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This small pocket book dates from 1889, and is entitled: "Grammar School Manchester. Inventory of Casts, Models, Books etc in the Drawing Hall 1889 (Jany)". The list of casts includes: Hercales Tor…

Roger Oldham is best known for his delightful illustrated poem, "A Manchester Alphabet". The piece uses the letters of the alphabet to highlight twenty-six different aspects of the city. MGS is inclu…

This caricature of Hewlett Johnson was recently donated to the MGS Archive by a collector. Johnson, often known by his nickname of "The Red Dean" was a controversial figure in the Church of England, …

When MGS was first founded in the early sixteenth century, it was the only school of its kind in the area. The nearest "rival" would have been Stockport Grammar School (founded 1487), although in a t…

In his 1992 Ulula article tracing the history of teaching art at MGS, teacher David Stockwell describes the ‘star-quality’ surrounding the renowned artist and illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe’s (pictu…

This article was prompted by the rediscovery in the archive of a practical art & craft guide aimed at children: Simple Art Crafts for Schools (Methuen, 1926), written by former long-serving Art Maste…

Our Year 11 GCSE artists hard at work yesterday creating experimental samples on the theme of Organic Forms.

Thomas John Mansbridge was born in 1901 and grew up in Manchester, the son of Albert Mansbridge, a noted pioneer of adult education and founder of the Workers’ Educational Association. Mansbridge Snr…

The Old Boys’ Dinner has been in existence since 1781. We have a record book of the dinner which starts at the very first dinner and continues up until 1955. You can read more about that volume here:…

Everyone in the MGS Art department is so proud of Sam Parrish-Lyne, whose photographic work detailing the plight of the homeless in Manchester was publicly exhibited at WeWork in Spinningfields, Manc…

Yesterday, boys from 11JD and 11JJB went over to Plessyngton Lodge to make clay owls with Junior School boys in 3N.  The boys are looking forward to having their creations fired in the Kiln so they c…