Playground Collection (page 2)

Playground on roof, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1936

Girls playing netball on a roof playground, Barrett Street Trade School, London, 1927

Geography lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1905. A teacher uses a globe to instruct an attentive class of young children

Exercise class, Buckingham Street Girls School, Islington, London, 1906. Girls taking part in a physical training drill in the playground stretching with their arms reaching upwards and to the left

Open air exercise class, Ben Jonson School, Stepney, London, 1911. A class of girls perform physical drill in the playground. A classroom is set up under a shelter in the corner of the playground

Children performing a maypole drill, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. A group of girls dance around a maypole in the school playground, while other children look on

Children eating dinner at tables in the playground, Shrewsbury House Open Air School, London, 1908
Children eating dinner at tables in the playground, Shrewsbury House Open Air School, Shooters Hill, London, 1908

Hackney Downs School, London, 1941. The front elevation and entrance, with debris heaped up in the playground, after the school was bombed

Girls playing netball in the playground, William Street Girls School, London, 1908
Girls playing basketball in the playground, William Street Girls School, London, 1908. The girl with the ball is poised ready to shoot a goal

Girls doing drill in the playground, Wilton Road School, London, 1907. Holding dumbbells and lunging forward with their right arms outstretched

Girls morris dancing in playground, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908. A group of girls in traditional costume dance in the school playground

Girls exercise drill, Montem Street School, Islington, London, 1906. A class of girls in the playground lunge sideways with their arms stretching upwards

Playground scene, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. Pairs of very young children play a see-saw game in the school playground

Dancing around the maypole, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. Children dance around a maypole in the school playground, watched by two teachers

Geography lesson, Hague Street School, Bethnal Green, London, 1908. Two boys in the playground trying to find true north, watched closely by their classmates and teachers

Christs Hospital School, Newgate Street, City of London, 1831. Artist: John Shaw
Christs Hospital School, Newgate Street, City of London, 1831. View of the grammar and mathematical schools at Christs Hospital, showing the pupils at play in the grounds

View of the playground of Burlington House and School, Fulham, London, c1825. Artist
View of the playground of Burlington House and School, Fulham, London, c1825

The Camberwell Free Grammar School, Camberwell, London, 1795. Artist
The Camberwell Free Grammar School, Camberwell, London, 1795. View of the school with children playing in front

View of University College Schools playground with University College to the right, 1833. The playground is teeming with boys playing a variety of games

Children displaying their drawings, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908. Children standing at their desks in the playground proudly holding up drawings they have made during their art class

Children playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908. Children hold hands and form circles as they play a dancing game organised by their teachers in

Exercise class, Buckingham Street School, Islington, London, 1906. A physical training drill in the playground, with girls with legs raised backwards and arms stretched sideways

Drill in playground, Alma Boys School, Bermondsey, London, 1908. A class of boys, all with their arms outstretched, undergo an exercise drill under the instruction of a teacher

Nature class in the playground, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Some class II A children are sowing seeds in bowls in the playground

Christs Hospital, London, c1825
View of the Great Hall of Christs Hospital, London, 1825. Depicts pupils playing in the forecourt

Christs Hospital, London, 1784. Artist: James Record
View of Christs Hospital school playground, London, 1784; with school children playing

Christs Hospital, Newgate Street - Boys in playground, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Christs Hospital, Newgate Street - Boys in playground, 1891. Christs Hospital, also called the Bluecoat School, is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school

Scarborough - The Childrens Corner, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Physical drill at a London school, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

An exciting game: pupils of Christs Hospital school, City of London, c1900 (1911). Artist: RW Thomas
An exciting game: pupils of Christs Hospital school, City of London, c1900 (1911). Founded in 1552, Christs Hospital was the result of the vision of King Edward VI (1537-1553)

Windsor Castle from the Eton Play Ground, c1838. Artist: James Baker Pyne
Windsor Castle from the Eton Play Ground, c1838. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C. Reginald Grundy and F

Children in the playground of a village school, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Children in the playground of a village school, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Schoolhouse and grounds, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Schoolhouse and grounds, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Snow Range and Darjeeling from above St Pauls School, West Bengal, India, c1910. Plate taken from Views of Darjeeling with Typical Native Portraits and Groups by J

Children in a park, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Childrens Corner and New Bandstand, Bournemouth, Dorset, c1920s

The Royal Masonic School for girls, St Johns Hill, Battersea Rise, London, 1875. The school was established in 1788 to educate the daughters of Freemasons in reduced circumstances

Girls Playground and Waterfall at Bournville, 1892. Bournville was the ideal village built near Birmingham for their employees by the chocolate manufacturers Cadburys

Notting Hill Adventure Playground, London, 1972. Artist: CM Dixon
Notting Hill Adventure Playground, London, 1972. During the 1950s, Caribbean immigrants were drawn to Notting Hill, partly because of cheap rents, but were exploited by slum landlords

Photograph of children at school during the Paris Commune, 1871

Self-Sacrifice, 1866. Tom tries to convince his young cousin Reginald to let him squeeze the nasty juice from his unwholesome orange, as he wants the orange himself

Girls playing netball, Chelsea Secondary School (Hortensia Road School), London, 1911. A girl is poised ready to shoot a goal

Assembly in the playground, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. Boys lined up for a mass assembly in the school playground

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