Grounds
Fairseat's Grounds are extensive and beautiful. They are part of Sir Sydney Waterlow's park, and there is a Cedar tree which is over 100 years old, and is the sign of Fairseat. It also has a cottage ( It is called ' the Fairseat Cottage') and adventure playground and tennis courts.
The Senior School has a Rounders pitch, tennis courts, two ponds and a cricket pitch. It also owns a large expanse of grass down the road where summer sports are played and the Channing Fireworks take place; they are supposed to be the best in London.
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Famous quotes containing the word grounds:
“And in a disused shed in Co. Wexford,
Deep in the grounds of a burnt-out hotel,
Among the bathtubs and the washbasins
A thousand mushrooms crowd to a keyhole.”
—Derek Mahon (b. 1941)
“We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)
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