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Chronology of School Campus

  • HEA-HEA/7-HEA/7/3-HEA/7/3/3
  • Item
  • 1929 - 1938
  • Part of Headmasters

A list of improvements to the School premises in the 1930s, compiled by Headmaster G. Talbot Griffith for Old Oakhamians. Enclosed are photographs of buildings. Five pages A to E.

Grosvenor Talbot Griffith

A photograph of the garden

A photograph of the School campus, next to the theatre, looking towards Deanscroft and the Science block.

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A photograph of the QET

A photograph of a girl and a boy walking out of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in 1984.

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Photographs

This file focusses on photographs of the Computer block throughout the years.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

A photograph of the Old Gym

A photograph of the Old Gym, which served as a temporary cricket pavilion from 1970, looking towards Buchanans bridge in the background.

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A photograph of the Barraclough Hall

A black and white photograph of boys on campus, walking outside the Barraclough Hall and the sun dial, looking towards Ashwell Road, in the 1950s or 1960s. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the number of print is stamped on the back: 147847.

Photo-Reportage Ltd

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre (since 1984)

A collection of photographs of the QET since the transformation of the Barraclough Hall as part of the Quatercentenary Development Plan. The architect, W.O. Wilson, had designed a modern auditorium, with raked seating and a large stage below the audience, a gallery and a foyer facing the Music School lawn and purpose-built rooms for changing, costumes, scenery making and storage. It was equipped with a computerized lighting system and sophisticated sound equipment. The new Oakham Theatre was officially opened on 16 November 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II.

L.R. Shipsides

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