Part of Activities and Societies
A photograph of Oakham School cadets demonstrating artillery fire on Doncaster Close during an annual inspection in 1954. The photograph was taken by Stamford Mercury and the number of print is written on the front: P759/5.
Stamford Mercury
A photograph of the First Ashburton team
Part of Activities and Societies
A photograph of the first Oakham School Ashburton shooting team in 1954.
The Daily Telegraph
A photograph of the Shooting team, 1954
Part of Activities and Societies
A photograph of Oakham School 1st Shooting team at Bisley in 1954. With signatures on the back.
The Daily Telegraph
Inspection of the motorized contingent
Part of Activities and Societies
A photograph of Colonel Postlethwaite inspecting the cadets' motorbikes on Doncaster Close in 1954. The photograph was taken by Stamford Mercury and the number of print is written on the front: P759/4.
Stamford Mercury
Part of Activities and Societies
A photograph of Oakham School cadets demonstrating artillery fire on Doncaster Close during an annual inspection in 1954. The photograph was taken by Stamford Mercury and the number of print is written on the front: P759/2.
Stamford Mercury
Part of Activities and Societies
A photograph of Oakham School cadets being inspected on Doncaster Close by Colonel Postlethwaite in 1954. The photograph was taken by Stamford Mercury and the number of print is written on the front: P759/3.
Stamford Mercury
Oakham School Calendar, Easter 1955
Part of Headmasters
A calendar of events in the Spring term 1955. Three double-pages A to C.
Oakham School
Part of Sports
A fixture card for the 1955 season, including matches for the Rovers, Hornets and Wasps XI cricket teams.
Oakham School
Part of Houses
A photograph of the boys in Wharflands in the academic year 1954-1955 under the Housemaster Bertie Bowes.
Stamford Mercury
Part of Photographic and Art Collection
A photographic album of the school (but mainly of Wharflands house) from the Talbot-Griffiths era. Photographs of various staff members, buildings, House prefects, scouts, sporting photos (steeplechase, water-polo, rugby), House photos (Wharflands), Drama photos (Midsummer's Nights Dream and Macbeth 1953), The 1953 Elizabethan Fair, Form 4A photo (1951 and 1953), The choir, the Memorial Library opening, a christening, the visit to RCAF N.Luffenham Swindells, and the proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Oakham School