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One copy annotated on reverse as follows, by R.S. Chalk:
'Memories 1918-24 R.S.C
School- one of the three great losses in the Blitz.
Vastly impressive, tho’ by comparison with its present day counterpart, sombre, dusty and dark. (Yet HCW once lamented the Victorian ‘vandalism’ which enlarged all the medieval windows save one!)
Used for Assembly, lectures, Orations, Concerts, O.T.C. Parades (if wet), Physical Drill (‘Phys Hell’), Exams (as in this picture) and, above all, Latin Prayers.
Latin Prayers each day were a real joy- I never once heard criticism. All joined in singing in Elizabethan Latin. (I remember once (about 1920) three Arab Sheikhs attended these Prayers, and much impressed). The Masters knelt in the middle gangway on ‘pancake’ kneelers thrown (sic) out to them.
In the top foreground (then as now) may be seen the Pancake Bar. I was present in my second Term (Lent 1919) at the most famous Greaze of all- witnessed by King George V, Queen Mary, Prince of Wales and Prince Albert- won by D.L Moonan, K.S'

School Roll 1890-1904

Bound collection of printed school rolls. The rolls were produced termly and include details of the Head Master, Assistant Masters, Monitors, Scholars, Exhibitioners, Notices, Prizes, Pupils listed by forms, Books required, Holiday tasks.

Grumea Scholastica

Bound collection of printed school lists. Contains Scholars and Exhibitioners' Record (which includes pupil's examination marks and comments), letters from the Head Master to parents, Hall Roll, House Lists for Grant's and Rigaud's, school rules and regulations.

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