Rugby, School House c.1955

Photo ref: R69026

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By 1740 the original premises were very dilapidated; the Manor House at the south end of High Street was purchased for £1,000 to provide a new Master's House. A new school, very similar in design to the old school, was built on the site of the present School House Hall (School House is shown in R69026, right). In 1777 an Act of Parliament allowed for the founding of Exhibitions and the appointment of assistant masters, and thus in 1778 Dr Thomas James became the first Headmaster. A firm disciplinarian and a fine classical scholar, Dr James introduced a tutorial system, along with praeposters or monitors, served by fags, and Dames' houses in the town, where boys could board. By 1790 the school roll had soared to 240.

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Stan Lloyd A Pupil At This School

My dad, Stanley Morgan Lloyd, was a pupil at this school.

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Policeman On Point Duty

And there he is...the policeman on point duty. We had a van that Charlie would deliver the bread in from our bakery in Regents St. I would sit on a wooden box in the passenger place next to the driver (there was no seat! One day, Charlie took his hands off the wheel and guided the van past the policeman with his knees.....very daring!

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My Home Town Of Rugby

I was brought up in Rugby 1949 - 1970. My parents owned Tudor Bakeries at 3 Regent Street. At first we lived above the shop with the bake-house in Oxford Street. Then we moved to Bloxam Gardens off Bilton Road and converted the two floors above the shop into the bakery. I have many happy memories - one being the policeman on point duty just along from the clock tower. I'll have to look up the names of the roads at the junction but I can remember Sheep Street and High St being up the road.

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