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A photograph of Donald Francis Neilson

  • WWS-WWS/1-WWS/1/4-WWS/1/4/3-WWS/1/4/3/5
  • Item
  • N/D
  • Part of The World Wars

Print out of a photograph of St Bees' Cricket team. The print out only includes a close up of Donald Francis Neilson.

St Bees School

A photograph of Richard Bull at the opening ceremony

  • BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2-BES/1/13/2/1-BES/1/13/2/1/9
  • Item
  • 04/07/1983
  • Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of the Headmaster, Richard Bull speaking at the opening of the new Wharton Pavilion on 4 July 1983. The photograph was taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the number of print is written on the back: V353/2.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

A photograph of the luncheon

  • BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2-BES/1/13/2/1-BES/1/13/2/1/4
  • Item
  • 04/07/1983
  • Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of the luncheon at the opening of the new Wharton pavilion on 4 July 1983. The photograph was taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the number of print is written on the back: V353/16.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Record Cricket years at the Public Schools

A photocopy of an article published in the magazine "The Captain", mentioning the performance of E.G. Snaith and S.H.G Humfrey in the 1910 cricket season.

The Captain

Sports

  • SPO
  • Subfonds
  • 1860 - 2020

This collection covers the multitude of sports that pupils can do at Oakham School. Sports include cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics, netball and swimming as some of the richest in terms of items in the sub-series.

Most sub-series have a good photographic record of first teams, alongside comprehensive fixture and team lists. Some sub-series will contain correspondence, programmes and administrative documents.

There is an extensive collection of trophies and shields awarded to pupils and Old Oakhamians for their sporting achievements.

Oakham School

A Wartime Interlude

A recollection entitled "A Wartime Interlude" by Philip Newell of a platoon of Paratroopers coming to play a cricket match against the school's 2nd XI in the Summer term 1942.

Philip Newell

They fell with their faces to the foe: honouring heroes of the Great War

An article published in The Independent on Sunday on the publication of a new book, "Wisden on the Great War", and focussing on the Oakham School 1st cricket XI of 1914 and the five boys in the team who fell in the Great War. The article is spread on two pages, numbered A and B.

The Independent on Sunday