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Tennis
Highfield Road Tennis Ground
54.995734, -1.689594
Westerhope
Opened:
1905
Closed:
20th c
Redeveloped
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
20 Nov 2024
HER Description
Founded around 1905. Lawn tennis emerged in the 1870s and became the favourite summer game for the middle and upper classes (it had been croquet). Lawn tennis was ideal for the gardens of suburban villas. Women in particular embraced the game as for the first time they could engage in competitive sport and enter a clubhouse.
A group of women playing lawn tennis at Westerhope. Tennis was very much embraced by women at this time. Source: West Newcastle Picture History Collection via Played in Tyne & Wear by Lynn Pearson
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