From the Archives

Recently the Archives department has been

taking a closer look at some of the earliest photos we have.

The photo above is dated 1883.

The School moved to Tyndall’s Park, its current site, in 1879 and the image shows a group of students from that era. The students look young enough to be in the Preparatory School which was in operation at this time.

It is interesting to note that some of the boys are wearing school caps and some are wearing straw boaters. The three boaters in the photograph carry a band with BGS clearly indicated at the front. Both boaters and a hat box are in our collection as a result of kind donations from OBs.

We believe that the School Uniform of the day allowed a choice between wearing a cap or boater. Indeed boaters were worn up to at least the Second World War and possibly for a period after that. This is a subject we hope to return to after some more research so if you have any information on this subject we would be very pleased to hear from you.

We are always keen to accept donations of ephemera, photographs, documents, books and artefacts relating to BGS.

Please email Anne or Carrie at archives@bgs.bristol.sch.uk if you would like to contact us on any subject.

Carrie Rosser

Archives Department