The Harry Gem Project - Birmingham's Lawn Tennis Heritage

Early Lawn Tennis

Concerning early lawn tennis in Royal Leamington Spa and Edgbaston, [...]

Conservation of Harry Gem scrapbook completed

It is a very great pleasure to announce that the [...]

By Bob Holland|2022-02-12T13:21:35+00:0010 November 2021|Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Scrapbook - Harry Gem, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Harry’s Scrapbook conservation fund hits target.

We are delighted to report that the fund [...]

By admin|2021-10-20T19:17:43+00:0028 December 2020|Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Scrapbook - Harry Gem|Comments Off

Leamington Spa’s Victorian Legacy

Click here for Leamington History Group's new video about the [...]

By admin|2022-02-13T17:55:38+00:0023 October 2020|Dr. A.W. Tomkins, Dr. F.H.Haynes, Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Leamington Club, Leamington Lawn Tennis Club, Leamington Spa, Leamington Tennis Court Club, Manor House Hotel, Manor House Hotel Leamington, Perera, Real Tennis, Royal Leamington Spa|Comments Off

Dr. Frederic Haynes reminisces
about the early days of lawn tennis.

In this newspaper article from 1934 Dr. Frederic H. Haynes [...]

By admin|2022-02-12T16:04:21+00:0027 September 2020|Dr. A.W. Tomkins, Dr. F.H.Haynes, Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Leamington Club, Major W.C.Wingfield, MCC, Perera, Sphairistike|Comments Off

Founders of Lawn Tennis

A particularly interesting description of the development of lawn tennis [...]

By admin|2022-02-15T18:03:04+00:0014 September 2020|Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Perera|Comments Off

Conserving Harry’s Scrapbook

Having successfully restored Harry’s grave in Warstone Lane, Birmingham, UK [...]

By admin|2022-02-16T10:43:56+00:0021 March 2020|Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Obituary - Harry Gem, Scrapbook - Harry Gem|Comments Off

New Booklet

Our booklet is now available. The booklet itself is free [...]

By admin|2022-02-16T10:57:50+00:009 December 2019|Grave - Harry Gem, Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Perera|Comments Off

The beautiful game at Fairlight, Edgbaston.

Here's an article from the Birmingham Post of 3rd June [...]

By admin|2022-02-16T10:46:44+00:002 December 2019|Ampton Road, Birmingham, Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Perera|Comments Off

Blue plaques for Gem and Perera in Leamington

Harry Gem's blue plaque, at 8 Hamilton Terrace, unveiled [...]

By admin|2022-02-16T11:04:57+00:0021 October 2019|Blue Plaques, Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Leamington Club, Leamington Lawn Tennis Club, Leamington Spa, Manor House Hotel, Manor House Hotel Leamington, Perera, Royal Leamington Spa, Uncategorized|Comments Off