society at Southampton Tennis Tournament Lady Crosfield 31 August 1922

At the Beckenham Tennis Tournament, Miss Hardie on court. 9 June 1925

Fen Grove road complaint. A young boy enjoys the mud. 1937

Lady Newnes

At the Beckenham Tennis Tournament, Mlle D Alvarez on court. 1926

Boys enjoying the snow on Chislehurst Common on their toboggan. 1936

Evacuated children in Wye, Kent, running down a country road. 1939 / 40
Evacuated children in Wye, Kent, running down a country road. 1939/40

A young girl on a slide in Dartford, Kent. 1939

Children have come to the riverside on the Thames estuary at Gravesend, Kent, to enjoy the sunny weather. 1939

Young cricket players in Lewisham, London. 1939

Boys play by the steps on the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. 1939

Schoolboys sliding on the snow on a path in Orpington, Kent. 1937

Children cueing up for the slide at the childrens playground in Crayford, Kent. 1936

A view of the West Heath playground at Erith, Kent. 1938

Group of boys play with a model ship in Chislehurst Kent

Toddler and his trike in the water. 1933

Cricket in Eltham, Kent. A barrage balloon can be seen in the background. 1939

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