Tufnell Park’s finest hour is not strictly speaking an HSA event – it’s run by the school, and we all strain every creative muscle to make it more glorious each year. But we lay claim to it here because the HSA supplies the prizes.
2014 was particularly memorable, as it was headteacher Alan Baldwin’s last day of school after 16 years in post. The hall was packed with well-wishers when, for the last time, he opened the event with his mighty cry of, “Come on you hatters!” And in they came.
As ever, thank you very much indeed to all the photographers who sent in pictures. There would be no gallery without you.
- Nursery reps wander in first… the calm is deceptive.
- Here comes Cygnus.
- Delphinus hats in waiting.
- The march begins!
- First in, most patience: they sit the longest.
- There’s a space just there….
- Squeeze up! We need every inch.
- Imagine having to judge a prizewinner from this lot!
- Cygnus runner-up.
- Lots of hat-shaped farewells – can you read them?
- One prize-winner!
- Tension mounts during the judging.
- But for some in the audience, it’s all too much.