Tudor archives
First Lacrosse Team Photo circa 1956 From Ann Curwin (Hellings, 1957)
of padded apron/waistcoat and padded gloves, poor girl!
“After almost half a century there are still certain things about playing lacrosse at Tudor that I remember. We wore skirts together with dreadful green knickers, as shorts were deemed to be ‘unladylike’. Some of my generation are now duchesses, so maybe every little helped, as they say. We had absolutely no protective gear – even the goalie only had a sort
I vividly remember the feeling of coming back from a freezing cold January practice on the distant sports field to the long serving table in the dining room, where large roasting tins piled with hot beef dripping toast awaited eager hands! We had wonderful homemade food from the kitchen of Miss Doorbar every day.”
Prefect’s badge from 1957
From Susan Oliver (Worsley, 1959) “This is the Tudor Rose badge which I was given in 1957, when I was told that I would be a Prefect. Imagine what interest that caused. I was not particularly bright, not very sporty – didn’t really like horses – and wanted to be a ballet dancer. Something was wrong somewhere; I could not really be the sugar plum fairy at my size and weight! I expected that I had been given the job of being a prefect to stop me smoking and behaving badly. I found out later that it was neither of these things. My one fear was losing the badge – how would I ever explain that?”
108 . ROSE . SPRING 2020
