Football Team, Stafford Grammar School,

Move your pointing device over the image to zoom to detail. If using a mouse click on the image to toggle zoom.
When in zoom mode use + or - keys to adjust level of image zoom.

Date:1918

Description:Stafford Grammar School First XI football team. This photograph was taken in what is known as the Headmaster's Garden.

Back row: E. Ward, J.R. Bithell, T. Blake, ? Mawdsley,

Middle row: J. Day, W. Somers, W. Wisdom (Capt.), F. Page, T.H. Tufft

Front row: R.W.V. Robins, R. Jones.

R.W.V. Robins went on to play football for Nottingham Forest and Corinthians, and cricket for Cambridge, Middlesex, and England. He also captained Middlesex and England at cricket.

The Free Grammar School of King Edward VI was established in 1550 using St. Bertelin's Chapel as a schoolroom. Due to the poor state of repair of the schoolroom the school was rebuilt on the corner of Gaol Square and North Walls in 1813 (pictured). The school finally moved to new premises on Newport Road in 1862.

In 1919 the education Committee took over the school and in 1928 built a new hall and wing facing Friars Terrace.

In the mid 1970s, the Grammar School merged with Stafford Girls' High School to become King Edward VI High School, a comprehensive school.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1880s
Stafford Grammar School,
Stafford Grammar School,

View across the playing fields towards the school chapel. The group of boys in ...

1910s
Lea, Son & Co., Limited, Garage, Stafford
Lea, Son & Co., Limited, Garage, Stafford

Lea and Sons' garage on Newport Road, Stafford, opened in 1910. They were agents ...

1920s
Stafford Grammar School Dramatic Production,
Stafford Grammar School Dramatic Production,

King Edward VI Grammar School production of 'She Stoops to Conquer'. The school, ...

Share:


Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., D5000/3/5/15A, img: 535 (18/1072)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.