JRGS School Magazine Feb 1954
JRGS Alumni Society

February 1954 School Magazine

Series III - Number 14

JRGS Alumni Society

 

Here is a copy of the February 1954 school magazine, which results from a visit in August 2003 by Paul Graham (JRGS 1959-66) and Nick Goy (JRGS 1963-70) to the Local Studies Library and Croydon Archives. Each of the images are offered as individual JPEG files.
  
Paul Graham writes: This is the first of a handful of school magazines from the mid-50s, courtesy of Croydon Borough Archives. Since I had to rely on scanning photocopies, the quality is not as good as if I had been able to scan the originals. But this does not reflect on the excellence and gratefully received assistance of the staff at the archives. In any case, the results are very acceptable.
  The school is looking forward to its move to Shirley, with the headmaster Mr. Lowe waxing lyrical on the countryside (page 1 and page 4). As he was a Shropshire lad, he would certainly have appreciated the move to rural surroundings. Staff changes (Mssrs Wright, Lawes and Badcock) are noted on page 6, with the arrival of Miss Carter as school secretary, who Alumni of that era will remember.
  On page 21 there is a report of a Sixth Form Christmas Party with "dancing to records alternating with games," which seems to be from a different era, especially as "staff and their wives" had been invited. On page 23 Mr. "Rhino" Rees shows a soft spot for Roman sculpture and on page 17 there is a list of Organ Fund subscribers, including the mysterious Mr. E. Muggeridge, possibly related to Malcolm and his father.

We have also prepared a PDF file of this school magazine. [Caution: this file is 4.5MB.]

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