Come back later for Part 3!
To celebrate the 160th anniversary of the School, Archives Assistant, Jemima Hegerty-Ward and Communications Manager, Bonnie Robinson, took a deep dive into the Archive to find some of their favourite items from over the School’s History. With thanks to Archivist Chris Nathan for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Archive and his endless patience!
Part 2: Items 6-10
Item 6: A St Edward's library book dating from the 1890s.
The tooled binding bears the St Edward's crest.
Item 7: A SES Library bookplate circa 1931.
The bookplate is printed with an etching showing a pupil studying in the Library - the Chapel can be seen through the window behind him and a cloud above him shows the many realms which can be explored through reading. He sits in what was known as the New Library (now Rooms A & B in the Work Block).
Item 8: The Common Room magazine, Volumes III-IV
This was a handwritten and hand-painted publication, complete with spoof advertisements, which was circulated to the staff in the 1890s.
Item 9: A photograph of the School population in the 1870s taken at the original New Inn Hall Street site.
The Warden, Algernon Simeon, is seated at the centre and directly in front of him is a young, and rather bored-looking, Kenneth Grahame.
Item 10: The St Edward’s Chronicle letterpress printing block used from February 1875 – July 1921.
At this point the Chronicle was published every month during term time.
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