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Wednesday the 18th June we held another very
enjoyable reunion of the "The Old
Prescotians' Luncheon Club" 38 members
attended at the Huyton and Prescot Golf Club
which has now become our permanent venue for the
4 events we hold each year. Actually we have a
total of 68 members on our register and this
continues to grow. Quite a few of our members
travel a fair distance to be with us but last
week the long distance record was broken when
Brian Cook, on his first visit, came from Argyll
and Bute in Scotland to be with us. During lunch I
mentioned to Brian that I had a blazer which had
belonged to one of our members (Alec Weston) who
died last year. The Blazer really is a one off
because it has the school crest sewn on the top
pocket with the letters OBA (Old Boys
Association) under the crest. This was, of
course, the insignia used by the group of Old
Boys shortly after the St. Helens Road site was
established in 1924, and it probably is one of a
very few still in existence.(if any) There was
another suprise with the blazer when I found in
the pocket a copy of the service which was used
at the old school for the unveiling and
dedication of the war memorial. This is also
dated 1924 and Brian asked me to send him a
photostat of the service sheet for his own
interest.(I do not have a scanner) Anyway, the
outcome of this was for Brian to suggest sending
you a copy and this is attached by courtesy of
Brian's scanner reproducing the photostat which I
sent to him. It really is a piece of school
history and it truly belongs in the school
archives now held by the Knowsley Library
authorities.I will be speaking to their archivist
about this.
I also have
an original copy of the PGS Prospectus when C W H
Richardson was the headmaster and this is also
dated 1924. This details the rules and conditions
of all new pupils to the school when the fees for
a term were Two Pounds, Three Shillings, and
Eight Pence (£2/3/8) This also came to me via
Alec Weston and although it is a bit bedraggled I
will try for a photostat for Brian in the hope
that he will be able to scan you a copy. I will
now try my luck at fitting an attachment to this
message so keep your fingers crossed!
Kindest Regards, Arthur Whitaker.
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