(See Feature Set Intro. No. 150). Cambridge May Week: The May Races, in which crews (8 Oars & Cox) from the 18 men's colleges compete for the honour of being Head of the River and thus by tradition represent the University in the Grand Challange Cup at Henley on Thames, are held during four consecutive days and form the climax of the Cambridge rowing year. The races end on a Saturday and those crews which have done well hold a "Bump Supper" and in the case of the Head of the River crew this is followed by a bonfire in the college grounds on which is burnt the shell of an old racing boat all reusable parts having previously been removed. Around these races have grown up all the tradition of May Week, madrigals, suing by the Cambridge Footlig

Published by London, United Kingdom: Crown Copyright Office / Central Office of Information, [1953]

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Original Silver Gelatin Print Photograph, 20 cm x 25.5 cm. Very Good, slight wear to corners. Information adhered to back of photo.

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(See Feature Set Intro. No. 150). Cambridge May Week: The May Races, in which crews (8 Oars & Cox) from the 18 men's colleges compete for the honour of being Head of the River and thus by tradition represent the University in the Grand Challange Cup at Henley on Thames, are held during four consecutive days and form the climax of the Cambridge rowing year. The races end on a Saturday and those crews which have done well hold a "Bump Supper" and in the case of the Head of the River crew this is followed by a bonfire in the college grounds on which is burnt the shell of an old racing boat all reusable parts having previously been removed. Around these races have grown up all the tradition of May Week, madrigals, suing by the Cambridge Footlig
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