Hoots from the Archive - Item from the Archive - Arrangemen… The boys and staff at MGS have returned from the summer holidays this week. Staff came back on Monday, and the new year 7s started on Tuesday. The rest of the School returned on Wednesday. This stagg… 0 1935 06/09/2023
Hoots from the Archive - News from the Archive: New Storage 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 mat… 0 2023 30/08/2023
Hoots from the Archive - A Brief History of Prizes The school has awarded prizes in recognition of boys’ academic achievements for at least 200 years. Evidence of a celebratory speech day associated with the school can be traced back further still; t… 0 2023 01/06/2023
Hoots from the Archive - Refugees at MGS The perennial topic of refugees is of particular relevance presently, with the topic often in the news and the government running formal schemes to accept refugees from the Ukraine and Hong Kong. Man… 0 2022 03/11/2022
Hoots from the Archive - Gaps, Omissions and Forgotten Trea… Normally on "hoots from the archive" we write about documents and objects that the archive holds. But what about significant gaps and omissions? Sometimes what we don't have can be as revealing as wh… 0 2022 06/10/2022
Hoots from the Archive - New Additions We regularly receive new accessions of material for the archive from Old Mancunians and others. Here are some highlights of what we have received this summer: Iceland Expedition hiking equipment: We … 0 2022 01/09/2022
Hoots from the Archive - The Return of the Admissions Regis… The admissions registers are some of the most important records that we hold in the MGS Archive. They are used frequently and are beginning to need a bit of TLC. We sent four volumes off to our frien… 0 2022 11/08/2022
Hoots from the Archive - Item from the Archive: The J.L. Pa… We hold a number of these small bronzes in the archive, depicting legendary MGS High Master, J.L. Paton. Old Mancunians will remember the large original bronze upon which these miniatures were based.… 0 2022 21/04/2022
Hoots from the Archive - Item from the Archive: Health Cert… This "Health Certificate" was in use at MGS c. 1943 - 50. During this decade, vaccines were in development for influenza, diphtheria and tetanus, but the threat of disruption and severe illness posed… 0 2022 31/03/2022
Hoots from the Archive - Spotlight on Old Mancunians: F.R. … Jeremy Ward (History 1974 – 97, Archivist 1997 – present) recently published a book, “On A Wing and A Prayer” focusing on the many Old Mancunians who served in the RAF. He writes: I apologize for an … 0 2022 17/02/2022
Hoots from the Archive - The MGS Museum It is interesting to note when looking at the original plan for the 1931 buildings, that the rooms near the archway which are now part of the art department are labelled “Museum”. A few Old Mancunian… 0 2022 10/02/2022
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society is the second oldest learned body in England after the Royal Society and held a meeting at The Manchester Grammar School in conjunction with the Scho… 0 2015 15/10/2015
Air raids on Manchester 1940 Air raids on Manchester and the surrounding areas had begun in August 1940 but the heaviest raids were unleashed in the run up to Christmas of the same year. During this period, 363 people were kille… 0 1940 01/09/2010
