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Compare & Contrast: A Final Look at the 2016 Boat Races
5 April 2016
The third part of Tim Koch’s Boat Race trilogy.
Old man river
1873: The setting for the 30th Boat Race.2016: The setting for the 162nd Boat Race would be easily recognised by those who rowed 143 years earlier.
Take notice
The date is correct for Boat Race Day 2016, but this London Underground poster was for the race of 1920.Ninety-six years later, people demand more than just some boat races to entertain them.
‘Ale and hearty
Brewer Adnams is the ‘Official Beer Partner’ of The Boat Races for the next six years. Picture: Adnams Southwold.No doubt, Adnams paid generously for their association with The Boat Races but it is unlikely that Usher’s Brewery paid anything when they produced this advertisement in the 1960s.
Jolly boating weather
Rain, Putney, 2016.Snow, Hammersmith, 1952.
Top hats
Green Berets provide security.Blue caps provide scrutiny.
Hear The Boat Sing 