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Norman Wilkinson CBE RI (24 November 1878 – 30 May 1971) was a British artist.  He was primarily a marine painter, but also an illustrator, poster artist, and wartime camoufleur. Dazzle painting was …

Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Roger Courtney was an adventurer in Africa. A skilled canoeist, Courney even paddled the entire length of the Nile with only a spear and a sack of potatoe…

              This collectable was No.19 in a series of cigarette cards, issued in 1906, entitled 'School Arms'. The back of the card gives a very brief history of the School, with a translation of…

The remains of a pressed peacock feather was found between the pages of A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson, it was awarded to Annie Gander in 1911, a…

            David Pearce (DRAP), donated several programmes and the original script for the play ‘Something for Incent’, written to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Incent. In tr…

A lovely set of Edwardian Servant bells, manufactured by C.Brightman, Watford. Originally used in the Girls’ School, the item has indicator windows for the Drawing Room, Business Room and Front Ent…

                                                    The tiny thimble bag was made and stitched by a member of Burgh house (‘38)                                                            using mate…

For those of you who have never had the chance to visit the exhibition room, please take a look at the selection of photos that were recently taken by the marketing department. We hope you enjoy the …

  In 2016 OB Jonathan Culverhouse commissioned a bronze of William the Conqueror to commemorate the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. The bronze was loaned as an exhibit and displayed in …

  During the removal of a false wall, a copy of the Berkhamsted & District Gazette, was found. Dated 1st April 1988, it had been placed there with a note which reads – ‘This copy of Berkhamsted Gaze…

1914 saw a British foursome become the first team outside of America to take part in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The members of the 4xmile relay team were A N Jackson, G M Sproule, N S Taber and…