Sights of Britain

A cigarette card from the ‘Sights of Britain’ series, showing the boys from Chetham’s Hospital taking part in the Founder’s Day procession in their traditional Blue Coat uniforms.

The card is from the collection of Mr Lawrence Boardman, whose father took many of the original photographs for the series in the mid-twentieth century. Together with his grandson, George Boardman Lee, Mr Boardman is currently involved in a project to retrace his father’s footsteps and re-photograph the many different locations from a contemporary viewpoint. We wish them all the best with this not insignificant undertaking and look forward to seeing the fruits of their labours.