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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.

An inventory an valuation of furniture, fixtures and effects in and upon the premises known as 'Junior House', made for transfer from E. Pickering Clarke to the Trustees. Contains information on the building, its fixtures and fittings, in the dining room, kitchen, garden, toilets, pantry, sick room, matron room, dormitory, study, classroom, bathrooms, coal house, workshop, tool shed, gardens and tennis nets. Thirty-three pages A to AG.

This sub-series focuses on the administration and everyday running of the Junior House/Chapmans.

Printed Powerpoint slides from a presentation on the centenary of Chapmans. Includes information on the school's founding, images of various school buildings from different times, campus maps and pupils; a history of Junior House/Chapmans House; and a list of Housemasters. Thirty-four pages A to AG.

This sub-series focuses on the history of the Junior School, renamed Chapmans in 1961.

A Lent term bill for B.G.S. Donald at Junior House for pocket money, book account, carpentering, clothes, stamps and other.

A photograph of a boy on a bunk bed in a dorm, probably in Chapmans house in the 1950s/1960s. This photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 147823. The number B23 is written on the front, in the bottom right corner.

A photograph of Junior House boys eating in the house Dining Room, possibly in the late 1950s/early 1960s. This photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 157523. The number 23 is written on the front, in the bottom right corner.

A photograph of Junior House boys eating in the house Dining Room, possibly in the late 1950s/early 1960s. This photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 157524. The number 24 is written on the front, in the bottom right corner.

This sub-series contains various items related to Junior House/Chapmans. The bulk of the sub-series is informal photographs of everyday life in the boarding house in the 1950s/1960s.