Archive Exhibitions
The school archive documents the development and growth of the school from its foundation in 1879 to the present day.
Material held in the archive includes:
School magazines 1891 – present
Minutes of governors’ meetings
Photographs
Accounts
Building plans
Former Pupils’ Association records
Admission Registers
Scrapbooks
Secondary Sources
First World War database
Uniform
Online Exhibitions
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‘The centre of light and learning…’ or hardship, chaos and difficulties?
Take a look at the online exhibition below to find out more about Truro School’s beginnings and early days 130 years ago.
The Origins of Truro School - 130 Years
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Find out about the school's aeroplane, 'Spirit of Truro', in the online exhibition below, which follows this year's Archive Awareness Campaign theme 'Take Flight'.
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Recent Exhibitions
November 2008 - Archives Awareness Month
To coincide with the national Archives Awareness Month a display was put on in the school library of life in the school 100 years ago from material in the archive. Among the items on display were extracts from pupils' exercise books, exam questions and photographs, which raised a lot of interest.
Examples of work from 100 years ago
The school report for C. E. Pearce from July 1908
January 2009 - New exhibition cabinet acquired
A new display cabinet is now in place in the school reception area. Part of it is used for displaying Former Pupils' memorabila available for sale and the top is used for archive material. At the moment there is a display of school life in the 1930s and 1940s.
Recent Finds
Original school plans c.1881 by Elliot J Etwell, architect, West Bromwich in the Cornwall Record Office, showing the main school building when it was first built, drawn in colour on linen. Also found at the Record Office was a copy of the school magazine The Truronian from December 1942, which helps to fill in a gap in the school's magazine collection. Still missing are issues for December 1940, July 1941 and Summer 1943 - if anyone knows of the whereabouts of a copy please let me know.
New Acquisitions
In September the archive received some photos which formerly belonged to Mr J.M. MacDonald, French and Latin teacher at the school from 1947 to 1950. Among the photos were several of cross country teams and school plays.
Under 15 Cricket XI - July 1950
U13 cross country - March 1949
Donations of items
The archive is always growing, and we are grateful for any contributions from former students or staff. We can make copies of photographs and return if you do not wish to part with them permanently.
Enquiries to:
The Archivist, Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro, TR1 1TH
01872 272763
High on the Hill:
A History of Truro School 1880-2004
By Joanna Wood
ISBN: 0-9549005-1-0
'On Tuesday 20 January 1880 thirty-five boys, several of whom were in want of a good night’s rest, sat down to lessons for the first time in the newly opened Truro College. |
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By 2004 the College, renamed Truro School in 1931, has grown beyond recognition from those early days in Strangways Terrace. Yet the ethos of the school remains, to live up to the motto ‘esse quam videri’ – ‘to be, rather than seem to be’.' |
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Produced for the 125th anniversary of the school in 2005 with the Former Pupils’ Association, High on the Hill is a comprehensive study of the school’s history since it began in 1880.
Copies of the book are available from the Truro School Development Office at £15.95 (excluding p&p) or from bookshops in Truro.
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