Leamington Spa. Royal Tennis Court Club

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Date:1987

Description:The Royal (real) Tennis court in Bedford Street, Leamington Spa. Three of the courts high plastered walls are flanked with a sloping penthouse and the server has to defend a long netted opening called the Dedans. The galleries, tambour and grille are features common to all courts - in the earliest days of the game these features may have been cloisters, a buttress and a serving hatch. On the floor are painted lines, a yard apart, called chases. 1987


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1860s
Leamington Spa.  Lower Parade and Dormer Place
Leamington Spa. Lower Parade and Dormer Place

Buildings on the corner of Lower Parade and Dormer Place, Leamington Spa. 1860s

1880s
Leamington Spa.  Rev. E Raven
Leamington Spa. Rev. E Raven

The Rev. E Raven, member of the Leamington Chess Club, Leamington Spa. 1880s

1900s
Leamington Spa.  Parade
Leamington Spa. Parade

View of The Parade, Leamington Spa, with the Regent Hotel on the right. 1900s

1920s
Leamington Spa.  Pump Room Gardens
Leamington Spa. Pump Room Gardens

People relaxing in the pump room gardens and listening to a band playing in the ...

1940s
Leamington Spa.  Parade, bomb damage
Leamington Spa. Parade, bomb damage

Bomb damaged shops in The Parade, Leamington Spa. 1940

1960s
Leamington Spa.  Jephson Gardens
Leamington Spa. Jephson Gardens

Model of the Houses of Parliament in Jephson Gardens during the lights of Leamington, ...

1990s
Leamington Spa.  Dormer Place, floods
Leamington Spa. Dormer Place, floods

Easter Floods at Dormer Place and Pump Rooms Gardens. 10th April 1998

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