This was a memorable day for all the children involved, writes Sahand Parvizi.

But it was not so special for one boy when, after waiting so long to go to London Zoo, he was taken ill and had to go to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford instead.

If he is reading this now, we hope he did get a chance to go to the zoo!

The trip was organised in July, 1954 for 42 children from the Oxfordshire County Council children's home at Shillingford.

They were taken by taxi - a very stylish mode of transport.

Neither they, nor the county council, had to worry about the fare because eight licensed taxi drivers from the rank in St Giles, Oxford, volunteered to drive the party and meet all the expense.

The Oxford Mail reported: "After manning the rank during the night, the drivers had a brief rest before setting off to the home. There they found the children eager and ready to go."

The children, all over seven, were probably inspired by the David Attenborough TV series, Zoo Quest.

It was the most popular wildlife programme of the time, and it also established Attenborough's career as a nature documentary presenter.

In each series, he travelled with staff from London Zoo to a tropical country to capture an animal for the zoo's collection - this was accepted practice at the time.

The cab drivers who transported the children were John Walker, Derek Sunderland, Ronald Clarke, Raymond Uphall, Leonard Baker, George Clarke, 'Mac' Grant and Jack Emanuel.

Do you recognise anyone in the picture or remember the event? And did the dog go, too?