Real tennis

Graphite and carbon fiber? Aluminum racquets? Colored balls? Bah -- if you want to go back to when tennis really changed, check out the original game. Wikipedia article here, video of play here. Reference thanks to one of my English friends who plays the game.

ADDENDUM: In the USA, virtually the only place to see and play Real Tennis is right here in Rhode Island, at the Newport Casino.

PS Another only-in-England story, this via the BBC (with video and further links):

The first new mainline steam engine to be built in Britain for nearly five decades is making its first long-distance passenger trip into London.

Enthusiasts in Darlington, from where the train set off, raised £3m to build the Peppercorn class A1 Pacific locomotive, which has taken 19 years to complete.

Posted by David on February 7, 2009 9:48 AM