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This sub-series focusses on records of school and house events and achievements of the Day boys of Johnsons House. The bulk of the sub-series is house diaries and record books from the 1960s and 1970s.

This sub-series is made of various informal photographs of the boys in Deanscroft, especially in the 1960s. It also contains items related to the 50 years Anniversary celebration of Deanscroft & Haywoods House, including a tie designed for the special occasion.

This sub-series focusses on the everyday running of Wharflands house.

This sub-series contains various informal photographs of the Day girls in Talbots throughout the years.

This sub-series focuses on Hambleton house diaries since its opening in 1997. Each house diary gives details of the everyday routine in Hambleton house and life of the girls in house and at school.

This sub-series relates to every day life in Hambleton house, as well as various house events held on evenings and weekends. Most of the sub-series is made of photographs of the first few years of the house, since its opening in 1997.

A collection of documents, mainly photographs, of Deanscroft house.
Deanscroft in the 19th century was a Jacobethan hunting lodge. In 1946, the Headmaster, G. Talbot Griffiths, brought the property and aimed at converting it into a boarding house. The boys’ boarding house opened in 1948, providing accommodation to thirty-seven boys on the first term. In 1959, the kitchen garden to the east of the Laboratories was transformed into lawns, grassy plots and flower beds. The house was enlarged in 1960 and the buildings by the Headmaster’s garage were annexed as studies. IN the 1960s, the boiler house was enlarged to house two large oil-fired boilers which provided Deanscroft and Wharflands with all the hot water they need and supplied central heating to both houses and all the adjoining classrooms and laboratories. In 1963, a new study block was built near the present Biology Laboratories.
In 1978, Deanscroft was refurbished and the Headmaster and his family were now occupying one part of the house. Further enhancements were made to Deanscroft in 1981, especially to the changing rooms and the ground floor accommodation. A new wing was added in 1983, with bedsits for the boys and a Tutor’s room, as well as study bedrooms for thirty-six boys in the Fifth and Sixth Forms. On Deasncroft lawn, a new fence was put up between the Headmaster’s garden and the boys’ tennis court in 1985 and Deanscroft Cottage was dismantled in summer before work began in October on the new Dining Hall. The Nursery School and Beach studies were also demolished. Finally in 1989, the Beach was paved and in the centre would be a Japanese gardens with herons in the pond. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls.

A collection of photographs and architectural plans of the Music School since its opening in 1984.

This sub-series is related to various photographs of Round House girls since 1974. It shows the girls in more informal events, such as Non-Uniform day, Leavers' balls, and various house events.

This sub-series relates to house events and contains informal photographs of the girls in Lincoln House, newspaper cuttings and a video tape.