Diaries

Archives Index
The School Archives contain a wide variety of items, primarily from the last hundred or so years. The following index gives a flavour of subjects covered. Please scroll through the list or use the boxes below to go straight to a particular grouping.
Diaries	Exams	Governors	Letters	Magazines	Mark/Register Books	Miscellaneous	Plans & Drawings
Press & Publicity	Prospectus	Pupils	Running the School	School History	Speech/Prize Days	Sport	Staff
Diaries		Benjamin Reed		1884 to 1887, 1890 to 1892, 1894 to 1896, 1899 to 1900, 1902 to 1907		Ben Reed was headmaster from 1883 to 1909. His diaries contain records of School fixtures, dates, events and punishments. 18 volumes.
		Schoolboys’ pocket diaries		1925, 1926
		School desk diary		1883
		School diary		1930 to Spring Term 1958		Back to Top
Letters		Letters sent by the school		1^st January 1932 – 31^st December 1932 1^st January 1933 – 31^st December 1933 1^st January 1934 – 31^st December 1934 1^st January 1935 – 31^st December 1935 1^st January 1936 – 31^st December 1936
		Letters received by the school		1^st January 1931 – 31^st December 1931 1^st January 1932 – 31^st December 1932 1^st January 1933 – 31^st December 1933 1^st January 1934 – 31^st December 1934 1^st January 1935 – 31^st December 1935 1^st January 1936 – 31^st December 1936 1^st January 1937 – 31^st March 1939
		Sent & received by school		1^st January 1931 – onwards		These letters document the schools business with other firms in the area
		Letters regarding pupils transferring to Fulmerston site		1956 to 1975		Back to Top
Examinations		Exam information and results		1943 to 1973 1960 to 1962
		External Exam Results, Girls’ School		1895 to 1929
		Girls’ Grammar School Examination results		1895 to 1929		Back to Top
Sport		Information on sports & activities undertaken by the pupils		1953 to 1964
		Inter-House Athletics Championship records		1967 to 1972
		Cricket Score Book		1910 to 1914
		Athletic sports programmes		1930 and 1943		Back to Top
Staff		Information on staff departures and arrivals between 1^st August 1973 and October 1974		1973 to 1974 1962 to 1968
		Information on teachers at the school		1949 to 1973
		Staff Registers (Boys)		1883 to 1963
		Staff Registers (Girls)		1898 to 1930		Back to Top
Pupils		Photos/pictures of the girls and their work		1939
		Medical records		1941 to 1955
		Signing In/Late Book		May 1990
		University qualification records		1909 to 1943		Back to Top
Mark/register books		Registers		1887 - 1896
		Register of marks, Forms 1 & 2		1890 to 1892
		Registers		Christmas term 1894 – midsummer term 1899 Lent term – 1895 January 1899 – lent term 1907 Mid – summer term1907 – summer term 1919 Michelmas term 1907 – summer term 1934
		Science and Art General register		1890 to 1894
		Girls’ Grammar School register				Back to Top
School History		Short history of Girls’ Grammar School
		Short History of Thetford Grammar School				Written by G R Blaydon Back to Top
Running the school		List of school expenses		1929 and 1930
		Cheque & invoice books		November 1948 to 1954
		National Savings movement and signature cards
		Invoices for school expenses
		Headteachers’ petty cash account book		1945 to 1959
		Dinner menus		1948
		Cash receipt books		March 1971 to December 1971
		Cash receipt forms		March 1968
		Post Office Savings Bank books
		Postage expenses books		1973
		Lloyds Bank Ltd Cheque books		1963, 1968, unmarked
		Banking books for meals		March 1965 to November 1965
		Cash and receipt books		1969 onwards
		Thetford Educational Foundation accounts		1914 to 1929
		Thetford Grammar School accounts book		1812
		School garden expenses list and petty cash lists		1961
		Summer and Autumn accounts		1844 to 1963
		Christmas Term accounts		1909 to 1937
		Entrance fee slips		April 1939 to January 1940, April 1940 to October 1941, January 1942 to May 1946		Back to Top
Magazines		School magazine		1934 to 1968
		School "Reflections" magazine		1971 to 1973
		"Fulmar" magazine		1994, 1995
		"Fulmerstonian" magazine		1940 to 1949, 1960 to 1970		Back to Top
Speech/Prize Days		Speech Day programme		Thursday 27 September 1990
		Programmes		1944, 1945, 1947, 1948		Back to Top
Prospectus		School prospectus				Includes photos and details of all of the School Subjects Back to Top
Press & publicity		Newspaper cutting		5 November 1991		Concerning the visit of the Whisper & Shout learning company
		TGGS newspaper cuttings about Speech Day		1893, 1904 to 1908		Back to Top
Governors		Minutes		1876		TGSFG School
		Minutes		1836 to 1873, 1876 to 1911, 1929 to 1947
		List of Governors		1910
		List of Governors at the School’s foundation		1566		Back to Top
Miscellaneous		"Chase of the Fox" poem		1801		School worksheet, Laurie & Whittle publishing, London
		Documents relating to the sale of the Chapel Farm estate, Croxton 1877.		1877		Various indentures concerning the sale of the above piece of land
		Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving programme		23 July 1945
		Hymn Book		14 May 1837
		Thetford Grammar School Dramatic Society		May 1932 onwards		Account book
		Rochester visit photographs		1997		Back to Top
Plans & Drawings		Detailed Architects and Surveyors Drawings of the school, its buildings and plans for proposed extensions and improvements.		Girls’ Shower Room - 1845 Boys’ playing field pavilion Biology Laboratory Plan showing all of the schools fire alarms Proposed plan for extra boarding accommodation – not carried out Detailed drawings of the Boys’ Grammar School Street map of Thetford with the school marked on. Drawings of the school playing field with the pitches marked on. Drawing of the Geography room Drainage Plans – Girls’ Grammar School Detailed drawings of the sewage system and septic tank Detailed Drawing of the roofing and guttering systems Detailed drawings of the kitchens on the Williamson site Detailed drawing of the staff room in School House Detailed drawings of the bike and maintenance shed Plan of the library extension classrooms Detailed drawing of the Headmaster’s accommodation Plan of the windows and doors in the school Detailed plans of the Fountain ducts and cold water services A surveyor’s plan if the accommodation adjacent to the library Detailed plans of the physics and chemistry laboratories Plans for fire precautions, Losinga House Plan of the additional land added to the playing field Plan of fire escape from biology laboratory Plans for the conversion and modernisation of classrooms Plans for the suggested layouts of the History and Geography rooms Detailed drawing of the Girls’ Grammar School ground floor Plans for the handicraft room store Original drawings of the proposed site for the Gym Details of new gateway to service entrance Survey of playing field Plan of proposed improvements to the ground floor of the Girls’ Grammar School Plan of the drainage system for the Girls’ Grammar School Sketch plan of improvements to the covered entrance Plan of proposed fittings to the new staff room Plans of the lavatory adjoining the staff room Detailed plans of the ground floor of the Girls’ Grammar School Detailed plans of the upper floor of the Girls’ Grammar School Map of the Croxton estate and the surrounding area Detailed floor plans of the Fulmerston site Drawings of a proposed shed on the playing field for the groundsmen’s equipment. Back to Top