3-071-127 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

A Special Train, 1881. Victorians ice-skating. 'Ice, in large quantities, has not unfrequently been seen on the Thames in London during winters of ordinary severity; but the intense frost which set in last week froze the water within a couple of days to an extent that rendered navigation difficult...but there were enthusiastic skaters who braved the elements in Hyde Park, to enjoy their favourite sport. It was freezing more or less all the day. Skaters slid along before the wind without any personal exertion...a great deal of good skating was enjoyed by Londoners...throughout the past week'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.