Tennis came up as a subject lately so when I came across this picture which shows the aftermath of tennis at The Towers, 13 Broadwood Road in about 1920 thought I would post it. In right hand corner you can just see racket and perhaps white tennis pumps.
No doubt a drink restored the energy. The man sitting in the middle is my great uncle Charles Olson who seems to be holding a bottle of Johnnie Walker in his hand. The drinks table looks reasonably stocked.
Think the picture taken by his wife Ethel as she was usually in the picture! Standing behind the seated group - none of whom I can identify apart from Charles is Charles Warren and his wife, my great aunt Hannah. This picture comes from my aunt's collection - like so many - but I have seen another with more rackets strewn on the ground and no sign of the drink's table but obviously taken at the same time possibly by Hannah who is not in it.
The other interesting point is that it shows a small Chinese girl and the lady at the far end may also be Chinese. This child may have lived at The Towers as I have another picture of her playing there.
Is this an example of Eurasian families sharing their homes I wonder?
