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Brunts or Queen Elizabeths?

Early school photographs
By John Bull

My father, John Godfrey Bull was born on 11 February, 1902, and is the boy in the middle row, third from the right as you look at the photograph, wearing a lighter coloured jacket -possibly grey - to the other boys.


Both John and his brother Arthur Harry Bull, the two sons of the Rev. Harry Bull,( who the first vicar of St Alban's, Forest Town between 1911 to 1924,) were educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, after attending Brunts School. My mother thought these photographs were of Brunt's School. Does anyone recognise which school is in the photographs, or any of the other pupils, or the teacher, and can anyone help with dating them?


John Bull

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This page was added on 15/08/2011.

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The second photo is of Queen Elizabeth's but not so sure about the other photo.

By conor
On 25/11/2011

The building in the top photo could be the science block at Brunts on the old Woodhouse Road site. It was built of light brick and, I think, has now been demolished leaving the stone school buildings still standing.

By Robert Throw
On 14/03/2012

I agree - the top photo does look like Brunts. Also the girls are all wearing tunics - I don't know what the girls wore at Queen Elizabeth's but even when I started Brunts in 1966 we had to wear green tunics in the lower school.

By Margaret
On 21/03/2012

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