This is Hampstead Heath, March 1950. North London got its own miniature version of the Winter Olympics, in the shape of the country's first proper ski jump. The attraction was built near the Vale of Health as a joint venture between the Ski Club of Great Britain and the Oslo Ski Association.
Over the weekend of 24-25 March, thousands would flock to watch competitors hurl themselves off the end of the jump, to land in a giant bale of hay. London had never seen anything like it.
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