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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School Collection

This collection contains photographs, programmes, magazines, and other publications relating to º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School.

Overview

This collection comprises photographs, programmes, magazines, and books relating to º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School, including class photographs, prospectuses, and issues of the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ian school magazine, as well as one complete digitised book, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School: A History. The material was donated to the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× by the Old º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ians’ Association in 2008. The broader º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School Records include report books, student admission registers, staff registers, visitors’ books, trip photographs, Headmaster’s reports, prospectuses, programmes, and historical notes, documenting the school’s administrative and social history between 1903 and 1989.

 

Key Facts

School name(s)

  • º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Municipal Secondary School for Boys (1904–1932)
  • º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School (1932–1969)
  • º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar Technical School (1969–1973)

Founded 

1904

Locations

  • º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Royal Technical Institute (RTI)
  • Leaf Square
  • Eccles Old Road (Claremont site)

Successor school

Buile Hill High School

Collection donor 

Old º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ians’ Association (2008)

Notable item 

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School: A History (digitised).

 

Timeline

1904 – Opened as º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Municipal Secondary School for Boys at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Royal Technical Institute (RTI).

1909 – Decision made to separate administratively from the RTI.

1914 – Purpose-built school opened at Leaf Square.

1914–1920 – Leaf Square building requisitioned for use as a military hospital during the First World War.

1932 – Renamed º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School.

1937 – º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Education Committee acquired the Claremont site.

1953 – Construction of new school at Claremont began.

12 January 1956 – Pupils moved to new building on Eccles Old Road.

21 March 1956 – New school officially opened.

1964 – Demolition of Leaf Square building began.

1965 – º£½ÇÂÒÂ× College of Technology opened on the former Leaf Square site.

1 September 1969 – Merged with º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Technical High School to form º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar Technical School.

1973 – Merged with Pendleton High School for Girls to form Buile Hill High School, now called Buile Hill High School.

Cover page of º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ian, dated July 1922, Volume 1. The page features a decorative border and a contents list with article titles and page numbers. At the bottom, it reads “º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Secondary School for Boys,†with a printer’s credit line beneath.
Cover page of the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ian magazine.

How can it be used?

To support research into the history of education in º£½ÇÂÒÂ×, particularly secondary schooling prior to the introduction of comprehensive education in the 1970s. 

Who might be interested?

Former pupils and alumni of º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Grammar School, family historians, and researchers exploring the history of schools and education in the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× area. 

Types of material

Photographs, programmes, prospectuses, magazines, and books. 

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