HEMSWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1921-67
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Thoughts about HGS Index
43 articles
Updated 12.11.2024

Outside the New Block
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Thoughts about HGS 1
Table of contents
1. Respect for that "which was".

2. The HGS System
3.
 The Cricket Pavilion
​4. Distant Days
5. The Children’s Ten-Hour Day in 1922
6. 
The First Parents' Day - July 22nd 1922
​7. Mr Jenkinson develops the HGS System 1921-22
8. Garden to Playground? 1926

9. On Leaving School, 1938
10. About the Head Boy's position
Thoughts about HGS 2
Table of contents
1. Storm clouds were gathering
​2. An International Language
3. The Running Track and Yerba Mate
4. A thought and a lovely email
5. Standards and the School Athletics teams
6. About Mr. Leonard from the Headmaster

7. Commitment in an idyllic setting
8. Unbeaten for a term
9. The Chemistry Laboratory
10. In the background or forthright?

Thoughts about HGS 3
Thoughts about HGS 4
Table of Contents
1. Immersion in The System
2. Staff Matches and beyond
3. Difficult, early HSS times

4. Staff and Sports Days
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5. Samples of the School Sports Day Records showing progression from 1941 to 1961.
Table of contents
1. Marion remembers
2. What was important in 1930?
3. The HGS Choirs
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4. Musical Activities 1964-65
5. The beginning of an HGS Tradition
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6. An email from Linda Collingwood, HGS 1962-69
Thoughts about HGS 5
Thoughts about HGS 6
Table of Contents
​1. HGS Staff male/female numbers 1944-67
2. Memories of Staff

3. Mr. R.J. Whittaker, HGS 1943-51 and HGS Teacher 1961-62
4. A letter from Sue
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5. Leighton and a brave journey to a new life.
6. Philip Tibble remembers.
7. New Arrangements: The First Transfers 1929
Table of Contents
1. The Headmaster's Report from Speech Day 1928
2. Pupil qualifications in 1931
3. When the going got tough for HGS.
4. School Activities 1: Judo 1955-56
5. HGS Musical Activities 1951-54 with Peter Wall


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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  • Home
  • The HGS Noticeboard
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  • The HGS website statistics
  • Activities
  • Annual Prizes
  • A Personal View Index
  • A Photo of
  • A Special Visit
  • Assemblies
  • Buildings and Grounds
  • 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