{"id":1894,"date":"2015-10-21T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connects.soton.ac.uk\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2015-10-21T17:10:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T16:10:21","slug":"photo-competition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/2015\/10\/21\/photo-competition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong>This charming picture of a group of childhood friends outside Glen Eyre Halls in 1954 was recently sent in to the University, alongside a 21<sup>st<\/sup> century recreation of the scene. The group, who reunited after more than 60 years, knew each other through their fathers who worked for the University in the 1950s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/connects.soton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mead-Chalmers-1954-Article-Banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1904\" src=\"https:\/\/connects.soton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mead-Chalmers-1954-Article-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"Mead Chalmers 1954\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Henry Mead, 67, from Kent, and sisters Hilary Chalmers MacLeod, 65, and Frances Chalmers Shaughnessy, 67, who both live in Canada, came back to Southampton in 2015 to recreate the shot.\u00a0The photo in 1954 shows Henry, aged about six, in his Oakmount School blazer, Frankie holding a Union Jack flag, aged 7, and Hilary, aged five.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/connects.soton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mead-Chalmers-2015-Article-Banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1905\" src=\"https:\/\/connects.soton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Mead-Chalmers-2015-Article-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"Mead Chalmers 2015\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Frankie and Hilary\u2019s father Bruce Chalmers was the University bursar and Henry\u2019s father Major Harold Mead was the warden of Glen Eyre Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the picture was taken, the Chalmers emigrated to Canada, returning for a short time in 1957, before they lost contact.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Henry found Hilary, a successful murder mystery author, through an internet search and on a visit to Canada, he met up with them both.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Henry said: \u201cWe were delighted when we managed to trace each other. We all had very fond memories of our friendship. Being so young, I just thought I\u2019d see them again soon when I was told they were moving away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was quite easy to replicate the picture,\u201d Henry added. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t changed much, except a pond that we were standing next to in the early photo no longer exists.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you have old photographs of yourself at the University? Why not send them to us for inclusion in the next issue of <em><i>Southampton Connects<\/i><\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you could try your hand at your own recreation of an old University photograph. Send a copy of the original photos alongside your reimagined snaps to <a href=\"mailto:connects@soton.ac.uk\">connects@soton.ac.uk<\/a> and we will print the best. Our two favourite entries will also receive a \u00a330 Waterstones gift card.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This charming picture of a group of childhood friends outside Glen Eyre Halls in 1954 was recently sent in to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[192],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-alumni","alumni_category-get-involved"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo Competition - Hartley News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/2015\/10\/21\/photo-competition-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photo Competition - 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