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Lawn tennis was invented in Wimbledon, which, in the mid-nineteenth century, was home to the All England Croquet Club. It was here that the great and the good of South London would gather to socialise, drink tea, laugh at poor people (they weren't in the club of course, there was a special viewing window overlooking the working class end of Wimbledon) and promote their charity work. All of this was done over many sedate, gentle games of croquet.

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  • Lawn tennis
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  • Lawn tennis was invented in Wimbledon, which, in the mid-nineteenth century, was home to the All England Croquet Club. It was here that the great and the good of South London would gather to socialise, drink tea, laugh at poor people (they weren't in the club of course, there was a special viewing window overlooking the working class end of Wimbledon) and promote their charity work. All of this was done over many sedate, gentle games of croquet.
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  • Lawn tennis was invented in Wimbledon, which, in the mid-nineteenth century, was home to the All England Croquet Club. It was here that the great and the good of South London would gather to socialise, drink tea, laugh at poor people (they weren't in the club of course, there was a special viewing window overlooking the working class end of Wimbledon) and promote their charity work. All of this was done over many sedate, gentle games of croquet. Then on one momentous day, Lord Alfred William Nathan Tennis got tired of knocking balls through hoops. Midway through his teatime knockabout, Tennis picked up his ball and gave it the most almighty whack with his mallet. The ball hit Lord Dunlop in the face and knocked him unconscious. All who witnessed this act thought it was a jolly good laugh, including Lord Dunlop. Upon waking, Dunlop asked "Where am I?" and there was much raucous laughter once he was told, because this was the way English gentlemen regarded potentially life-threatening injury in those days. The rest of the evening was spent playing Lord Tennis's delightful new game.
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