Hoots from the Archive - Election Special As the UK goes to the polls today, we thought it would be good to share some various links and objects from the archive that link MGS to political history. In 1906, MGS held a mock election, and a bo… 1 2024 04/07/2024
MGS Mock Elections Since 1906, the School has held mock elections whenever a general election has been held, with a few exceptions. Here are the results from 1906 onwards, with the national result in brackets: 1906 - L… 0 2023 22/09/2023
Hoots from the Archive - The Great Rebellion of 1688 Many readers will be familiar with the story of the MGS Rebellion when MGS boys barricaded themselves in the School for two weeks. Previously, we were only aware of a short secondhand account by Scho… 0 1688 20/07/2023
Visitors' Book, 1931 - 2003 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 … 0 1931 03/04/2023
Year 12 pupil awarded Highly Commended for Politics essay Congratulations to year 12 pupil Geza who has been awarded 'Highly Commended' for his entry into the Politics category of the North Eastern University London essay competition. Geza wrote an essay ti… 0 2023 17/03/2023
Sir Graham Brady visits MGS Thank you very much to Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, for taking the time to visit The Manchester Grammar School today. He led a very insightful assembly to year 12 and 13 pupils a… 0 2022 11/11/2022
Hoots from the Archive - Spotlight on Old Mancunians: Sir F… Frank Cooper was born in December 1922 in Droylsden. His father, Valentine, was a commercial traveller and his mother Wynnefred, a teacher. The family were Moravians, although he later relinquished h… 0 2022 08/09/2022
Spotlight on Old Mancunians: W. P. Crozier - Groundbreaking… William Percival Crozier was born in 1879 in County Durham. His father, Richard, was a Methodist minister. By 1891, the family had moved south, settling in Oldham, and Crozier started at Manchester G… 0 2022 23/06/2022
Interfaith Conference with Sir Keir Starmer Dr Kilheeney accompanied four MGS pupils, Harish, Ashvin, Enyioma and Hunter at a Young Interfaith round-table question and answer session with the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, OM Wakk… 0 2022 06/04/2022
Hoots from the Archive – Hidden Treasures – Harold Laski: I… This half term on Hoots from the Archive, we will be looking at the links between MGS and the Jewish Community. This was prompted by working with the Jewish Board of Deputies on a project called “Hid… 0 2021 14/05/2021
MGS Politics trip to Parliament Yesterday, the MGS Politics boys made the trip to London to the Houses of Parliament, during a visit interesting time in British politics! While there, they were also addressed by the School’s consti… 0 2019 18/12/2019
Hoots from the Archive - MGS and the Peterloo Massacre This piece is an updated and expanded version of a previous article posted in Spring 2019. Thanks go to OM James Brennan who pointed out the significance of Charles Ethelston. For most of its five hu… 0 1819 01/10/2019
