schoolboys

Previously ... The electric lamp and telegraph poles might help with dating.

yes it's Derry and it's the monument to George Walker

We have seen a Clonbrock photo from Derry before. In the comments on the below, I noted that CLON2084 nearby in the catalogue is in Derry, between 1902-1919. The sequence 2080 to 2085 are all around Derry.

Dark clouds over Derry

O Mac It's strange after looking at so many Lawrence images where they carefully photoshop the sky out of the image to see clouds in this one. I remember Hinde postcards from when I was a kid, and the sky would be a ridiculous primary blue with fake white clouds...

I had no idea this game used to involve actual wheelbarrows. When did wheelbarrow races change to using children walking on their hands?

Well, they probably phased out the barrows after the first several bloody impalements on those rigid slalom spikes . . . .

Probably phased out when people no longer owned wheelbarrows!

Sad to think all these guys are dead. I wonder what they achieved in their lives. Lovely historical shot.

Indeed, wonder how many went on to science as a career.

Faces so full of promise.

How strange - notice that all the labelled chemical bottles are empty !! Wonder could this be a promotional photograph of their new chemistry laboratory- probably taken even before the first chemistry practical class? Obviously the lads are posing with no experiment to be performed. Stuart.

You could be right, Stu. Watepark College was only 8 years old when this photo was taken: www.waterparkcollege.com/