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famous photograph of eton boys and poor boys
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can anyone tell me the name of the photographer who took the photo of some eton school boys in their uniforms being watched by some children in rags?
Also does anyone know what happened to the boys in the photograph?
Also does anyone know what happened to the boys in the photograph?
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The way I heard it was that the photo was taken by Bert Hardy outside the Eton-Harrow cricket match at Lords in 1937. The posh boys were - it was claimed - from Harrow, not Eton, and their names were Peter Wagner (left) and Thomas Dyson (right).
Dyson died in India whilst still a pupil but Wagner served as a Signals Lieutenant during the war and lived until 1984. The local urchins were George Young, Jack Catlin and George Salmon. The first two of these were certainly still alive in 1993, aged 68 and 67, at which time ‘The Times' published an article about them. Oddly enough perhaps, they had both become Conservative Party supporters!
(Take my advice and do not search any further for this on the Internet! You'll be astonished what asking for photographs of schoolboys throws up. I'm just worried now that - if I ever have to get my computer repaired - I'll finish up banged up like Gary Glitter!)
If I have the name of the photographer wrong, as Sophie's answer suggests, then blame The Times! The rest of the information I got via research.
Dyson died in India whilst still a pupil but Wagner served as a Signals Lieutenant during the war and lived until 1984. The local urchins were George Young, Jack Catlin and George Salmon. The first two of these were certainly still alive in 1993, aged 68 and 67, at which time ‘The Times' published an article about them. Oddly enough perhaps, they had both become Conservative Party supporters!
(Take my advice and do not search any further for this on the Internet! You'll be astonished what asking for photographs of schoolboys throws up. I'm just worried now that - if I ever have to get my computer repaired - I'll finish up banged up like Gary Glitter!)
If I have the name of the photographer wrong, as Sophie's answer suggests, then blame The Times! The rest of the information I got via research.
Interesting how a famous photograph can have different information regarding it's content. This link is to the Getty site and has different names for the "toughs" but no names for the "toffs".
http://www.gettyimage...641700/Hulton-Archive
http://www.gettyimage...641700/Hulton-Archive
The three "poor" boys all went on to have a long and fairly happy life whilst one of the "posh" boys died aged 16 and the other one died in a mental Hosptial aged 60.
All is explained here:
http://www.guardian.c...3/ian-jack-photograph Media URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/23/ian-jack-photograph
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All is explained here:
http://www.guardian.c...3/ian-jack-photograph Media URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/23/ian-jack-photograph
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