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Photograph: Harriers
RSP/7/c/131 · Item · nd [1900-1940]
Part of Regent Street Polytechnic
Photograph showing four men in Polytechnic kit with the George and Dragon device on the front, one man in a suit and one man whose head has been torn off, posing in an undientified stadium. Annotated on reverse 'Poly Harriers Medley Relay Team' and with the names 'Clark, P. Mann, V. D'Arcy, W.R. Appleforth, G. Nicol'.
Photograph: Harriers
RSP/7/c/130 · Item · nd [1900-1940]
Part of Regent Street Polytechnic

Photograph showing four men in Polytechnic kit with the George and Dragon device on the front and one man in a suit holding a flag in an unidentified stadium. Annotated on reverse 'Poly Championship team' [crossed out], replaced with 'The team that beat all Scotland' and 'Polytechnic Harriers'.

[L-R George Nicol, P. Mann, Jack Andrew, William Applegarth, Victor D'Arcy]

RSP/5/1/87 · Item · 1967
Part of Regent Street Polytechnic

Published monthly by The Polytechnic Young Men's Christian Institute, 309 Regent Street. Unbound.

All issues feature In and Around, Coming Events, Library, Men's Clubs, Women's Clubs and Mixed Clubs reports.

January - Obituary - Ernest Burrows (porter); Obituary - Richard James (Harriers); The Cricket Bat by J Parkinson; An Isle of Tranquil Charm - A Seagulls Flight Away; Christmas in Other Lands by Ethel M Wood; The Poly Fifty Years Ago by WT Manns; A Little Late by NA Paley

Feburary - Obituary - Lt Col George Nicol; Presentation of Awards; Writing for Pleasure by Brenda Rowe; Pioneers of Biology: Charles Darwin by CL Duddington; Further Education and the Polytechnics

March - Margaret Bell - British Gymnastic Champion; Computer Love by Owen Spencer-Thomas; The Homeland Revisited by EV Williams; A Day at the Races by Dick Swann

April - Polytechnic Management Association; Degree Course in Photographic Technology The Most Modern Business School in Great Britain; Christian Fellowship; The Tennis Racket by J Parkinson

May - Staff News; Polytechnic School of Management Studies; Great Dixter by Margaret Baker; The New Planet by DF Evered; Pioneers of Biology: Gregor Mendel by CL Duddington

June - Staff News; Student Affairs; Along the Trail of the Cariboo Gold Seekers by EV Willaims; The Shocking Lady Cyclists by Dick Swann

July - Retirement of Mr Albert Rosser; Opening of the New Bar at Elsley Court; The Polytechnic Harriers Marathon Race; Polytechnic Harriers Kinnaird Trophy; The History of the Bicycle Polo

August - Obituary - Dr Somerville Hastings (Poly Doctor); Staff News; Further Oddities of Chelmsford Cathedral by Dick Swann; Twenty Years After: further notes on the history of the Polytechnic Fencing Club by DF Evered

September - Staff News; Student Affairs: A president's profile; Pioneers of Biology: Aristotle by CL Duddington; Overseas Legion

October - Retirement of John S Walkden; The Role of Student Unions; The American Bike Scene by Dick Swann

November - Obituary - Gwyneth C Dewen; Staff News; Presentation to Mrs Doreen E Small; Christian Fellowship; Pioneers of Biology: Antony van Leewenhoek by CL Duddington; A Second Chance by Margaret R Baker

December - New Magazine Arrangements; Once in a Lifetime; Niagara Nuts by Dick Swann; Education Digest

Polytechnic Harriers
PHA/8/2/52 · Item · nd [1900-1970]
Part of Polytechnic Harriers Athletic Club
Photograph of a group of eight Polytechnic Harriers members outside a house. Standing to the far right, is J. M. Andrew. Sitting to the far right, is P. E. Mann. (The same unidentified property appears in PHA/8/2/63). George Nicol second from right of back row, Vic D'Arcy far right of front row.
PHA/8/2/19 · Item · 04-Nov-11
Part of Polytechnic Harriers Athletic Club
Photograph of a letter sent to Jimmy Tucker (Polytechnic Harriers) of Cecil Road, North Acton, W3. The letter is sent by Bdr. (Bombardier) Stan J. Gregory (Service No. 1461125), 283/88th HAA Regt. R. A. (Royal Artillery) Middle East Force on the 4 Nov 1941. The names Miss Hamilton, George Nicol and Bert Long are mentioned in the letter.
PHA/8/1/6/9 · Part · 1911
Part of Polytechnic Harriers Athletic Club
1. Photograph of seven athletes and smartly dressed gentlemen sitting on a bench and standing behind the bench, in an outdoor setting, in Brussels, Belgium in 1911. Sitting on the bench, second from the left is [G. Nicol]. 2. Photograph of eleven athletes sitting on a bench and standing behind the bench, in an outdoor setting, in Brussels, Belgium in 1911. Standing second from the left is George Nicol, followed by, third from the left, Percy Mann. Vic D'Arcy is standing first from the right. Other names have been given, unfortunately they are not clear enough to read.
PHA/8/1/6/8 · Part · 1912
Part of Polytechnic Harriers Athletic Club

1. Photograph of fourteen smartly dressed gentlemen in an outdoor setting. The image was taken in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1912. Second from left is G. Nicol. Standing fourth, in the front row, from the left is McNicol. [Perhaps the image was taken during the trip to or return from the 1912 Stockholm Olympic summer games in Sweden?].

2. Photograph of seven smartly dressed gentlemen sitting down on a small monument in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1912. Four of the gentlemen have been identified as, from left to right, Fock (Sweden), Calleja (Spain), G. Nicol and McNicol.

PHA/8/1/6/4 · Part · 1910-1913
Part of Polytechnic Harriers Athletic Club

1. Photograph of two athletes of the Polytechnich Harriers and one smartly dressed gentlemen in an outdoor setting. Standing from left to right are, J. J. Barker, J. M. Andrew (hon. sec) and 1912 Olympic Gold medalist W. R. Applegarth. The writing to the side states '4th Apr 1913'.

2. Photograph of five members of the Harriers Relay Team, accompanied by two smartly dressed gentlemen. standing from left to right are G. Nicol, W. R. Applegarth, J. M. Andrew (hon. sec), R. E. Walker, G. Higgs, H. Layton (asst. hon. sec.), R. E. Mann (reserve). The event took place sometime in 1910. For further details see Polytechnic Magazine, Vol. L, March 1910 to February 1911, page 115.