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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
  • issues of the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ian school magazine
  • 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
  • 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
  • Books

 

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