University College Rugby Club members painted a zebra crossing in The High Street. – Vintage Photograph

University College Rugby Club members created a makeshift zebra crossing in the early hours of the morning in The High Street. The crossing was discovered by police at 4am and was later erased by council workmen.University College Rugby Club members created a makeshift zebra crossing in the early hours of the morning in The High Street. The crossing was discovered by police at 4am and was later erased by council workmen.

Dimensions: 18.8 x 24.8 cm

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POLICE

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The I PYRIGHT 13 MAR 1990 OXFORD MAIL & TIMES 5/2 F H z. ssing Zebra posest A new zebra crossing appeared in The High yes- terday morning – it wasn’t very straight and it was hand-painted. It was the work of Uni- versity College Rugby Club pranksters who had laid the crossing in the early hours of the morning, following their end-of-season dinner. The crossing was disco- vered by police at 4 am and council workmen were later called out to erase it. 0561 VW S