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{"ID":248,"SpaceID":1,"PageID":2,"HasCommentsThread":false,"SeoTags":{"OpenGraphTags":[{"ID":"og:title","Name":"Our History"},{"ID":"og:type","Name":"website"},{"ID":"og:url","Name":"https://www.globetennisclub.com/Cms/Spaces/DEFAULT/Our+History"}],"NonOpenGraphTags":[]},"Path":"Our+History","Title":"Our History","Author":{"ID":5,"Name":"Huw Morgan Jones","CompanyName":null,"HasEmail":true},"Version":9,"IsDraft":false,"IsOldVersion":false,"PublicationDate":"28/10/2024 17:34","VersionDescription":"v9 - Huw Morgan Jones","HideHeader":false,"IsFullWidth":false,"ThemeCode":null,"BackgroundColour":null,"JumpLinks":[],"Blocks":[{"Columns":[{"Width":12,"WidthClasses":"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12","Elements":[{"ID":814,"Type":"HTML","Content":"\u003cp\u003eIn the ‘good old days’ before 30th June 1954 (Founding year of Globe LTC), English tennis had not only tram lines but also racial lines. This meant that many foreigners and people from minority religions were hardly ever admitted to tennis clubs. At this time, the excluded men and women were forced to get together and rent public courts. That is how it came about that a group of these ‘social misfits’ joined together with other friendly natives to meet and play on what was then the Russell Nursery site of 16 private to rent courts. It was decided to have a tournament and form a club. Four courts were hired permanently and the initial membership consisted of 64 members from more than 20 different nationalities; the annual subscription was £4.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat became apparent very quickly was that this polyglot membership formed a bond which went far beyond the normal intercourse one would expect between people who play tennis. The Globe soon became a community in Camden with a vibrant and close social life in addition to tennis.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe facilities were awful. The clubhouse was a ramshackle wooden hut; for loos, we had the bushes. The mark of a gentleman in those days was a man who let his mixed doubles partner have her own bush.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, more and more demented souls insisted on joining and the club had to hire 10 courts on weekends. The courts were old, the shale surface was breaking up, the bounce was an ‘act of God’ and, to get a half-decent game, the first 20 minutes were spent in watering, rolling and afterwards brushing the courts. Needless to say, more and more people still wanted to join the club.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Railway, which owned the land, sold it to the Council who in turn wanted housing not tennis. With luck, with skill, with ‘chutzpah’ and, above all, with steely determination, we convinced the Council to give us the present site which we developed with the aid of grants and loans and an indecently tight budget.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe council continues to support us and today the Globe Tennis Club has also been determined as an \u003ca href=\u0022/Cms/Spaces/DEFAULT/Community+Asset+ACV\u0022\u003eAsset of Community Value (ACV)\u003c/a\u003e. An ACV is land or property of importance to a local community which is subject to additional protection from development under the Localism Act 2011.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCore to our identity as a tennis club has been an army of volunteers who have managed all aspects of club affairs. In 2024, we were sad to bid farewell to Anna Lee, who was president of the Globe for 29 years.\u0026nbsp;Read more about her many contributions in this \u003ca href=\u0022https://www.globetennisclub.com/Cms/Spaces/DEFAULT/Anna+Lee+1938++2024+obituary?version=2\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eobituary\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur club abounds in history and it is these roots and history that make the Globe what it is today – Inclusive, Diverse \u0026 United. We are an international club where one can enjoy relaxed social tennis for all ages, or participate in highly competitive matches.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, we celebrated the Globe\u0027s 70th anniversary with the publication of a book, a large summer party, a quiz night and a fun day for junior members.\u003c/p\u003e","ContentConfig":{"Caption":null,"Icon":null,"IconColour":null,"CaptionColour":null,"UnderlineColour":null,"TextColour":null,"FontSize":null,"LineHeight":null,"RequiresLoggedInUser":false,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"ComponentCode":null,"ComponentError":null,"BottomMargin":"0px","PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","CssClass":null,"ResponsiveClasses":"","PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""},"ImageConfig":{"ImageURL":null,"ObjectFit":"contain","ImageHeight":null,"FrameStyle":null,"BorderRadius":null,"Caption":{"IsActive":false,"Text":null,"SubText":null,"Font":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"SubFont":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"Alignment":null,"Position":null,"Margin":null,"BackgroundColour":null,"Blur":false,"Hover":false},"AltText":null,"LinkURL":null,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"10px","PaddingTop":"10px","PaddingRight":"10px","PaddingBottom":"10px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"IgnoreCache":false}]}],"ColumnSpacing":"0px","BottomMargin":"0px","TopPadding":"0px","IsFullWidth":false,"IsBackgroundFullWidth":false,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""}},{"Columns":[{"Width":12,"WidthClasses":"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12","Elements":[{"ID":815,"Type":"COMPONENT","Content":null,"ContentConfig":{"Caption":null,"Icon":null,"IconColour":null,"CaptionColour":null,"UnderlineColour":null,"TextColour":null,"FontSize":null,"LineHeight":null,"RequiresLoggedInUser":false,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"10px","PaddingTop":"10px","PaddingRight":"10px","PaddingBottom":"10px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"ComponentCode":"carousel","ComponentError":null,"BottomMargin":"0px","PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","CssClass":null,"ResponsiveClasses":"","PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""},"ImageConfig":{"ImageURL":null,"ObjectFit":"contain","ImageHeight":null,"FrameStyle":null,"BorderRadius":null,"Caption":{"IsActive":false,"Text":null,"SubText":null,"Font":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"SubFont":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"Alignment":null,"Position":null,"Margin":null,"BackgroundColour":null,"Blur":false,"Hover":false},"AltText":null,"LinkURL":null,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"10px","PaddingTop":"10px","PaddingRight":"10px","PaddingBottom":"10px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"IgnoreCache":false}]}],"ColumnSpacing":"0px","BottomMargin":"0px","TopPadding":"0px","IsFullWidth":false,"IsBackgroundFullWidth":true,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""}}],"PageURL":"https://www.globetennisclub.com/Cms/Spaces/DEFAULT/Our+History?version=9","AllVersions":[],"Comments":[],"UpdatedComments":[],"Spaces":[],"IsWatching":false,"LastViewTime":null,"CanEdit":false,"CanPublish":false,"CanCopy":false,"CanCreateTemplate":false,"CanComment":false,"CanReadComments":false,"CanModerateComments":false,"CanLike":false,"CanWatch":false}
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