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Description: | This photo shows anglers fishing and chatting at Connaught Water, Epping Forest, some time in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Epping Forest is thought to be around 5,000 years old, and is one of the last ancient woodlands surviving near London. The ornamental lake, created in the 1880s by damming two streams, still teems with fish.
Outdoor pursuits were popular during this period as people had few leisure distractions at home. Instead many elected to spend their leisure time outside. This was free. Fishing was a very popular pastime having the added benefit of the possibility of bringing something home for dinner. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Kodak | Subjects: | Environment Leisure Sport | Temporal: | 1900-1920 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Kodak | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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