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1913-15 - the beginnings
"Tommy" Atkins, the founding headmaster
Rudyard Kipling wrote about Tommy, too
Was the school built on a disused shale quarry - or not?
1915-17 - World War I
A letter from an ex-teacher at war,
with a reference to Hamlet
The Honour Roll (text) and
(photo) - for the Great War -
with a translation of its Latin inscription
The "splendid new flagpole" is dedicated with this plaque
The first history of the school, published in 1916
The 1920s - era of nicknames
In 1921 we published this joke - 77 years before Column 8 re-used it
The 1930s (i) - characters and identities
George Best, a blind poet at 13
The 1930s (ii) - Tommy moves on...
The School Badge
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Ex-students
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