Description:A postcard view taken in 1913 of the Officer Training Corps (OTC) at Denstone College. Officer and Cadet Training was began at Denstone College on 11 July 1908.
Denstone College was begun in 1868 and opened in 1873 as St. Chad's College with 46 boys. It was designed by William Slater and R.C. Carpenter in a Gothic style. The Chapel was built in 1879-87 and the Hall in 1888-91.
Denstone College was the first Woodard school in the Midlands. The Rev. Nathanial Woodard was a Victorian philanthropist who wanted to achieve 'the union of classes by a common system of education'. He founded a number of schools aimed at benefiting a wide range of people, particularly the poorer middle classes.
This postcard was photographed by Lownes of Cheadle and published by Wilding & Son Ltd. Shrewsbury. It was franked in Rocester on 18 July 1913 and sent to an address in Lichfield.