Formulating
the idea
The
idea to make a visual record came about in
2005 when the Newgate Action Group
discovered that Newgate Lane Primary School
would be celebrating its 100th Anniversary
on the 12th November 2005.
Although
the school had made plans throughout the
year to celebrate the event, there were no
specific plans to have an event
photographer.
So in
stepped NAG. After a few discussions with
the head teacher, Mrs Chris French, NAG
decided to approach the town's local
photographic club to see if we could find
ourselves a suitable photographer. A quick
e-mail to the
James Maude Camera Club and we soon had
a reply from a Gerald Peachey of
Red Zebra Photography, a Mansfield based
specialist in event photography.
After
some initial discussions, we received a
quotation of £249 and decided to apply to
the
Mansfield South Area Assembly for
funding for both the photographer and the
cost of a 4-page colour supplement to add to
our next forthcoming newsletter.
Unfortunately, the Assemblies funding group
failed to meet prior to the event and so NAG
decided to fund the project out of funds
raised through advertisers in our community
newsletter.
The
event was a huge success with many pupils
from past and present in attendance. After
the photographs were processed, a full set
of printed images together with copies of
the images on CD were presented top the
school. The school later had the printed
photographs placed in special archive photo
albums and this service was again provided
by
Red Zebra Photography.
Online Album
As an added bonus, most of the images
were converted into a flash photo gallery
and placed on the NAG website. The gallery
can be found here.
The only images not included in the flash
gallery were the ones of children who
attended the event as the school did not
have parental permission to display images
of pupils on the internet.
A selection of
images from the days events
Don't forget to visit
our flash gallery
for more photo's
A selection of displays
created by the school pupils
Don't forget to visit our
flash gallery
for more photo's
A selection of photo's of the
school
Don't forget to visit our
flash gallery
for more photo's
