Burton Grammar School » 1950 – Correspondence http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:15:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 1950 Registration Letter http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/1950-school-form http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/1950-school-form#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:11:41 +0000 admin http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/?p=225 The following form was sent to the parents of all pupils that had passed for the Grammar School.

It makes for interesting reading now and looks very primitive having been produced on a typewriter well before word-processors were available.

]]> http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/1950-school-form/feed 0 1950 Placement Letter http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/1950-placement-letter http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/1950-placement-letter#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:47:19 +0000 admin http://www.burtongrammar.co.uk/?p=267 The following letter was sent to inform parents or guardians that their child had been awarded a place at the (Bond Street) Burton Grammar School.

The letters were sent from the then County Borough Education Department and signed by the Education Secretary and Director, Arthur Blake who was for a time, at the same school as Bill Gillion who he would later appoint as Headmaster at the ‘new’ Winshill School.

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