Games & Sports
Explore Londoners’ playful and competitive sides in these objects, stories and blogs relating to games and sports in the city.
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Games & Sports
Games & Sports
How street play shaped the lives of London’s children
These city kids created their own outdoor playgrounds with scooters, skipping ropes and songs
Games & Sports
Games & Sports
The Roman amphitheatre in central London
Gladiators did battle at the Guildhall nearly 2,000 years ago
Games & Sports
Games & Sports
The lost, lawless tradition of Shrovetide football
Forget pancakes – for hundreds of years, Shrove Tuesday was marked by a chaotic ball game
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
I really must have you either by [hook] or by [crook] (valentine card)
Dobbs Kidd and Company
1860-1880