Since 2010 when I (Rachel) started working in the MGS archive, we have received numerous donations of material from Old Mancunians and other friends of the School. We have also been trying to add material from the life of the School as it happens. In short, the good problem facing us at the end of the last academic year was that we were rapidly running out of space. Adding new boxes of material was becoming a bit like a game of Tetris.
However, this summer we have been able to upgrade our storage area using rolling shelving installed by specialists in heritage storage. We moved everything out.
Then the area was prepped for the installation by the estates department. Post-installation, we moved everything back in again!
EcoSpace who have provided the shelving have told us we now have 50% growing room. Now that the storage area is separate from the office and meeting space, the temperature and relative humidity are much more stable and conducive to preserving the MGS archive for decades, and hopefully centuries, to come.
Where is the storage area and is it ever open to Old Boys?