An Email Received from Razan Elshazili of @womenofsudan Instagram Account - 5th August 2020
Hello, Hope you are well. My name is Razan Elshazali, and I'm the owner of @womenofsudan on Instagram. I used to go to Unity High School as a student, however, I do not think we ever crossed paths. I just wanted to thank you infinitely for your work on the UHS archives. It makes me so happy knowing our vast visual history is preserved, digitalised and easily accessible. I use the website regularly to find content for my page and future website, so I really just wanted to contact you to let you know, on behalf of everyone that has ever attended Unity, that we appreciate your efforts immensely! Thank you for your dedication and for your time. Reply from Steve Gooch: Dear Razan, Thank you so much for your email which is very much appreciated. The Unity High School Archive has been a labour of love for many years now, though somewhat silent in recent years. I am glad that you find it to be of use. There are other materials still to be posted to the Archive that have been collected ov...
This photo looks like it was taken around the time that Llewellyn Gwynne was playing for Derby County FC. According to his biography, Pastor On The Nile, he was summoned by his bishop who strongly disapproved of the young curate playing football for a league side. Gwynne, however, was able to persuade his superior that the players' demeanor and language had improved with his presence!
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that this would have been about that time Muna. There are photos of Gwynne engaged in various activities in the UK and Sudan, including sitting with the students of Unity, in the CMS Archive at the University of Birmingham in the UK, but none seem to show him playing football sadly.
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