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In the Edwardian period the School at Long Millgate saw two polar explorers visit in successive years; Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott, who were fierce rivals. Shackleton visited first, in …

When the School moved to Old Hall Lane in 1931, it opened a Visitors' Book. Since 1931, a number of famous names have signed the book, including Elizabeth II, Rab Butler, Michael Foot, Brian Redhead …

In light of the death of Elizabeth II this week, after seventy years on the throne, we thought we would take a look back to 1965 when the Queen visited MGS. The reason for the visit was as part of th…

As the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee this week, we have digitised a collection of photographs taken in 1965 when the 450th anniversary of the School was marked by a royal visit. To see the fu…

Photographs taken by John Bitton (OM 1960 - 67) on the visit of the Queen as part of the School's 450th anniversary celebrations in March 1965  

In last week’s blogpost, we mentioned the final entry in our visitors’ book – the autograph of former Labour leader Michael Foot.   Ian Thorpe shared his memories of that visit last week on this blo…

The school has a visitor book that dates back to the relocation from Long Millgate to Old Hall Lane in 1931. A huge range of people have signed the book over the impressive eighty-two year span. Roya…

The visit of Elizabeth II in 1965 was not the first visit by a member of the royal family to MGS. In 1920, the then Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) visited Long Millgate. However, the Q…