Friday, June 24, 2016

BRIGG SCHOOL SPORTS DAY BRINGS BACK MEMORIES

Brigg Blog has been interested to see the sports day results from Sir John Nelthorpe School.
They are have been posted on the SJN PE Department's Twitter forum.
How technology moves on...
When we were reporting for the old Lincolnshire Times from the newsroom at 57 Wrawby Street during the early 1980s, we walked down to the school, called at the staff room and borrowed a huge card on which all the results were recorded in felt-tip pen.
The card was taken back to the office and typed up to go with the report of winning house, records broken and the chief presenter of trophies (Lord Yarborough or one of the governors, perhaps).
Back then there was no email, websites or social media from which to "cut and paste" the results like we have today.
"Today's reporters don't know they are born" - Discuss.
Visit the SJN Twitter feed here to find out more about sports day 2016.
(There were some good performances).
During our time at Brigg Grammar School (1967-74) we were never a fan of athletics, which rather got in the way of cricket. Ditto - swimming.
We were't too bad at the high jump and long jump but never met with success in the other events.
At BGS you could always tell the likely winners: The serious athletes had running shoes and spikes. The 'also rans' had to make do with plimsolls!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I wouldn't say I was raised in an over-poverished area, but in my day at school one was regarded posh if you had a pair of plimsolls.
On sports days, many class members ran in bare feet - no easy task on a cinder track!

Unknown said...

Talking about cinder tracks...the first sub 4 minute mile, in 1954, was achieved on a sub-standard cinder track in Oxford.
As youngsters, we use to emulate such people as Roger Bannister and Chris Brasher in our 'round the block' races.
If we raced soap-boxes,we became Stirling Moss, or Fangio.
If we played cowboys and Indians, we became Roy Rogers, or the Lone Ranger in wellies, slapping our backsides of our imaginary horse...or even Davie Cricket, if one had one of his hats from Woolies..
I was good in sprint events...in Liverpool one had to be a street-wise comedian, or fast runner to get out of trouble.

Unknown said...

Talking about cinder tracks...the first sub 4 minute mile, in 1954, was achieved on a sub-standard cinder track in Oxford.
As youngsters, we use to emulate such people as Roger Bannister and Chris Brasher in our 'round the block' races.
If we raced soap-boxes,we became Stirling Moss, or Fangio.
If we played cowboys and Indians, we became Roy Rogers, or the Lone Ranger in wellies, slapping our backsides of our imaginary horse...or even Davie Cricket, if one had one of his hats from Woolies..
I was good in sprint events...in Liverpool one had to be a street-wise comedian, or fast runner to get out of trouble.