In the
1955-56 Season, Bedford College of Physical Education fielded no less than four
lacrosse teams. Alice usually turned out
for the 1st or 2nd XII.
On the 26 November 1955 all four teams played against Dartford College
of Physical Education and swept the board with wins for all four teams. In her letter of 27 November Alice describes
something of the journey to Dartford and the elation of winning.
Alice also gives an account of a visit to the
College by one of the participants of the successful 1953 British Mount Everest
expedition - the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of
Mount Everest and the first team confirmed to have succeeded when Edmund
Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on Friday, 29 May 1953 – but
rather frustratingly does not mention who!
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