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Linacre College

1962—1963 in Pictures

Photos taken by Founding Member Ken Laurence paint an informal and light-hearted

portrait of that first year at Linacre.

The Great Coal Shortage of 1962-63
Immortalising Founding Members of Linacre

with life masks
One of the many challenges facing Linacre in its inaugural year was the Great Coal Shortage during

the especially cold and protracted winter of 1962-63. According to Old Member Ken Laurence, Bam

“personally organized members into work groups to go to the storage yards and manually haul

needed coal back to the College—an adventure that greatly solidified the spirit and collegiality of

the new Linacreans”.

“The weekly Friday night dances turned the

JCR from a lounge into a steam room.”