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Gymnastics Shield c.1909

The rather splendid Gymnastics Shield had been propped up in the C.C.F. Orderly office for quite some time. With the refurbishment of said office, a new home was needed for the shield. Researched, c…

A little reminder from the 19th century & Horn Book

Found objects

These unremarkable scraps of paper from the 1890s were found under benches in the old Newcroft Lecture Room; 120 years after the boys who had written on them had been at Berkhamsted. Perhaps they wa…

Pen and ink drawings from an O.T.C. camp

Cartoons from Camp

A collection of pen and ink drawings sent to Major ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, detailing some of the characters from an O.T.C. Camp. The rather accomplished artists were Charles de Lisle Gaussen OB Bees 1914 a…

OB Menus

OB menus

A quick pick of Old Berkhamstedian Annual Dinner menus dating from 1897. Some beautifully decorated, others plain and quite a few with the signatures of the attendees.

school press

The School Press

The School Press was up and running from December 1932 and operated out of a room opposite the Music School. Mr A S Baker was the first master in charge. Its last home was a room in the new classroom…

stones pf palestine

'Stones of Palestine'

Alan Pennington

An OB at the Berlin Olympics

Alan Pennington was born on the 4th May, 1916 and came to Berkhamsted school as a boarder in St John’s House. His list of achievements in school sport and particularly athletics, run off his record …

Royal visits

Royal visits

The celebrations for the 475th anniversary of the school's foundation were made extra special by the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Friday 6th May 2016. The sun shone for the first eve…

“Citizen Soldiers" & Letter from the Front

Letters from two wars

W. 'Willie' Scott, a master at Berkhamsted from 1906, was commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters in 1915. He returned to teaching at Berkhamsted in December 1918. The slim volum…

Christmas memorabilia

Christmas memorabilia

Window Graffiti, School House

Graffiti

Peter the wild boy

Peter the Wild Boy

2014 marked the 300th Anniversary of the Hanoverian Dynasty. One of the events planned by Historic Royal Palaces was the Glorious Georges exhibition at Kensington Palace. The School has for many year…

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