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Authentic Pictures From A ‘National Schoolboys Exhibition’ Blurs Sixties Photography And Adorable Futurology
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Schoolboys have their day . Going out cavemen style - Paul Chamberlain ( 6 ) of Croydon ( on the left ) and David Taylor ( 9 ) of East Ham , are picked up by the " cave man " taking part in the Schooboys' Own Exhibition in the Royal Horticultural Hall , London . 31st December 1957. TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumimages.com
By Mark McConville
STUNNING pictures have revealed the fun children got up to at the annual National Schoolboys Own Exhibition from the 1930s to 60s.
John Jefferson and Clive Sheridan , sit astride the Photon Jet , the ultimate power unit of space ships , as part of the National Schoolboys’ Own Exhibition , Olympia , London , England 28 December 1959. TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumimages.com
Incredible images show screen star Mickey Rooney surrounded by an eager crowd of schoolboys as he sits at the wheel of the British E.R.A. racing car on show in 1948. Eight-year-old Nicholson Boyd of Westminster has a hair-raising experience on the Static electricity machine in 1961 and a couple of schoolboys dressed for a ‘trip to Mars’ in 1951.
8 year old Nicholson Boyd of Westminster has a hair raising experience on the Static electricity machine at the Schoolboys Own Exhibition, at Olympia, London. 1/1/1960. TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumimages.com
Other striking shots show John Jefferson and Clive Sheridan astride the Photon Jet, the ultimate power unit of space ships in 1959, schoolboys riding go-karts around a miniature indoor track in 1963 and Sir Harry Brittain opening Schoolboys’ Exhibition on December 28th 1933.
Schoolboys Own Exhibition in London . Even though it is stationary this 140mph racing car provides enough thrills for these boys . The Cub Scouts are at the exhibition held at the Horticultural Halls , Westminster , London . 31st December , 1949. TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumimages.com
The National Schoolboys Own Exhibition seems to have started in 1927 and ran for a few decades but there’s no record of when it ended.
The exhibition was a place where schoolboys could showcase their skills and learn new ones as many celebrities attended.
