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Pictures of the school, and webmaster's memories
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Extracts from published works about the near-700
year history of the school
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Details of the school in 1818, and including another
description for 1552, including the Timetable and
the Syllabus during the reign of its founder,
King Edward V1. |
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The portrait of King Edward VI, donated in 1904, its past locations and history |
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A collection of photos of the school, inside and outside.
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Photos taken 1900-25, showing the old buildings...
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Retford Grammar School's connection with the South Pole and Captain Scott. Researched by Sam Curtis of Retford.
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ex-King Edward VI Grammar School boys and the Flying Services during World War One. Researched by Sam Curtis of Retford.
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A biography of Nelson Alexander Brian Huey (1902-1972),
at RGS 1914-17, by his grandson Dale Huey
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"The English schoolboy's Epic"
by P.E. "Boss" Hammond,
Art master at RGS 1916-1949. There are over
800 lines of verse.
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Memorial for Great War 1914-18 listing 44 ex-pupils who died.
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A landmark at the bottom of the field, where a painful kind of hand-tennis was sometimes played.
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Memories at RGS 1929-36 by Gerald Walsh (1919-2010) |
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Application, Invoice and School Handbook |
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1933.
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David Dickinson sends a description of life at RGS during the War,
and a list of some boys and masters he remembers.
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Joe Almond sends pictures and description of life
at RGS during the war, with women teachers and
sharing the school with evacuee Yarmouth G.S.
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Gerry Brooks sends a description of life
at RGS during and after the war.
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Roy Cordall (1942-49) sends pictures, description and
exam papers of his stay at RGS, during and after the war.
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Memorial for 1939-45 War listing 36 ex-pupils who died.
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1947.
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James 'Dickie' Lees (1947-50) sends memories and photographs
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Exam papers set for the 1949 Higher School Certificate,
taken at the age of 18 at the end of Secondary Education.
(Because of memory size, this only works on CD).
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John Frankland (1949-54) sends memories and pictures of his time at Retford.
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Details of pupils joining 1950-60,
and the catchment area for the Grammar School. |
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Details of 60 pupils joining RGS on 6 Sep 1951
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1951.
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John Palmer (1951-58), the webmaster, writes what he can remember
of a vivid 10% of his life at RGS.
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John Palmer's first published effort.
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18 photos of school life taken by Roger Kemp |
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Ian sends these Memories of his time at Retford |
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Richard Allsopp (1952-58) sends information about his stay at RGS.
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Manoli Rigg has passed away in Greece recently He lived near the webmaster in Worksop and was a good friend. Mike Garrs, a friend of Manoli's, sends these photos and documents in memory.
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Peter Burton (1953-60) sends memories of his stay at RGS.
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Masters who taught the webmaster 1951-58.
Pictures, subjects and nicknames.
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Bernard Beasley taught Physics at Retford from 1925-1962. His sudden death while Second Master was a shock to all. His interests given in obituaries.
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1954.
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John Dernie (1955-62) sends memories of his stay at RGS.
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Pupils and master of the school in 1957
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Four boys climb on the school roof one night and leave chairs on the summit as evidence of their ascent. A full photo record from 1957
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Exam papers set for the 1958 Scholarship Level,
taken at the age of 18 by some pupils at the end of
Secondary Education.
(Because of memory size, this only works on CD).
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John Olsen (1959-63) sends form pictures of his 4 years at
RGS, with many names.
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1960
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Geoff Hughes (1960-65) sends scans of teams, form photos,
the School List and Prefects Duties.
The List dated Sep 1964 has all 419 pupils
with their form, age and House.
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The British Amateur Rocket Research Association,
set up in the VI form in 1962 by Tom Randall et al.
BARRA's honorary president was renowned rocket engineer Wernher Von Braun! |
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1963
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Mike Dunstan (1964-71) sends a scan of a form Panorama and memories. |
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Steve Hill (1965-71) sends scans of form photos, Panorama photos and memories. |
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Pupils and masters of the school in 1966
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An outline of the school magazine 1950-60
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Scans of each page of the school magazine 1914-61.
(Because of memory size, this only works on CD).
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Scans of the booklet issued for each Speech Day,
containing details of prizes, examination results,
sporting cups, and exam results of Old Retfordians
at the Universities.
(Because of memory size, this only works on CD).
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Two aerial photos of the school, 1973 and 2004.
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Retford Times reports the sale of the old School Site for development as a "Retirement Village for the over 55s". Some "Then and now" photos are included to indicate the magnitude of the job.
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School Buildings 2014, taken by photographer Jasmine Wang.
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