EDUCATION SCHOOLS PAST
Merry maids: the
cast of Robin Hood
in 1938
Plays have always been
an essential part of school
life and there are drama
productions each term.
Now, drama and theatre
studies have purpose-built
facilities including a state-
Hyde Abbey girls watching a of-the-art 600-seater
school match in 1923 Performing Arts Centre.
The school’s Old Girls Association, with Over 40 per cent of pupils
over 4,000 members worldwide, includes take communication and
members from the 1920s. performance exams.
The school orchestra in the 1890s
Pupils could enjoy a wide variety of music-
making, including concert bands, chamber
ensembles and of course, the school
orchestras.
The earliest pupils
St Swithun’s Senior School now has 480 pupils with slightly more day girls than
boarders. Two thirds of the boarders are weekly boarders, a number of them from
London. The Junior School has over 170 pupils with boys aged 3–7 and girls aged 3–11.
£
The lacrosse team in 1911
Lacrosse has been the main winter sport
for over 100 years and the school’s First XII
were National Champions in 2008.
St Swithun’s School
is celebrating its
125th anniversary
with the launch
Hockey practice
of the Bramston
Team sports were known as ‘fields’ and the
fashions of the 1890s were no barrier to
Bursary Fund, to help
successful hockey practice. Long and full skirts
provide an affordable
were seen as a useful aid to stopping goals and
Earlsdown Cricket XI in 1935
education for the
scarlet tam-o’-shanters, although hot and heavy,
Cricket was taken very seriously in the were a considerable protection against blows wider community.
early 20th Century. The coach of this on the head. Hockey is no longer played today
Details at
team was the vice-captain of the English but the school’s 45-acre site has plenty of room
Women’s Cricket Team, which toured for all the pitches and courts needed during its
www.stswithuns.com
Australia in 1934. busy fixture programme.
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