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Description: | This photo shows the National Skating Association ice skating for the Baker Cup at the Welsh Harp Reservoir in Hendon. This image shows hundreds of people taking advantage of the cold conditions and skating on the frozen reservoir. One man in the mid-ground centre seems to have slipped over on the ice.
Welsh Harp is another name for the Brent Reservoir, where angling, sailing and swimming also took place. It was called after a local pub that is now demolished.
In 1908, ice-skating was accepted as an Olympic sport. The first Olympic ice-skating event took place in London, which hosted the Games that year. The women's event was won by the Briton Madge Sayers. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | London Transport Museum collection | Subjects: | Environment Leisure Sport | Temporal: | 1910 - 1920 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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