Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES BADGE

Date

1981

Materials

SYNTHETIC FABRIC, EMBROIDERY THREAD, INTERFACING

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.2

Diameter

9.9

Description

CIRCULAR. WHITE WITH RED, BLUE AND WHITE EMBROIDERY. IN CENTER IS BLUE AND RED LINEAR DESIGN (VAGUELY REPRESENTS AN "L" AND TORCH IMAGE). WITHIN DESIGN IS "LETHBRIDGE 81" IN WHITE. AT TOP OF PATCH IS "ALBERTA" IN RED, AND AT BOTTOM IS "SUMMER GAMES" IN RED. EDGES OF PATCH FINISHED IN WHITE THREAD. BACK OF PATCH HAS INTERFACING.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S SON GREG POTTS, WHO WAS IN BOTH THE SUMMER AND WINTER GAMES. SON WAS INVOLVED IN THE SWIMMING CLUB AND PARTICIPATED IN THE GAMES WITH THAT. DONOR WAS BORN IN INDIAN HEAD SASKATCHEWAN; HER FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1955, WHERE SHE HAS REMAINED EVER SINCE. HER FATHER WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR FROSST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR IS PAST EMPLOYEE OF GALT MUSEUM. DONOR'S HUSBAND ANDREW IMMIGRATED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1980; IS PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES BOARD OF DIRECTORS. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS INCLUDING SOME DONATIONS MADE BY JEAN JOHNSTONE (NEE POTTS). AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORIGINAL DONOR JEAN JOHNSTONE WAS CONDUCTED. WHEN ASKED IF SHE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT SHE STATED, “I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF THE KIDS… LEWIS SAID THAT IT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR SONS. [ANDREW] SAYS, “NO IT’S NOT” HE SAID. THIS - HE GOT THIS BADGE AS A VOLUNTEER COMMENTATOR FOR THE SOCCER GAMES BEING PLAYED AT THE SUMMER GAMES IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1981 AND THEY HAD JUST IMMIGRATED HERE IN SEPTEMBER IN 1980, SO THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST, SORT OF VOLUNTEER JOBS. THEY PLAYED THE SOCCER GAMES BEHIND THE ENMAX ON THE FIELD THAT- WHO CAME UP, GRID IRON FOOTBALL GAME. ANYWAY THEY WERE PLAYING SOCCER AND ANDREW IS QUITE A SOCCER FAN, ALTHOUGH HE CALLS IT FOOTBALL, YOU UNDERSTAND IN ENGLISH TERMS SOCCER IS FOOTBALL. GRID IRON FOOTBALL IS NOT FOOTBALL BECAUSE THEY DON’T KICK THE BALL BUT ANYWAY THAT’S HIS PET PEEVE.” “ANYWAY, I DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS A VOLUNTEER COMMENTATOR BUT HE HAS KIND OF A VOICE THAT IS LIKE A BBC PRESENTER - LIKE HE WOULD READ THE NEWS. HE USED TO READ FOR THE BLIND TOO. HE DOESN’T HAVE AN ENGLISH ACCENT THAT’S POSH BUT HE DOESN’T HAVE A LOCAL ACCENT FROM WHERE HE COMES FROM. HE COMES FROM CARLYLE WHICH IS - THEY HAVE A RATHER NASALLY DRAWLY ACCENT AND HIS IS VERY CRISP AND VERY ENGLISH BUT, A BBC ACCENT.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE P20030049001.

Catalogue Number

P20000011038

Acquisition Date

2004-06

Collection

Museum

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