Description: D704 - Photographs of [tennis courts at University's athletic grounds, 'Wyncote'] and [members of the Physics Department]

D704 - Photographs of [tennis courts at University's athletic grounds, 'Wyncote'] and [members of the Physics Department] - [1920s]

Postcard photographs of [tennis courts at University's athletic grounds, 'Wyncote'] 1926 and [staff and students of the Physics Department outside the George Holt Laboratory] n.d. [?1920s]

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Summary:	Postcard photographs of [tennis courts at University's athletic grounds, 'Wyncote'] 1926 and [staff and students of the Physics Department outside the George Holt Laboratory] n.d. [?1920s]
Date:	[1920s]
Reference Number:	D704
Biographical/Administrative Information:	In 1920 a gift of £25 000 from T Harrison Hughes made possible the purchase of the Wyncote estate in Allerton. Here new playing fields were laid out, named the Geoffrey Hughes Athletic Grounds in memory of the donor's brother killed in the war. Geoffrey Hughes was the youngest son of John William and Elizabeth Hughes, he worked for his father's firm T. & J. Harrison, Shipwoners, Liverpool but joined the 6th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment at the outbreak of the War. He was killed by shell fire whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards on August 5th 1918.The Athletic grounds were more commonly known as 'Wyncote'. In 1929 additional land was acquired to expand these facilities and in 1962 a new pavilion was erected, designed by Gerald Beech of the Architecture Department.