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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…

Sketches by Alma Duncan and Lacrosse Tea Towel

Alma Duncan Art 1960-1995

Two lovely, quirky sketches by Alma Duncan (Art Staff 1960-1995). The first shows members o…

"The Choirs of Berkhamsted School for Girls" LP

The Choirs L.P.

Entitled ‘The Choirs of Berkhamsted School for Girls’, the recording took place in the School Hall on 28th June 1981. It was a first recording for the School and involved the Senior, Junior and Small…

Items related to the Footner family, St David's

Chimney finds

This eclectic mix of objects was discovered in one of the chimneys of St David’s, during the summer schedule of refurbishment at the Prep School. It includes a memo from a l…

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…

rose bear

Teddy Bear Rose.

In 2015, an idea was put forward to dress a bear in the present day senior girls uniform. Generous funding enabled the purchase of a beautiful Merrythought bear and our School Secretary, enthusiast…

teddy bear trio

A Teddy Bear Trio

Alma Duncan Rafter or 'Polly' as she was fondly known, came to Berkhamsted School for Girls as Head of Art in 1960, enjoying 30 years of teaching before retiring in 1995. This trio of bears dres…

Royal visits

Royal visits

The celebrations for the 475th anniversary of the school's foundation were made extra special by the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Friday 6th May 2016. The sun shone for the first eve…

“Citizen Soldiers" & Letter from the Front

Letters from two wars

W. 'Willie' Scott, a master at Berkhamsted from 1906, was commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters in 1915. He returned to teaching at Berkhamsted in December 1918. The slim volum…

“Winter Sun" magazine

“Winter Sunshine" magazine

Sports Shield

Tri-Sports Shield

Green glass bottle

A Lemonade bottle

The lovely green glass bottle, complete with it's marble (quite a rarity), originally contained lemonade produced by a local Berkhamsted firm – H.Lee & Sons (Minerals) Ltd. The business was run by He…

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