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A note from Roger Blackmore

A note from Roger Blackmore regarding security arrangements for the Medical Congress held at School, and hand-written reply from Estates.

Roger Blackmore

Trips to Alton Towers

This file relates to various School trips to the amusement park Alton Towers between 1999 and 2001.

Jan West

Sales Invoice

An invoice from Alton Towers for Oakham School visit's to the amusement park on 21 May 2000.

Alton Towers

Buildings

This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.

Oakham School

Chapmans (The Junior House)

A collection of documents, including photographs and art works, of Chapmans, formerly Junior House, built in 1910. The Georgian-style house stood on a ground of one-and-a-half acres. It consisted of dormitories and classrooms facing south which were “well-lighted and ventilated”. The Junior House had been built initially in order to provide a well-equipped Junior Department for a limited number of boarders. In 1936, a new wing was added to the house, comprising a large dining hall, a leisure room, and a new sick room. Rooms were also designed for a House Tutor. The original house was improved, especially the kitchens where “all wash-basins were fitted with hot and cold water, and baths and lavatories were added”.
In September 1960, the Junior House was set to become a Senior House and was renamed Chapmans, after Frank Emerson Chapman, first Housemaster of the Junior House. In 1961, a wide new wing was built on what was the playground. The boys could now enjoy the comfort of new changing rooms, a common room and studies. Above, a dormitory accommodation and rooms for the House Tutor were also added. The old dining room was expanded into a former common room.

O.W.

Photographs

A collection of photographs of the Junior house/Chapmans, documenting the improvements and changes of the boarding house since its construction in 1910.

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