During the 1950s, a number of Grammar School subjects introduced field trips. This photo was taken during July 1960 when R.G. Haywood and Ron Illingworth…
David Mart was born in Ashby before moving to Stapenhill where he attended St Peter’s Junior school. His father was a grocer and managed a…
My apologies for the poor quality of the photos but they have been restored as far as possible without destroying any of the original character…
I can certainly remember ‘Elementary Calculations in CHEMISTRY’ by J.C. Mathews and was delighted to get hold of a copy. Chapters were: I – Molecular…
These pictures are taken in the first year of the ‘new’ Burton Grammar School in Winshill. Art Room – with ‘Chippy’ Heath trying to look…
Practical Physics has a double significance with Burton Grammar School. Firstly because it was used by those who took ‘A’ Level Practical Physics in the…
This 1941 photo shows a visit back to the school by some Old Boys. The Headmasters position had recently been taken over from W.D. Fraser…
An Account by P. Cartwright: The party, which was led by Mr Ellick (Ernie) Ward the French teacher, consisted of boys from the Senior section…
In 1954, William Howarth’s in High Street was often the first port of call for new school shoes; and I must admit, I can see…
Even by the Eighteen-fifties, Grammar School education was very ‘classic’ with such subjects as Latin, Greek and Hebrew. The curriculum had simply not moved with the…