Past Archive News

Recent Exhibitions

80 years since the foundation of the School Chapel

(1927-2007)

On 8 June 1928 the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) laid the foundation stone of the school chapel. The students were ‘agog with excitement’ and it was felt that ‘this was the greatest day of our history, for it was the first time a Royal visit had been paid to the School’. After a brief speech, and a request for an extra week to be added to the summer holiday, the Prince declared the foundation stone ‘well and truly laid’.

 

30 years since the opening of the DIY sports block

(1977-2007)

On 12 September 1977, Sir Alan Dalton, deputy chairman of English China Clay, opened the new sports hall. Work on the hall had started 2 years earlier and was carried out by pupils, staff, parents and friends of the school during holidays, half days and the occasional private study period, under the direction of Dennis Keam, the technology master.

 

Recent acquisitions

September 2007:

	Photograph of a play cap with the school crest owned by Thomas Battershill (TS 1899-1901). Unlike formal school caps from that time this cap was green and worn by younger boys when playing outside in break-times or for cricket. The original cap is held by St Agnes Museum.
[Photo: A similar play cap as modelled by young cricketer N.L. Hofland (TS 1893-97) in 1896]

 

April 2007:

	Copies of photographs of Francis G Crapp (TS 1933-39) from his great niece Mrs L Harrow who recently gave a donation for a lectern in the School Chapel in his memory. Crapp was a Sergeant Navigator in the RAFVR, which he joined in 1941. He was reported missing in action in December 1944. His name appears on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey as well as on the memorial in the School Chapel.
[Photos – c.1933 after joining TS and c.1941 after joining the RAFVR]