Curator's correspondence relating to RAF medicals conducted in the Long Room in 1941

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP93/1

Date:

1984-09-10 - 1984-10-22

Level of description

item

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1980-1984 (MCC/AAL/2/TEMP93)

Scope and Content

Curator's [Stephen Green] correspondence relating to Frederick Spofforth photograph donated by W Ewart Crook. Subjects include description and provenance of the photograph and Crook's recollections of an RAF medical conducted in the Long Room in 1941. On page 1 paragraph 3 Crook writes, "The last time I was in the Long Room was in 1941 - when as a potential member of air crew RAF - we had a medical. 'Shirts off - arms up - trousers down - FFI [free from infection]'. What desecration for such a hallowed room!"

Associations

Stephen Edgar Alexander Green
W Ewart Crook
Royal Air Force

Subject

Pavilion, World War, 1939-1945, gifts, donations

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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  • Curator's correspondence relating to RAF medicals conducted in the Long Room in 1941 (MCC/AAL/2/TEMP93/1)