3-082-262 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Skating in London: Regent's Park, 1895. 'The various London parks have rarely been so thronged at this time of the year as lately, when thousands of skaters have been disporting themselves on the frozen lakes and ponds. The ornamental water in Dulwich Park made a particularly pretty picture, and the same might be said of Finsbury, Clissold, and Victoria Parks. In the last-named place the ice has been over four inches in thickness, and the average nightly attendance of skaters has been 20,000. The large ponds on Hampstead Heath have been favourite resorts, as the ice on them has been kept well swept...The Duke of York and his sisters have been recently skating in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, which ordinarily are little frequented'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.