Join the 19th century Greenwich Pensioner and Nurse on the lawns throughout the summer holidays for some old-fashioned garden games.

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Join the 19th century Greenwich Pensioner and Nurse on the lawns throughout the summer holidays for some old-fashioned garden games. Learn about life at the Greenwich Hospital while playing quoits and skittles. Available on a first come/first served basis.

* Award-winning illustrator Nick Ellwood, whose wonderfully mischievous drawings feature in the Painted Hall Family Trail, will have an exhibition from May – October 2021, 500 Years of Mischief and Mayhem in Greenwich.

 

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      Outdoor Games for Families

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      Old Royal Naval College grounds, King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN

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