HEMSWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1921-67
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Social Media Posts about HGS (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) Index
57 articles (21.02.2024)
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L-R: Joyce Fox, Joan May and Margaret Connolly on a school outing in 1954.
Posts about HGS 1 (10)
1. School Dinners
2. 1955: In the beginning
3. HSS was a very important place in 1922​

4. A long time ago
5. Before the 1967 changes
6. The Mr. Hamilton interview extract 1, Year 1961-62
​7. A Reflection

8. Hemsworth Secondary School and wireless technology 1923
9. The Mr. Hamilton Interview extract 2, Year 1961-62

10. From a former HGS pupil and later the Headmaster of King's School, Pontefract.
Post about HGS 2 (12)
1. Aims to achieve (RWH)
2. Generations of HGS Rugby players
3. Co-education (RWH)

4. Sport in the Curriculum (RWH)
5. 1928: The Tennis Courts
6. Decades ago
7. A quote from Melvyn
8. The Drama Club 1961
9. Reflections on Life at Hemsworth Grammar School
10. Where did the Competition Cups come from?
11. Space and Support
12. The One Mile Record
Posts about HGS 3 (10)
1. The kitchens from an eye-witness
2. Brian Moore
3. Back we go

4. Liquorice Allsorts!

5. A moment remembered
6. The entry to a special world
7. A well-known person in HGS circles.
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8. That penetrating gaze
​9. Mr Hamilton's Signature
10. It's empty now
Posts about HGS 4 (5)
Posts about HGS 5 (6)
Posts about HGS 6 (8)
1. Mr Collette
2. The magic Main Staircase, the big window and Room 10
3. Milk Rations in 1935 – A One Act Play

4. Some things are best left alone!
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5. Just a photo but it is important to me because.........
1. School Trips were quite rare
2. Nostalgic for a moment
3. Character
4. The Top Corridor
5. Six HGS facts from Terry
6. Formal Times and a rigid system

1. Why have a House System?
2. 1967 and Food for thought?
3. The HGS Staff 1 - The Senior Mistresses
4. Random Reflections from 1944-51
5. Memories from Pat
6. General Science 1955-59
7. A wet lunchtime activity
8. The last singing of the School Song revisited
Posts about HGS 7 (6)
1. The Headmaster's Speech Day Report 1940-41
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2. Nearing the end of HGS
​3. Two leaders​
​4. Changing Room 1950

​5. In case you missed them (1)
6. The Appreciation of Pictures 1963

Please note that the drawings on this website are published with the permission of the artist Mr G. Holdsworth.
​Hemsworth Secondary/Grammar School 1921-67
Headmasters: Major A.G. Jenkinson M.A. (Oxon) and Mr. R.W. Hamilton M.A., M.Litt.
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Many images on the site come from Stephen Batey and Glenn Riley, both are former pupils. They are indicated by "Photo: Batey" or "Photo: Riley" below them.
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  • Drama Index
  • Examinations
  • First School Magazine 1922
  • Fives Court
  • Forms Index
  • Forum Index
  • Have you been back?
  • Headmaster's Reports Index
  • HGS Historical Detail
  • HGS Transition
  • Hilmians
  • Houses Index
  • House Notes Index
  • Library
  • Lists
  • Marion Finch Story
  • Memorabilia
  • Mr Hamilton
  • Music Index
  • News Snippets
  • Old Hilmian 1938
  • Origin 1
  • Origin 2
  • Other Topics
  • Panoramics
  • Prefects
  • Quotes
  • Reunions
  • School History
  • School Magazines
  • Snippets
  • Social Media posts about HGS Index
  • Speech Days
  • Sport Index
  • Sports Day 1965, 66 and 67
  • Staff and Governors Index
  • Staff Hockey Match
  • The Articles Index
  • The Dell in 2004
  • The Photos Page
  • The School Office
  • Visitors
  • Visits