Description:This royal blue felt beret was worn by Anne Barker when she was a student at Leamington College for Girls between 1949 and 1951. This style of hat was introduced to the school in 1947 and a poem was written about it called 'Ode to the New School Hats', by Betty Farr. The hat was donated to Leamington Spa Museum and Art Gallery by Mary Hunt, who was deputy head and later headmistress of Leamington College for Girls from 1946 to 1972.
The college was established in 1902 at Avenue Road, Leamington Spa. It was later housed at premises on Myton Road between 1956 and 1959 and Cloister Way from 1959 until its closure in 1977.