Prefects. |
Sports Day - One mile. |
Sports Day - Staff bicycle race. |
| Two of the photos in this collection show Sports Day in 1947. Beryl originally had these batched together with the 1947–1948 photos as one was dated as 12th September 1947. In response to a casual query as to whether this was how things were done back then, Beryl's reply was:
'For 55 years I have looked at that photo album and assumed that Sports Day was postponed due to rain. Your query made me look at the back of the photo, where sure enough it says "12/9/47". However, today I found my old threepenny diary for 1947, which records the events of Sports Day under "12 July 1947", which must be right.' Over the years 'Sports Day' evolved (some might say degenerated) into an afternoon athletics meeting but once it was a major socal occasion and as well as the normal athletics events it also included such things as obstacle courses, sack races and bicycle races. It was also typically held on a Saturday, as it was in 1947. The photos illustrate the two extremes of the day. |
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