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Cloisters at Kings

The Cloisters at Kings

Looking across from the dining room at Kings, to the cloisters and surrounds, the random door in the middle of the wall has often puzzled folk, as to its previous use. The 1902 photograph shows the p…

'Then & Now' 2

'New' technology

The ‘new’ Computer laboratory c.1983, located in the Newcroft building. An article in the Berkhamstedian magazine, tells us that the laboratory had fourteen ‘Apple’ instruments, linked to the Omnine…

'Then & Now' 6

Evolution of the prospectus

The evolution of our prospectuses, how very different the 1930s and ‘50s items look, compared to the more 2017 examples.

Old Bank Books

Girls' Grammar School bank books

With banks becoming a rare sight on the high street landscape, these finds are a reminder of how certain financial transactions were handled in the latter part of the 19th century. The two bank books…

Behind the excavation of the Great Ship Burial

OB Barbara Wagstaff and the Excavation of the Great Ship Bu…

Over the winter of 2019-2020, images from the archive at Sutton Hoo were digitised in their entirety for the first time. The images, captured by Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff OB 1909, were taken d…

Servant Bell

Servants Bell

A lovely set of Edwardian Servant bells, manufactured by C.Brightman, Watford. Originally used in the Girls’ School, the item has indicator windows for the Drawing Room, Business Room and Front Ent…

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,…

thimble bag

Thimble Bag

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

girls mug

Commemorative Mug

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

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…

Lady Churchill visiting Berkhamsted School for Girls on 30th June 1915

Clementine Churchill (née Hosier, 1903)

Lady Clementine Churchill married Winston Churchill, then a young politician, in 1908. During the First World War, Lady Churchill organised canteens for munitions works in factories in North East Lo…

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