All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon 1982
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This 1982 photograph shows the ivy-covered frontage of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon, with the club’s crest mounted above the main entrance and purple-and-green championship drapery hanging beneath it. The dark modernised frontage is softened by thick climbing ivy, formal flowerbeds and tubs of planting, while practical event-day details include a blue van parked by the entrance and a green trailer marked Hales standing beside the building. The red telephone box near the steps and the neat rows of railings, paving and flowers all help place the scene firmly in the early 1980s, when the club was already carrying the polished, highly managed look associated with the championships. Rather than the courts, this image records the quieter architectural side of Wimbledon, showing the tournament complex itself as it appeared between events or away from the main crowds.
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