The annual outing to Purdown began in the morning, every child carrying a little cotton bag containing sweets and biscuits. The picnic lunch and tea was carried in large hampers and the water for drinking was taken in a water cart loaned by Bristol Corporation. The children from the five Houses mixed as freely as they pleased all day, and in the evening the Director and other leading people came to the field. To mark the end of one more 'Pur Down', they released five balloons, one for each House. 3 April 1918. Original image deposited by Mrs Pat Vaughan.