By 1912, the school had become well established. From an initial sixty-seven pupils and five staff, the numbers had risen steadily to one hundred and…
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…
When Bond Street school opened in 1877, there were sixty-seven pupils. By 1953, there were five hundred and six. The ATC headquarters had long since…
Select page to view: General History of Friars Walk School 1860 Image of Friars Walk 1865 School Inspection Related History: 1848 – Wesley History Extract…
It is not certain when it first came into being but there was a ‘school house’ on the site of the Friars Walk school in…
In the early nineteenth century, when photography was very much in its infancy, drawings and etchings were far more available than photographs. In 1860, Rock…
In 1861, the government set up the Clarendon Commission to inquire into public schools and make recommendations about the needed changes, in particular, any reform…
In September 1907 I entered Burton Grammar School as a new boy, and even in those days there was talk of a new school, to…
The complete Burton Grammar School staff in 1900 was as follows: Rev. T.W. Beckett (Spongy) – Headmaster Taught Maths and History. He was sometimes assisted…
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…