The school underwent a number of changes as the number of pupils continued to gradually increase. By 1955, the pupil population was just over 500.…
The Assembly Hall at Bond Street provided good service. As well as Assembly Hall, it served as Dinner Room, Gym, Badminton Court, Boxing Ring, Scout ‘hut’ and the venue…
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…
1951 was a fairly key year. It was the final year that the School Certificate and Higher School Certificate were taken before they were respectively…
The Headmaster, W.D. Fraser died of a stroke whilst on a walking holiday in Scotland at Michaelmas half-term 1941. He was eventually succeeded by Harold…
When I arrived with my brother, I about eleven and a half and he two years my senior, I felt myself a minnow among big…
School started with assembly in the hall under the eagle eye of Tom Parkin. The Headmaster read a prayer, a hymn was sung, notices read…
Having been bombed out in London’s East End in 1941, I was evacuated with my brother Dennis and my Mother to Newhall near Burton. We…
It was just after 11 o’clock on a foggy Monday morning,the 27th November 1944. As a ten year old boy I sat at my desk…
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…