Part of Buildings and Estates
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
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of documents, including photographs and commemorative plaques, relating to the School's cricket pavilions on Doncaster Close since the 19th century.
L.R. Shipsides
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A collection of documents relating to the Wharton pavilion, built on the site of the Old Gymnasium, adjacent to Wharflands. The opening ceremony took place on 4 July 1983 by O.O. Ron Jacobs ('45), President of the R.F.U. In July 2014, the Wharton Pavilion, known as Stumps, was taken down.
L.R. Shipsides
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs of the Old Gymnasium and the Wharton Pavilion from the late 1970s.
L.R. Shipsides
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A programme for the opening of the pavilion including order of events, and guest list. Three pages A to C.
Oakham School
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An invitation for the opening of the Wharton Pavilion.
Oakham School
Photographs of the opening ceremony
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Two photographs (A and B) of Ron Jacobs opening the new Wharton Pavilion on 4 July 1983. Also present were the Headmaster Richard Bull and the Chairman of Quatercentenary Appeal Committee Tom White. The photographs were taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the numbers of print are written on the back: V353/4; V353/5, respectively.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
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Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
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This sub-file focusses on the opening of the Wharton Pavilion in 1983 and of the refurbished 'Stumps' in 1999.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A plaque celebrating the opening of the Wharton Pavilion by O.O. Ron Jacobs ('45) in memory of O.O. Sir Anthony Wharton ('35).
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