2009 - CONWAY'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION Liverpool Friday 7th August to Monday 10th August 2009 Exhibition “The Conway Image Archive", Silver & Artefacts Latest entries on each page are marked New! If you have any photos or views please email them to me click here. "The Conway Image Archive display provided a year by year photographic tour from 1859 through to 1974 - all years were covered apart from 8 years in the 1800s. The 5,100 images on display required over 100 yards of linear space so ever inch of wall, window and doors were covered and we had to hire in a number of double sided display stands as well The images included Art Gallery: (140 paintings, drawings, cartoons and models), the Band (53), Athletics (135), Boxing (8), Cadet Captains (89), Cricket teams (20), Cross Country team (1!), Cutter & Gig Crews (107), Gymnastics (13), Hockey teams (4), Judo team (1!), the Loss of the Ship (over 200), Members of Staff (100 photos), QB group photos (97 of them), Rugby (137), Sailing (87), Sextant Classes (5), Tennis (4) and photos of cadets here, there and everywhere beyond counting. Over 300 new photos were provided over the weekend and will be loaded into the archive soon. There were dozens of artifacts and mementoes ranging from large items from the Ship to oars, uniform items, programmes and QB / Chum books. These were on tables aligned under the appropriate year. The Conway Silver was on display prior to it moving to the Conway Chapel at Birkenhead"
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