Sunday, 9 September 2018

My latest The News/Sports Mail research project - was Priory School's 1978 sports day reported in the paper?

I should add ...
I'm currently delving into issues of The News and Sports Mail, 15 May-15 August 1978 (the dates cover two bound volumes) because I wanted to find out if Priory School's sports day held sometime during July at the then-named Alexandra Park, was reported in the paper at the time.
I competed in the 200m and 4 x 100m relays and there were other track and field athletics events occurring simultaneously.

Even if this wasn't reported in the paper ...
so far I've found out stuff about Priory School's (and ex-Westfield Junior School's) individuals who competed in athletics, birthday mentions in the paper's Chipper Club, photos of a skateboarder and an athlete who attended Priory School, and a photo of a Westfield School teacher ...
I've searched up to 15 July, so more might crop up!

LATEST NEWS 10 September:
Both volumes have now been scanned, Priory School's sports day wasn't reported in the papers!
The school was very publicity-shy at the time, all references to Priory pupils who I found out about were from external sources.
My family never bought the pink Sports Mail supplement, yet it contained a lot of information about the local athletics scene including portraits of up-and-coming young athletes (often four per issue, but a few issues had eight)
I'll finally check outstanding Chipper Club birthday mentions plus checking if a photo of athlete Donna Hillyer was printed in the Sports Mail in the May-June volume.

[Revised 10 September 2018]

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