1947 Press Photo Playground Classroom For Chichester Study

Playground Classroom For Chichester Study: A 30ft. by 40ft map of the world, showing the course taken by Sir Francois Chichier, and painted on the playground of Overtone Primary School, Northants being used yesterday for a combined huistory, current affairs and georraphy leson by Mr. Colin Barlow, the headmaster. The children have been pgoting the route of Gipsy Moth IV and for comparison have also marked the route taken by Sir Francis Frake. Sir Francois Chichester is expected to arrive off Plymouth on Sunday of Monday. He will arrive off Woolwich dockyard on June 12 and go upriver the following day to Greenwich for the dubbing ceremony by the Queen. Photo shows The children at the Overtone Primary School Northants, seen on the map in their playground with the headmaster Mr. Colin Barlow taking the lesson.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 5-24-1947.



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