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Leamington Spa’s Victorian Legacy

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

By |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 on Leamington Spa’s Victorian Legacy
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Dr. Frederic Haynes reminisces
about the early days of lawn tennis.

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

By |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 on Dr. Frederic Haynes reminisces
about the early days of lawn tennis.
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Founders of Lawn Tennis

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

By |2022-02-15T18:03:04+00:0014 September 2020|Harry Gem, History of Lawn Tennis, Perera|Comments Off on Founders of Lawn Tennis
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Blue plaques for Gem and Perera in Leamington

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

By |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 on Blue plaques for Gem and Perera in Leamington
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Gem’s restored grave unveiled

The restored grave of Harry Gem, Victorian lawn tennis pioneer, [...]

By |2022-02-22T18:49:59+00:005 July 2019|Birmingham, Edgbaston Archery & Lawn Tennis Society, Grave - Harry Gem, Harry Gem, Leamington Club, Obituary - Harry Gem, Uncategorized, Warstone Lane Cemetery|Comments Off on Gem’s restored grave unveiled
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