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Serving Officer's warrant c. 1909

A Warrant issued to serving Officers with King Edward VII’s signature and seal. The later …

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St John's colours

St John’s Cricket Colours cap, usually awarded with a square in the same colours. The original o…

Fives mitts and selection of Fives balls

Fives

This selection of Fives items were donated, along with a school blazer and cravat by Derek Whitehead OB Adders, 1949. Derek tells us that “the…

school badges

School badges

A Berkhamsted Boys rugby badge and Berkhamsted School for Girls badges for Lacrosse and Athletics; donations from past pupils and sta…

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Stereoscopic slides

An official series of stereoscopic slides, produced by Realistic Travels, London. The black boxes are in the form of a bound volume and each box co…

OBA Car badge

An official OBA badge bar, from the early 1960s, with its depiction of the School crest. Gene…

Journal by PCL 'Cyril' Thorne Bees 1909 and GCE Exam papers 1958

OBs Journal c.1908

A peep into school life from a journal written over a period of two years by PCL ‘Cyril’ Thorne, Bees 1909. Entries from March and April 1908. “Still cold. Got up at 7.30 – early for a Sunday! At Ch…

Alpine Alphabet 1903

An Alpine Alphabet

This charming little book is one of a number of artefacts and documents donated to the Archive by Beatrix Hopkins, (widow of Antony Hopkins OB, Lowers 1938). It is entitled An Alpine Alphabet and de…

Commemorative items from 450th Anniversary of Berkhamsted School and Tea Towel from 100th Anniversary of the Girls School

Commemorative items

A commemorative brew in celebration of the 450th Anniversary. Donated by Mr B C Hines (OB Bees 1950) Not the ideal drinking vessel for the aforementioned beer, this mug was ano…

rugby cap

Four seasons Rugby cap

Reginald George Hodge OB (St Johns 1926) is the only member of the pictured squad to have played in four seasons, from 1922 – 1926 and his school Valete shows great achievement in…

Canvasses of religious scenes, donated in 1898

Discovered canvasses

Whilst clearing an attic in Deans' Hall, our Caretakers discovered two large, (thirteen feet in length) canvasses of religious scenes. The black and white photograph shows them in situ in the Sch…

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Lieut.-Col. Pearkes V.C.

As editor of The Berkhamstedian, ARC Bolton had received a letter and photograph from George Pearkes, who was in France at the time. This scrap of graph paper is dated and titled In the Field, March …

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