Then & Now

The black and white photo shows Deans’ Hall c.1911, with the two entrance doors and the gallery, long before its height was divided into two, in the late 1980s, to become the hall we know today. The…

Looking across from the dining room at Kings, to the cloisters and surrounds, the random door in the middle of the wall has often puzzled folk, as to its previous use. As you can see from the lovely…

The first picture, c.1983, shows the ‘new’ Computer laboratory, located in Newcroft. The article in the Berkhamstedian, tells us that the laboratory had fourteen ‘Apple’ instruments, linked to the O…

Science features as the comparison in this update. The three photographs date from 1904 to the present day. Revd. Arthur Cole, a Cambridge graduate, was the Senior Science Master 1889-1911 and the fi…

Our album collection always throws up some fascinating glimpses of the past and the Prefects and OBs vs School pictures are certainly contenders for Then & Now.               The young gentleman se…

Berkhamsted School’s first Sergeant-Major, John Ballam, who served with the Ashridge Volunteer Rifle Corps as an instructor c.1900s Fast forward to January, 2002 when CSM Carter joined Berkhamsted f…

A conversation with a colleague about how buildings around the School had changed, got me thinking about changes to everyday items as well as buldings. Hopefully, we can feature some interesting comp…

Comparison photographs of the enclosing of the Newcroft grounds; the first two show the posts and fencing along the wall in Mill Street, with the junior boys and masters cheering on the House Long Ru…