Items of Interest

Items of Interest

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

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lacrosse book

Lacrosse Books

Lacrosse for Beginners written by Winifred O. Legg, who taught Games, Gymnastics and Remedials at Berkhamsted Girls’ between 1913 and 1916. Hattersley's are still manufacturing sporting equipment…

miss russell

Miss B W Russell

The School & College magazine, dated March, 1964, features a double page, profile piece on Barbara Winifred Russell (Headmistress 1950 -1971), describing her as ‘the alert, vigorous Head of an alert,…

London Illustrated

The Illustrated London News

The Illustrated London News dated June 28th, 1958, has a four page article, the third in the series, entitled The Education of British Youth – Berkhamsted School. Four sketches by Dennis Flanders …

school rules

School Rules

dean incent

Dean Incents House Auction

Dean Incent’s House, used as a Masters House from 1970 was put up for sale by auction in October 1980. This original auct…

thimble bag

Thimble Bag

The tiny thimble bag was made and stitched by a member of Burgh house (‘38) using mate…

lorsch gospels

The Lorsch Gospels

This copy of the Lorsch Gospels was donated by a parent. It was reproduced by her father, who was a religious books publisher. The entire work originated in the Scriptorium of the Cou…

girls mug

Commemorative Mug

Commemorative mug for the 90th anniversary of Berkhamsted School for Girls c.1978. Produced…

cigarette cards

School Arms - Cigarette Card

This collectable was No.19 in a series of cigarette cards, issued in 1906, entitled 'School Arms'. The back of the card gives a very brief history of the School, with a translation of…

something for Incent

Something for Incent

David Pearce (DRAP), donated several programmes and the original script for the play ‘Something for Incent’, written to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Incent. In tr…

crimbo card

Christmas Card

A Christmas card printed by the School Press, reproducing a very good image of the School crest. Second Master T…

prize book

Prize book c.1911

The remains of a pressed peacock feather was found between the pages of A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson, it was awarded to Annie Gander in 1911, a…

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