Caz Walton hat, Stoke Mandeville 1984

3D Model

Caz Walton OBE wore this straw hat at the athletes parade for the Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games. Caz first competed in the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Summer Games, winning gold medals for swimming and Britain’s first ever gold in track events, she continued to compete until the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul.

Materials: Straw

Created through the Digital Explorations Project, with participants from local disability organisations who have been trained in the use of 3D scanner and photogrammetry. Sharing the skills that they learnt with students from SEND schools to create a 3D virtual exhibition of items from the NPHT collection.