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­­Squash_CourtFirst there was Real tennis...then fives­. The combination of rackets and fives sparked the creation of squash at ­Harrow School outside London. Harrow boys were addicted to rackets. The chief place to play at Harrow was in the schoolyard that surrounded Old Schools, the main school building. One special nook of the schoolyard was called "The Corner." It had two good side walls and a front wall with a buttress which dropped the ball straight down and a waterpipe that might send it anywhere ......so it evolved. See History, below­

     


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