Threshing chestnuts trees in Greenwich Park 1857
Yearly tradition, for three weeks young youths poured into Greenwich Park, London to collect conkers. Climbing up chestnut trees, even using ladders to reach their prize, hitting them down with long sticks with carts at the ready to collect the bundle
Picture No
10208201
Media ID
47453700
Size
5760px x 3905px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Illustrated Times', 24 October 1857, page 173
Date
October 1857
