3-082-276 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Our London Parks in Winter, 1895. 'Regent's Park; St. James's Park; The Round Pond, Kensington; The Long Water. Once more King Winter is reigning in Great Britain, and skates are much in requisition...The weather on Jan. 29 was the coldest experienced in many parts of the United Kingdom during this winter. Nearly eight thousand persons skated on the lake in Regent's Park, and in other districts of London there was abundant opportunity for this recreation...From all parts of the kingdom come reports of similar severity in the weather. 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'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.