Light blue and maroon striped necktie. Manufactured by P.L. Sells. One tie (2) with a sewn-in label reading 'Zen Thompson G.'. One tie, stained, written on on reverse.
This ledger was begun in 1925 by C. E. W. Lewis (G 1920-1925) and was kept by successive Heads of House Water in which they recorded details of rowing events and achievements, those who received the house colours and anything they thought interesting or noteworthy. There are details of events in 1924 at the beginning and some entries include comments on the crews. At the end of the volume is a list of previous Heads of House Water from 1919, as well as lists of which Houses won various rowing events from c. 1922. An insert at the front of the book states that an Old Grantite, R. P. Adler (G 1922-1926), passed the book onto Grant's House.
Glass Plate Negatives (4¼” x 3¼”). original box no. "V.C. 7"; labelled 26
Grants by the Bishop of Bath and Wells of the treasureship, canonry and other offices of Wells Cathedral to Busby
This book contains a register of the boys' attendance at Station, the time allotted for sport every afternoon, unless the weather was bad.
One copy annotated on reverse by R.S. Chalk, as follows:
'1918-1924
Said my Substance (Tony Allpress) to me on my first day, “Pity they haven’y got a P.C. of Rigaud’s like that”. (It wd. not have made so good a picture as this severe but symmetrical structure). It says much for the rigid ‘isolationist’ House system of my time that I only once set foot inside GG in all my six years- and that very briefly for some very special purpose on the last day of Term.
R. Tanner (“The Buck”) was House Master of GG for my first three terms, Major D.P. Shaw for the remainder (1919 till his death from war-wounds in 1924). Grant’s and Rigaud’s were consistently on good terms (having much in common), but about 1922-4 GG developed into a decidedly ‘tough’ House, with a particular antipathy to K.SS (which was reciprocated). This nearly resulted in an ugly scene during Lamprobatics in 1923!'
Watercolour painting marked "Grants Yard, Westminster School by H. R. Robertson" Back: Label "Up Grant's H.R. Robertson 1 Stedes Studios Haverstock Hill NW Dec. 1906"
Robertson, Henry Robert, 1839-1921Papers concerning the sale of Grass Field on the Newport Pagnell Road to Mr Fraser
Exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1905. Titled and signed verso.
Grierson, Charles MacIver, 1864-1939