Items of Interest

Items of Interest

From time to time we feature artefacts of special interest or particular relevance

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Alpine Alphabet 1903

An Alpine Alphabet

This charming little book is one of a number of artefacts and documents donated to the Archive by Beatrix Hopkins, (widow of Antony Hopkins OB, Lowers 1938). It is entitled An Alpine Alphabet and de…

Items related to the Footner family, St David's

Chimney finds

This eclectic mix of objects was discovered in one of the chimneys of St David’s, during the summer schedule of refurbishment at the Prep School. It includes a memo from a l…

Commemorative items from 450th Anniversary of Berkhamsted School and Tea Towel from 100th Anniversary of the Girls School

Commemorative items

A commemorative brew in celebration of the 450th Anniversary. Donated by Mr B C Hines (OB Bees 1950) Not the ideal drinking vessel for the aforementioned beer, this mug was ano…

rugby cap

Four seasons Rugby cap

Reginald George Hodge OB (St Johns 1926) is the only member of the pictured squad to have played in four seasons, from 1922 – 1926 and his school Valete shows great achievement in…

rose bear

Teddy Bear Rose.

In 2015, an idea was put forward to dress a bear in the present day senior girls uniform. Generous funding enabled the purchase of a beautiful Merrythought bear and our School Secretary, enthusiast…

teddy bear trio

A Teddy Bear Trio

Alma Duncan Rafter or 'Polly' as she was fondly known, came to Berkhamsted School for Girls as Head of Art in 1960, enjoying 30 years of teaching before retiring in 1995. This trio of bears dres…

Canvasses of religious scenes, donated in 1898

Discovered canvasses

Whilst clearing an attic in Deans' Hall, our Caretakers discovered two large, (thirteen feet in length) canvasses of religious scenes. The black and white photograph shows them in situ in the Sch…

pearkes

Lieut.-Col. Pearkes V.C.

As editor of The Berkhamstedian, ARC Bolton had received a letter and photograph from George Pearkes, who was in France at the time. This scrap of graph paper is dated and titled In the Field, March …

gym shield

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.

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