Photo taken after the 1877 opening of the Bond Street Grammar School together with a painstaking restoration.
Many years later than originally expected, in 1877, Burton Grammar School was at last transferred to the newly erected Bond Street School.
The above picture was taken just prior to the opening of the new school and shows the school staff and their wives.
Fortunately for us, Mr Tripp had the foresight to have the above picture taken which shows the entire school, pupils and staff, at the time of transfer. This included the grand total of sixty-seven, all boy, pupils.
The majority of students at this time still had to pay a £8 per annum fee. Scholarships were available from the Local Education Authority to boys who had passed a satisfactory examination, although only four such scholarships were available each year.
Subjects on opening included: Mathematics, Geography (political and physical), English (grammar, composition and literature), History (ancient and modern), Natural Science, Latin, Economics, Art and Drawing, Vocal Music and one foreign, European language.
In the summer terms, Rugby and Cross-country were replaced by the slightly more palatable (or more accurately, slightly less strenuous) Cricket and Athletics.
Whilst the school had a proud cricket tradition, I am afraid that for me, it only conjures up the impression of standing in isolation on a field waiting with vain hope that the ball will miraculously come towards me in a slow gentle ‘catchable’ arch and knowing that my eventual innings would probably take up less time than that required for me to fit a pair of pads on the right way up.
Back Row: H.P.Bryant, F.P.Moorby, W.A.Smart, B.G.Carfoot, L.Watts, Mr D.M.Davies
Front Row: F.Lee, G.Starbuck, W.J.Adams (Captain), F.K.Webster, L.B.Birch
Floor: K.B.Howkins, G.A.Staley
Back Row: B01, B02, B03, B04, B05, Charles May
Middle Row: M01, M02, M03, M04, M05
Back Row: B01, James Woolley, B03, B04, B05
Middle Row: M01, Charles May, M03, M04, M05
Front Row: F01
Back Row: K.Meakin, J.Wheway, D.Thompson, G.Mainprize, M.Gittins, D.Brearley
Front Row: D.Starbuck, G.Haines, J.Clubb (Captain), H.Salter, J.Wood
Back Row: B01, B02, B03, B04
Front Row: F01, F02, Jim (Bertie) Brookes, F04 (Captain), F05, F06, F07
Back Row: D. Aspinall, G.J.K.Acres, J.Brown, Stabler, I.G.Halliwell
Front Row: W.J.Parker, D.J.Green, Roger Brown, Mr R. Illingworth, J.E.Hancock, R.A.Lester, J.B.Raby
Back Row: Mike Hamilton, John Hunt, B03, Roger Haines, Peter Taylor, Powell
Front Row: Peter Ling, Alan Neal, John Harvey, Geoffrey Boyce, Bob Knight