Hoots from the Archive – The Forgotten High Masters – Dougl… Manchester Grammar School has had a number of High Masters who were not only influential in the life of the School, but also made their mark on wider society. The triumvirate of “greats” are normally… 0 2021 22/07/2021
Hoots from the Archive – In Their Own Words – Memories of E… The evacuation to Blackpool was a short-lived, if vivid interlude in MGS history. However, at the time, boys did not know that they would only be away for just over a month. Frank Thewlis attended M… 0 2019 24/12/2019
Hoots from the Archive – 80 years on – MGS and the Evacuati… This month marks eighty years since the School evacuated to Blackpool, the day before the United Kingdom entered the Second World War. The School had been aware of the possibility of evacuation since… 0 2019 10/09/2019
Hoots from the Archive – Oral History Project This September is the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, and in MGS history, 80 years since the School evacuated to Blackpool. Working with MGS archive material relating to the Great War … 0 2019 11/06/2019
Remembrance Service As this year sees the centenary of the armistice, MGS has created a unique tribute to the role the School and members of its community played during World War One. A performance in the Memorial Hall … 0 2018 11/11/2018
Hoots from the Archive – “Farewell to the Camp-Fire – Grasm… This week is “Activities Week” at school, and a number of our boys are away at camp. It seemed appropriate to share a poem by Louis Golding, an ode to the camp at Grasmere which was published in Ulul… 0 2018 26/06/2018
Hoots from the Archive – Evacuation Procedures Running a school in wartime required careful planning. Manchester Grammar School had originally been evacuated to Blackpool in September 1939 and shared facilities with Palatine Road Central School. … 0 2018 20/03/2018
Hoots from the Archive – MGS and the Christmas Blitz Air raids on Manchester and the surrounding areas had begun in September 1940 but the heaviest raids were unleashed in the run up to Christmas of the same year. During this period, 363 people were k… 0 2017 12/12/2017
The History of MGS in 50 Objects – #45 Memorial Boards The Great War had not been over long, but planning for a permanent memorial to the fallen was a priority for the school governors from as early as 1919, when a committee was set up. At this stage, th… 0 2015 14/02/2015
The History of MGS in 50 Objects – #41 Norman Birnage’s Dia… We have no photograph of Norman Birnage in the school archives and he certainly doesn’t appear on the MGS ‘Wall of Fame’ along the main corridor, yet his contribution to the our history and heritage … 0 2015 10/02/2015
The History of MGS in 50 Objects – #37 Evacuation Instructi… In April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the ancient Basque city of Guernica was destroyed by German aircraft combining high explosives and incendiary bombs. Guernica became the symbol of the ter… 0 1939 06/02/2015
