In Victorian times summer parties would be held at large houses for friends and family where games such as Archery, Tennis and Croquet would be layed out for the guests to amuse themselves. Jaques Of London the family games company since 1795, would have made the equipment for these games. The game of Croquet was first introduced into the UK and in the early 1930′s produced an extremely popular wooden Tennis racket ready for these special Outdoor Victorian occasions!
Today Croquet and Tennis are both very popular outdoor games and to this end, Jaques Of London are still the premier and best known Croquet manufacturers in the world. This very old firm have a superb, colourful and comprehensive range of Croquet sets, balls, hoops and accessories to perouse and buy online at:
www.jaqueslondon.co.uk and in the USA www.jaquesamerica.com
Play a very old pastime from a very old family games company!