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Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Roger Blackmore Oakham, Rutland
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Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5
  • Series
  • 1930 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

This series focuses on the history of the organs in the School Chapel, from the first one installed in 1930 to the current instruments built in 1993.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Organ, 1993

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1986 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

This sub-series focuses on the history of the 1993 Organ in the School Chapel. After the 1930 organ expired and was replaced by a computer organ in the 1980s, the headmaster Graham Smallbone commissioned for a new organ to be built. Some items highlight the various proposals, the correspondence focuses on the building and installation of the organ and the photographic file finally shows the organ in Chapel.

Peter Collins

Deanscroft

  • HOU-HOU/10
  • Series
  • 1948 - 2017
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

House Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/10-HOU/10/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1948 - 1988
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series contains photographs of the boys in Deanscroft. It covers the whole history of the boarding since its inception in 1948, up to 1988 when the boys were transfered to the new Haywoods house.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Deanscroft, 1975

  • HOU-HOU/10-HOU/10/1-HOU/10/1/32
  • Item
  • 1975
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of the boys in Deanscroft in the academic year 1974-1975, under the Housemaster Roger Blackmore.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Deanscroft, 1977

  • HOU-HOU/10-HOU/10/1-HOU/10/1/34
  • Item
  • 1977
  • Part of Houses

A photograph of the boys in Deanscroft in the academic year 1976-1977, under the Housemaster Roger Blackmore.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

House Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/3-HOU/3/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1972 - 2015
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of girls, living in Round House since its inception, as well as well Leavers photographs of both School house and Round House pupils since the 2000s.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Buchanans (Orchard Close)

  • HOU-HOU/9
  • Series
  • 1977 - 2011
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the boarding girls in Orchard Close (built in 1929), later Buchanans House. It became a girls' boarding house in early October 1975 and Michael Stevens was its first Housemaster. It was renamed Buchanans House in Summer 1977, following the retirement of Headmaster J.D. Buchanan. Work was completed on Buchanans house in 1982 and the extension was ready for occupation in January 1983. The house was first a Seventh Form house and transitioned to a Middle School house in the 1980s.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

House Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/9-HOU/9/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1977 - 2003
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of girls in Orchard Close and Buchanans House, mostly in the 1990s and early 2000s. It also contains photographs of the Sixth Form cohort.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Buchanans, 1981

  • HOU-HOU/9-HOU/9/1-HOU/9/1/1
  • Item
  • 1981
  • Part of Houses

Three photographs of the girls in Buchanans in the academic year 1980-1981, under the Housemaster Roger Blackmore. The photograph A is in colour and has a number of print written on the back: S165/2. The photograph B is in black and white and is slightly different; a number of print is written on the back: S165/3. The photograph C is in colour and has a number of print on the back: S165/1.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

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