
SCHOOL HISTORY - 1920s

Swimming certificate for
Alfred William Denman (1908-1967) - 1920. Thanks to his daughter Tina Brittain.

Swimming champions of 1922

A classroom in 1920 from
Justin Russell, who would be grateful for any identification of children in this
photo.
If you can help please email
dave.dyer@middlestreet.org

A school outing
setting off for Arundel in the 1920s.

A selection of cups mainly from the 1920s - the inscriptions read (from left to
right) -
Middle Street Girls School -
House Championship - Swimming 1928 Presented by The Chairman of the Managers
Councillor Wilkinson:
Middle Street School Swimming
Championship 1952
Middle St. Girls School - Swimming -
House Team Challenge Cup Presented by A FATHER
1929
Middle St. Girls School Swimming
Championship Presented by Miss R.E.Hastings 1929
The base is inscribed –
1923 I.D’Arcy 1924 Q.Holman 1925 Q.Holman 1926 M.Holman
1927 E.Southon 1928 N.Hughes 1929 C.Gooding

And here is another Swimming Championship cup
presented to pupil Maudie Holman in 1926.
Thanks to John Ottaway for donating this cup to the school (it is now in our
trophy cabinet).
John is a relative of Maudie and keeps up the swimming tradition as chairman of
Brighton Swimming Club.

North Road Swimming Gala - 1926 - photo sent in by Mrs L.C.Simpson (nee
Marshall). The cup shown in the
picture above is being held by the Headteacher - Miss Hastings. Maudie
Holman is sitting behind
the shield. The teachers at the back are Miss Stubbs and Miss Dunstan,

Fred Emery's Annual
Sports Certificate 1928 (thanks to his son Terry). Read more about Fred Emery
here.

List of events at
Annual Sports Day 1928.

Middle Street - 1929
Eve Buckland writes in that the boy
at the extreme right of the front row is probably her father - Alfred Del-Monte.
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