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]
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
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.
1. photograph of [G. Nicol] standing on grass. n. d.
2. Photograph of [G. Nicol] standing on grass, wearing his Polytechnic Harriers shirt. n. d.
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.