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'Up the Manor!': images from the history of the Eton Manor Boys Club

All images are from the Bishopsgate Institute archives with thanks.

The project was called ‘Up the Manor!’ because this was the Eton Manor Boys’ Club motto, as this illustration from Chin-Wag (the Club magazine) in 1929 indicates.

The Eton Manor boys went to summer camp each year

Eton Manor had teams for football, rugby and cricket and numerous activities were available for the Club members to take part in, including boxing, drama, rifle-shooting and swimming: