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THE EARLIEST printed evidence of the Choir using the three tannery workers emblem in its badge appears on the cover of the 1970 Celebrity Concert programme, although it was first seen a year earlier on the blazers of the, then, new uniform purchased following an appeal begun in 1970 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. A committee minute dated 10th March 1970 records: ‘Mr Booth [Chairman] to write to C C Posnett [Managing Director of the Tannery, and long-serving President of the Choir] to ask permission for use of the Highfield emblem’ |
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The emblem originates from the trademark branded on the sheets of shoe leathers from the Highfield and Camden Tannery. The original tannery emblem also contained the legend ‘Highfield Standardised Leathers’. The three figures represent tannery workers carrying "bends" of leather. Following the choir's adoption of the emblem it was printed on programmes in the following years with varying degrees of accuracy until 1980 when Emrys Williams (Musical Director and artist of some merit) produced the version (illustrated left) used for that year's Celebrity Concert programme and subsequently. |
| Impressive though this badge undoubtedly was, the design has now been simplified to give the emblem a more 'modern' feel, which is also in keeping with its 'Art Deco' origins. It also shows more immediately where the Choir originates with the addition of the word 'Runcorn'. |
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