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Football team
Eleven men wearing football kit and six uniform tunic. Man in front sitting with football. Others sitting and standing in two rows.
Football team
Eleven men wearing football kit and one in battledress. Five kneeling in front row one with a football and another holding a cup.
Football team
Twenty men wearing football kit. One sitting in front with ball. Six airmen wearing uniform tunic. All sitting and standing in three rows with trees behind.
Poem concerning Ron Schofield playing football
Three verse about playing for the flight, before being hit in the face by ball which broke his glasses.
Letter from John Hopgood to his mother and sisters from school
Writes about his progress at school particularly in maths. Mentions his scores at cricket and describes activities, weather and teachers.
Letter from John Hopgood to his mother
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Asks her to send him his tennis racket and white shorts and other items, including money as he had not been paid. Sent from 5 (ITW) Initial Training Wing, Torquay.
Part of letter
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From John to his parents. Records rugby matches and that morning's preacher. Mentions studying Hamlet that term.
Letter from John Hopgood to his parents
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Headed 'summer term 1939 Marlborough School. Writes of activities now allowed at school including sports, cycling, wear soft collars on Sundays. Ask their intension for prize weekend and ask them to bring a bottle of jam. Goes on to describe more…
Newspaper cutting - lady members of Largs golf club
Twelve women in two rows with front row sitting at table. captioned 'Not to be outdone by the men, the lady members of the Largs golf club held their end-of-season prize giving in the clubhouse recently'.
Football match in prisoner of war camp
In the centre a football pitch with goal at the far end. On the field a number of men in shorts playing football. The pitch is surrounded by spectators. In the background several large huts.
George Thomson's prisoner of war diary
George Thomson’s prisoner of war diary in a wartime log supplied by the YMCA.
Describes being shot down and includes a day-by-day account of his life as a prisoner of war from 11 November 1944 to 25 May 1945. Includes descriptions of sports and…
Describes being shot down and includes a day-by-day account of his life as a prisoner of war from 11 November 1944 to 25 May 1945. Includes descriptions of sports and…
Interview with Leslie Turner
Leslie Turner worked as a pattern maker at Longbridge before he volunteered for the Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew 33 operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron.
Stanislaw Sewerin's cloth badges
An embroidered cloth badge for 300 Squadron with 'Ziemi Mazowieckiej' in the banner at the bottom of the badge.
A red cloth badge showing the five Olympic rings in blue, green black, yellow and red, the word 'Polska' in white and the Polish dragon…
A red cloth badge showing the five Olympic rings in blue, green black, yellow and red, the word 'Polska' in white and the Polish dragon…
Christmas programme
Events for Christmas 1943 for RAF Westcott and Oakley. Includes meal menus, greetings from station commander, events (sport and entertainment) for each station.
Prisoner of war letter from George Thomson to his parents
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Stamped recovered PoW mail from Europe recently received by British Post Office. Describes Christmas day in camp. Mentions football match and recent film show. Keeps up with domestic issues.
Prisoner of war post card from George Thomson to his parents
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Mentions playing rugby and gives results of matches played. All friends well.
Prisoner of war letter from George Thomson to his parents
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Says life has certain regularity but he had stated study of economics, French and government. Library also occupies time. Says he is in rugby team but no matches so far. Comments on recent concert and church. Sends best wished to all.
Prisoner of war post card from George Thomson to his parents
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Says he is settled in camp with classes, games, and sing songs, time would soon pass. Mentions playing rugby.
Football team
Eleven men in football kit, seated with a football
Cricket team
Eleven men plus two non-players. On the reverse ten men have signed their names and 'Jack middle left'.
Rutland CC
A cricket team. On the reverse 'Rutland v Carreras 1938 Rutland 157 Carreras 58. Jack standing 2nd left'.
Cricket team
Eleven men arranged in two rows. On the reverse 'Jack standing 2nd in from right' and some calculations.
Cricket team
A team arranged in two rows. Jack is back row, right.
There is a second copy with, on the reverse 'Jack wicket keeper'.
There is a second copy with, on the reverse 'Jack wicket keeper'.
Jack Dwyer and two cricketers
Three cricketers. On the reverse 'Jack in middle'.
Jack Dwyer and friend
Two cricketers. On the reverse 'Jack on left'.