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| Picture No | 10208201 |
| Date | October 1857 |
| Description | Threshing chestnuts trees in Greenwich Park 1857 |
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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.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated Times', 24 October 1857, page 173 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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