Name/TitleHertfordshire vs Middlesex programme photocopies
About this objectPhotocopies of the front page (2022.94.1) and team sheet (2022.94.2) for a schoolboy football match between Hertfordshire and Middlesex. The match was played at the home of Arsenal Football Club on 5 May 1952. This forms part of a donation of material accumulated by Bob Prebble to write a book about his old school. The school was known as Old Hale Way School between 1940-1955, Bessemer School - named after Henry Bessemer of Charlton, between 1955-1974. The school also went by Hitchin School in its final years between 1974-1988.
Bob Prebble was inspired to write his book when the school building was knocked down in October 1992. Following appeals in the local press for information and objects he received material such as the photocopies of this programme. His book details the sporting success of Old Hale Way student John Mantell who appeared for Hertfordshire, and can be seen on the teamsheet in this match, who also went on to play for Hitchin Town.
