St John's, Oxford. Matriculation Photo. 1977

[MAndrews]

Saw this 25 years ago. Features A Taylor and B Steemson. Anyone else ever clocked this? Brown suit, white bowtie ...

[Pista]

Don't see any photo.



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[MAndrews]

None attached. Have no copy. Just checked it out in situ.

[EmmaPeelWannaBe]

More information please! where exactly, some sort of archive at Oxford?

[Eye of Ra]

I'd love to see it myself. Is there anywhere I could find it?

[robertzombie]

Contact the college?

[abridged]

I thought didn't finish Oxford but went to Leeds instead? Could be wrong though!

[markfiend]

IIRC you matriculate when you join a college, not when you graduate.

Also, contacting the college might not be any good - I'd imagine it's more likely to be a friends/family photo of the event than an official college record?

Edit to add: http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/6777/Gillman-an ... chive.html

We often receive requests from alumni for copies of matriculation and graduation photos. Gillman & Soame now have a new service, called ImageBank, which allows you to search for, and order, old photos. The St John's archive can be found here: www.gsimagebank.co.uk/sjc/?t=stjohnscollege2014. Please be aware that you need to log in (by providing your email address) before you can browse.

[markfiend]

This page has some matriculation photos from St John's but unfortunately not the year concerned.

[abridged]

IIRC you matriculate when you join a college, not when you graduate.

Also, contacting the college might not be any good - I'd imagine it's more likely to be a friends/family photo of the event than an official college record?

Edit to add: http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/6777/Gillman-an ... chive.html

We often receive requests from alumni for copies of matriculation and graduation photos. Gillman & Soame now have a new service, called ImageBank, which allows you to search for, and order, old photos. The St John's archive can be found here: www.gsimagebank.co.uk/sjc/?t=stjohnscollege2014. Please be aware that you need to log in (by providing your email address) before you can browse.

Oops my mistake! In my defence I don't think Hudderfield Poly did matriculation photos.

[MAndrews]

It's an official photo with students posed in rows. Almost certainly taken the very day of matriculation in the Sheldonian Theatre - round the corner and over the road from St John's. All 1977's new members of the college are in sub fusc - formal attire: dark suit, Commoner's Gown, white bow tie. Each student named, including A Taylor (maybe it even said AWH Taylor) and B Steemson. I saw it by walking into the College and asking a lady in an admin office to show it me. She obliged. Doubt that would happen nowadays.

[MAndrews]

And ... yes, markfiend. Exactly like 1978 but 12 months earlier. Probably taken in the Front Quadrangle of the college.

[road_kill]

Is this it?

[stufarq]

IIRC you matriculate when you join a college, not when you graduate.

Also, contacting the college might not be any good - I'd imagine it's more likely to be a friends/family photo of the event than an official college record?

Edit to add: http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/6777/Gillman-an ... chive.html

We often receive requests from alumni for copies of matriculation and graduation photos. Gillman & Soame now have a new service, called ImageBank, which allows you to search for, and order, old photos. The St John's archive can be found here: www.gsimagebank.co.uk/sjc/?t=stjohnscollege2014. Please be aware that you need to log in (by providing your email address) before you can browse.

Oops my mistake! In my defence I don't think Hudderfield Poly did matriculation photos.

I don't think most do. Must be an Oxford/Cambridge thing, as the individual colleges tend to be smaller. (I learned all I know about Oxbridge from University Challenge, Douglas Adams and Inspector Morse.)