Two Very Early Pictures from 1924
This picture is in the February 2006 Issue of The Harrier Magazine. It is of the Olympian, Jack Higginson. It was taken in 1924 and shows Jack in his Olympic outfit for the Paris Games.
A group of Harriers with Jack top left. Picture taken in May 1924 on Haslam Park. The rest are at back left to right. Jack Crangle, George Morriser, Charlie Sumner, William Collid, Clement Wiggins & Roger Brook. Front Row; William Morriser, Thomas Brook, Jack Spyde, William Holliwell, William Danser, William Campbell, Joss Woods & William Gregson.
These two photographs were doomed for the fire. However & luckily Jeanne Eccles spotted them & read the writing on the back. Jeanne lives in Purley and her uncle was Joss Woods, seated at the front! She retrieved them from the verge of destruction & her husband Roy contacted us. I sent them one of the new 125th anniversary postcards with Jack Higginson's picture on. They were very pleased. And so were we to get such gems. The originals are now safely in Maurice's Vaults. Ben Higginson may have more to tell us about his uncle Jack.
Finally I am grateful to the two shorthand experts for their interpretation of the names on the back of the above picture.
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