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16816


Newcastle


Westerhope, Highfield Road, lawn tennis ground


Westerhope


NZ16NE


Recreational


Racket Sports Site


Tennis Court


Modern


C20


Documentary Evidence


Founded around 1905. Lawn tennis emerged in the 1870s and became the favourite summer game for the middle and upper classes (it had been croquet). Lawn tennis was ideal for the gardens of suburban villas. Women in particular embraced the game as for the first time they could engage in competitive sport and enter a clubhouse.


1995


6684


NZ19956684



2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 21

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