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Varsity Trip was run in 1920 (I have found a source stating that it was 1922, and have updated this) but this means that the trip will have been instrumental in pioneering the new
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anywhere. Given that the jolly is attractively priced, hardly surprising that it enrols some 1500 students each year, but still hardly worth a wikipedia entry as it appears the intention is to
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