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The aim of the archive is to be a point of contact for information for family researchers, authors and social historians in addition to enquiries about Old Johnians. It also is a place to make our college story an accessible resource for staff as well as to engage with OJs and those who have left Hurst to help celebrate our traditions and anniversaries. It is important to enable current students to connect to the rich heritage of their school and provide ideas and characters from our history for their projects, plays and films.
Mary-Louise Rowland
School Archivist
I have been at Hurst since 2002 and supervised the Archives moving to its current purpose built location above the new academic quad in 2016. Since then it has been my privilege and pleasure to be given the space and opportunity to reorganise, restore and care for our unique collection. I welcome memorabilia, artefacts, uniforms and recordings especially Cine and video, but also photographs and personal memories - written or verbal , short or long. You can contact me on archives@hppc.co.uk
The Hurst Johnian is our School Magazine first published in 1858 and has continued unbroken to the present day. The joint project of digitisation has been made possible with the generous support of the OJ Club.
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Peter Mellor shares 1960s photographs of the newly opened study block. More...
In this week of official mourning for the death of the Duke of Edinburgh the College Archives has looked back at a day in another summer term when Pri… More...
Follow the twitter campaign linked with the School Archivists' and Records Association (SARA). You can find archived photos of the school or get invol… More...
Peter Mellor shows his photograph of the Fleur de Lys House bathroom facilities circa 1962. More...
Posted by John Bettridge (Staff 1973-2011) More...
Taking the journey with the choir to win the National School Choir Competition in 1983 More...
1949 Match Tea including George Hill (Chevron- 1951) & Robert Bury. More...
Read OJ Peter Mellor's memories of the 1962 Fire at the Crypt including his own photograph of the event! More...
Take a look at the school 'Courts' described and photographed by OJ Peter Mellor. More...
"Pragger', 'Rooker' & 'Shell' are along some of the most common 'slang' words used at Hurst. Do you remember any more? More...