This Ellis & Son advert appeared in numerous school Cygnet magazines as suppliers for the Burton Grammar School uniform as well as sports wear which…
Back Row: K. Neal, W. Cross, E. Sudale, E. Shelton, J. Clarke, A. Stanesby Front Row: D. Aitken, W. Chesher, P. Davies, C. Stephens (Headboy),…
Back Row: D. Johnston, K. Shooter, J. Halliday, L. Rees, N. Carfoot, P. Thompson, R. Sidwell Front Row: T. Telford, R. Fletcher, K. Neal (Headboy),…
Opportunities for education were limited in the eighteenth century. Many children were employed six days a week in such establishments as local cotton mills leaving…
The Education Act of 1870 made schooling compulsory for all children from the age of five to age thirteen. It was sometimes known as Forster’s…
In 2007, largely due to the efforts of Keith Large, there was a concerted effort to get together a reunion of the 1967 Burton Grammar…
Winshill (1960) School Photo
I started at Burton Grammar School around 8-45am on September 7th 1950. Mick Johnson who also lived in Albert Street, and I, were the first…
Herbert Pitchford – The last Headmaster at the Bond End School Reverend Francis Edward Jackson Valpy (1839 – 1843) Rev. F.E.J. Valpy was the son…
Back Row: T. Trigg, W. Lathbury, G. Thomas, D. Haywood, R. Felgate, S. Adams, S. Bates Front Row: W. Souster, J. Rose, R. Shooter (Headboy),…