THE 500 CAMPAIGN. Deborah Moggach OBE (BA 1970, Hon DLitt 2005), Julia Donaldson CBE (BA 1970, Hon DLitt 2011), Laura Tomlinson MBE (BSc 2007, Hon LLD 2013). Good luck to our U14As at Regional Finals today! #Annie #BGSDance #BGSDrama #BGSMusic #1532Bristol #BookNow, RT @BGSHeadmaster: Bravo @BGSBristol. As regional winners, the BGS first team now go on to the national finals in April - well done and good luck #chess https://t.co/ZiK87X2n1I, RT @YoungMindsUK: This #TimeToTalkDay, send this message to someone youre close to. She is one of a wealth of stars that trained at the Bristol Old Vic. The Junior School was ranked in 2016 by The Good Schools Guide as one of the best value prep schools in the UK. She has also appeared in BBC One's Doctors and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The Match of the Day commentator started his broadcasting career at BBC Radio Bristol and his first match commentary was Bristol Rovers v Exeter City in the League Cup. We have a strong culture of giving at our school. Redmond studied at Clifton college before moving to London. It didnt work.. Keynsham funny man Mark Robert 'Bill' Bailey is best known for his hair and role in Black Books, as well as his stand-up and regular appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI. The School was set to rights in 1812, but education was moving away from the classics and this caused further problems resulting in the school being closed in 1844. Angela Carter (BA 1964) English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist whose works include The Bloody Chamber and Nights at the Circus. => She rose to fame playing Sophie Chapman on the hugely successful Peep Show and started in the comedy Twenty Twelve. Connect with us to find your former classmates, search our archive images, read the latest news, connect with career mentors, support our bursary scheme or give back via our mentoring scheme. and my elder brother, four years older than me, became involved in some events. Written Articles From 1989 to 1992, he studied in the city and graduated with a degree in Drama. BristolGrammarSchool. Then the other weighed up the positives; but we can go over and see that nice Tinter..rrrn Chapel. I kept my mouth shut and started to work on changing my accent. Best known as Baldrick in the BBC television series Blackadder, he is a member of the Labour Party and has written several children's books. Usually on the first Friday of each month, with occasional exceptions, we invited you to join, Annual General Meeting for the Old Bristolians' Society Tuesday, March 14th 2023 Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of members is to be held at Bristol Grammar Schoolon, SAVE THE DATE - SATURDAY 18MARCH 2023 The Old Bristolians Society Annual Dinner is back - and better than ever! This satisfied the authorities sufficiently that they granted permission to make structural alterations to the Grade II listed building. Since then, Hannah Murray has grown up to be cool, taking on roles on the stage and screen, transitioning from teen actor to adulthood as Gilly in Game of Thrones since 2012. List of famous alumni from Karachi Grammar School, with photos when available. It is the largest first floor hall in the United Kingdom. List of famous alumni from Geelong Grammar School, with photos when available. We had no record player so my music was radio (Saturday Club, Radio Luxemburg, and Steve Races Jazz Record Request, as my dad listened to it every Saturday as he lay in the bath), and television (Ready Steady, Go, Top of the Pops). Trescothick is an English cricketer and former international cricketer. Members. Nowadays, the organ would cost at least 2million.[20]. Benjamin Hobhouse. I strongly remember how I returned to Bristol in the summer of 1968, after travelling alone in Europe and experiencing the May events in Paris first-hand, with my head spinning and finding that my old friends just werent interested. A new pavilion has been built as part of the 475th anniversary expansion of the school, replacing the old pavilion. Opposite was a C of E church which I remember for the arrival on Sunday mornings of an old 1940s Rolls Royce driven by a uniformed chauffeur. #MHFA #MentalHealthMatters https://t.co/PGHX3eKCnr, BGS hosted an inter-school Team Chess Challenge on Monday. A group of BGS Sixth Form students are representing Brazil in @engage_china's online MUN conference today. I also heard pop at my youth club or on friends record players. The 47-year-old attended Downend School between 1981 and 1986 before moving on to Filton College now called SGS College until 1988. I came to Bristol from Newport in South Wales in August 1962 when I was 12 years old. My family moved to Bristol because he had become a Methodist minister, getting out of the coal mining of generations. Known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch shows Little Britain, his time at Bristol University must have enabled their most famous character Vicky Pollard. BGS became independent in 1979, following the abolition of the direct grant system. Join us Login. school, and subsequently becoming a pupil in Chatham Academy and studying under the private tutelage of Prof. C. C. Talliaferro. We have a strong culture of giving at our school. The school offers Ancient Greek as a subject from Year 9 onwards, and Classical Civilisation is also available now as a GCSE. (This was Roy Jenkins dad, though not stuck up like Roy became. This centre fits between the Elton Road Block and the Princess Anne Block. The staircase was originally one big staircase which started at ground level, led up and split into two smaller ones which doubled back to reach the Great Hall. This is in addition to the sports hall on the Tyndall's Park campus, which supplements the one afternoon a week pupils spend doing sport with around another hour or so a week of PE within the school day. My dad was only able attend university in Cardiff because of a grant given him by the Fed, the South Wales miners union. I remember one who played good music, especially early Bob Dylan, and this affected my musical interests. During the 1940s/1950s, this was the woodworking department, and later a staff work room. When the whole school assembled in the Great Hall for the official opening of the new staircase, the invited guests included people who donated large sums of money to help get the project on its way and some of the OBs, including John Pople, who have supported the school. It was magical to sit up by the ceiling and see plays like Brechts Caucasian Chalk Circle, John Ardens Sergeant Musgraves Dance, plays by Shaw or Shakespeare Plays directed by Tyrone Guthrie. From actors to musicians, comedians, athletes, artists and writers, many made an exceptional career with some even travelling great distances to study in the south west. Bristol Grammar School was founded in 1532 and since then we have maintained a proud tradition of philanthropy. These have been rebuilt as art rooms and rehearsal rooms, but the Winterstoke wing still houses the laboratories which were added in 1914. The comedian, who lived in Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, is marked by a blue plaque at the Church Road entrance to St George Park. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Lesley Hill. 1. Inside the foundation stone there is a time capsule, reported to contain "Copies of The Times and of the Bristol newspapers and a parchment document containing an account of the ceremony". Professor Chris Lowe (1979 - 1986) - Professor Lowe is an Associate Professor of Biology at Stanford University, his lab is based at Hopkins . Bruton School for Girls - Surrey . And half a century ago these things mattered. Leeds Grammar School was an independent school founded 1552 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.Originally a male-only school, in August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds.The two schools physically united in September 2008. private school - a school that is not supported by government money, where education must be paid for by the children's parents - Jonah's parents decided to pay for him to go to a private school because most classes only had 20 pupils in. Downstairs there are now, as in 1879, the Headmaster's Study, the Senior Common Room, offices and classrooms. You can discover more about this project at www.throughthegreatwar.bristol We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. We rented a room to students from there and they introduced me to different experiences. As we approach the 500th anniversary of our Royal Charter in 2032, we encourage our wider community to support our drive for widening access. I had also been on a school day trip by steamer from Cardiff Docks to Weston-super-mare when I was about 10. Displaying 5 out of 37 members See All. #199 of 272. That was as close as I got to show biz. https://t.co/Ud7iyIuxb7, Next week is BGS Equality Week, organised by our pupil-led Equality Society. About Cotham School; Our History; Alumni; In this Section . The school has been expanding, and while it has always owned all the houses to one side of the main campus until recently only four (Barton's, Norwood's, Martin's and Garrett's) were occupied. Get your tickets now for this incredible musical performance tickets available for Mon 6 Feb, Tues 7 Feb & Wed 8 Feb (Thurs 9 Feb is SOLD OUT): https://t.co/BFbOx2tLo5 But it was the world events taking place through those years that influenced my political development most profoundly. Fragapane has always been modest about her academic abilities. I got into folk music in the sixth form years, after my introduction from the Redland College student, and went to the Troubadour Club in Clifton to hear people like John Renbourn and Bert Jansch or local performers. Good luck everyone and enjoy the show. The 6.7ft comedian is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington. When she was out, I thumbed through it to read the sexy bits but found none. There is a full kitchen between the Great Hall and the Science Wing, as well as two classrooms and an office belonging to the history department. In 1980 the School became fully coeducational, having admitted girls to the Sixth Form for the previous two years. Notable Hamilton College alumni listed by their profession and the areas of study (majors) when they were at Hamilton. Leave us a comment if you know of any we have missed out. Attention: You are using an outdated browser, device or you do not have the latest version of My brother attended Cotham and I went to Fairfield. The latin on our logo 'E Glande Robur' means 'from an acorn, an oak'. He then appeared on Mile High before gaining a recurring role on Casualty. Bristol City Council Admissions Department Telephone number: 0117 903 7694. Check out our list of the famous celebs that you would not know they went to school or college in Bristol. Contact us. It was endowed by Robert and Nicholas Thorne, wealthy Bristol merchants who wished to establish a school for the education of the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen. Janet Henry (economist) Robert Drew Hicks. I discovered theatres when I went into the sixth form. Yet the actor had a dysfunctional upbringing in Bristol which saw his father section his depressed mother after the death of Grants older brother. Stay in the know. Underneath the Great Hall is the Staff Room, the Pople Room, and the school offices. And while most of us can name the shows these celebrities are famous for, how many of us can roll off where these individuals studied without sounding like a psychopathic stalker? Bristol Grammar School today is a modern, thriving, coeducational day school with over 1200 students aged 418 learning together as part of a happy and vibrant community. The music was from local bands or D. J.s playing pop, Rhythm and Blues and Soul, but to be honest, the focus was on the girls who were there. The Tanners had actually come from the declining Bristol coalfield in the early 1800s to find work in South Wales, marrying into local Welsh families. Yet Cotham was not the "top class" school it claimed. My main memory was that he was a big fan of Enoch Powell, who he regularly quoted, both as a respected Classics scholar and for his reactionary politics. You've all been amazing enjoy the applause tonight, you deserve it! Articles I grew up with stories about miners demonstrations and strikes. Your email address will not be published. This was mainly due to financing issues as building the hub would be very expensive (at least 1 million). Photos. Actor and comedian whose credits include Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead and cult TV show Spaced. Cinema was very important to me and I got in the habit of going whenever I could. Find out more. I ended up applying to go to Nottingham University partly because of the citys good reputation for theatre, with John Neville running Nottingham Playhouse. After all it came well behind Bristol Grammar School and Clifton College in the pecking order and was a state school. Despite her love of the stage, Middleton said she was very shy when she was at school and preferred to hang out by herself rather than see friends. If you would like to attend, please contact Caitlin Spencer on cspencer@bgs.bristol.sch.uk or 0117 923 7037 https://t.co/0A7BAkLy6I, RT @bgs_hockey: HUGE congratulations to our U15A boys, who won through on flicks this afternoon after a brilliant team effort to hold onto, Looks like a particularly tricky version of Spot the Ball! It was Careys Grants mum. Paul Dirac (BSc 1921) Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the greatest mathematical physicists of the 20th century. This has now been reversed; two smaller staircases lead up and merge into a larger one which doubles back to reach the Great Hall. Thinking about it now I am uncertain how this led to the burning of the bus shelter, but it conjured up interesting possibilities. Christopher Hawkins (High Peak MP) Tim Hayward. Stephen, from Hanham, is best known for co-writing The Office and well, once you've created something as good as that, how can you not be at the top of the Bristol funny list? 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