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Repository	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Ref No	RCS/SJW/PH/1/42
Title	Tony Castle photographs
Date	1956-1960
Level	Item
Description	Mounted and captionned black and white photographs removed from Mr Castle photograph album. There are 4 photographs of football teams at the junior Seminary, Mark Cross. There is also a photograph of a Vocations Exhibition held at the College. The remaining photographs were taken at St. John's Seminary, Wonersh and are as follows: General ordination, 1956 [Mark Cross boys went to every ordination at Wonersh and filled the centre aisle] Sports Day and Marathon Day 1958 The Mikado, 1959 HMS Pinafore, c. 1960 Tonsure given, September 1959 Tonsure groups off to tea, September 1959 [Tony Castle notes 'Students only allowed out in groups of 3. The new clerics were allowed out for the first time'] Newly ordained, 1959 Sports Day, 1959 The building extensions, 1960 [Paid for by Mgr Moody, a Vatican diplomat]. These also show the handball courts. Handball was a popular game at Wonersh but never recovered after the building work took the courts. Note: Tony Castle is the author of 'Nuturing the Seed, A Short History of St. Joseph's College, Mark Cross'.

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