- WWS-WWS/2-WWS/2/2
- Sub-Series
- 1942 - 2007
Part of The World Wars
Recollections, a letter and a photograph related to life at Oakham School during the Second World War.
Philip Newell
Part of The World Wars
Recollections, a letter and a photograph related to life at Oakham School during the Second World War.
Philip Newell
Part of The World Wars
Items in this sub-series are related to Old Oakhamians and Masters who fought in the Second World War.
Oakham School
Part of Pastoral and Medical Care
The items in this sub-series are a record of out- and in-patients in the school Sanatorium.
Oakham School
Part of Houses
This sub-series focuses on photographs of boys in School House since the 1940s.
Tempest Photography
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs of the School theatres, the Barraclough Hall and the QET.
Photo-Reportage Ltd
Part of Chapel
This sub-series focuses on the dedication of the Second World War memorial in the School Chapel in 1946.
Oakham School
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
Part of Buildings and Estates
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.
Photo-Reportage Ltd
Part of Houses
This sub-series focusses on the every day running of School House. The bulk of the sub-series is punishment books and record books from the 1950s and 1960s.
Oakham School