Oakham School Archives

The tearing down of the Ashburton Dining Hall

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07/1989

A photograph in black and white of the tearing down of the Ashburton Dining Hall, prior to the construction of the Merton building on the same site in July 1989.

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Scrapbook of the opening of Schanschieffs

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1997

Part of Buildings and Estates

A scrapbook recording the history of the Schanschieff site, Rutland independence, photographs of the houses (exterior and interior), house photographs of the boys of Clipsham and Barrow. Contains mood boards for colour schemes and designs of each of the houses. Also contains fabric samples. Has photographs of the Simon Schanschieff's portrait at the back with his wife Pip and the artist June Mendoza; also present was the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and Pip Schanschieff.

Oakham School

Photographs of the staircase up to Physics

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c.1960

Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of the staircase leading up to the Physics classrooms inside the Sargants Laboratories in the 1960s. The photographs were taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the numbers of print are stamped on the back: 157583 and 157584, respectively.

Photo-Reportage Ltd

Photographs of the Sports Hall

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c.1990

Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) in colour of the Sports Hall, probably in the 1990s.

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Photographs of the School Entrance

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Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of the entrance from the Buttercross, with pupils walking out. The photographs were taken for Marketing purposes.

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Photographs of the School Entrance

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Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of the entrance from the Buttercross, with pupils walking out. The photographs were taken for Marketing purposes.

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Photographs of the opening ceremony

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04/07/1983

Part of Buildings and Estates

Three photographs (A to C) of the guests at the opening of the new Wharton Pavilion on 4 July 1983. The photographs were taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the numbers of print are written on the back: V353/7; V353/8; V353/9, respectively.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Photographs of the Merton Building

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Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of a boy and a girl walking out of the Merton Building. These photographs were probably taken for Marketing purposes or for publication in the School Magazine in the 1990s.

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Photographs of the construction of the Science block