Books mattered to me, something I probably inherited from my Pontypool grandfather and dad, who both used to have their head in a book again. Meet the children Liz, Izzy, Laura, Jasmine, Holly and Lucy. @BGSBristol. And last year he was crowned the 2020 winner of Strictly Come Dancing after impressing audiences with his quick footwork. Like you I started to alter my accent. It is the largest first floor hall in the United Kingdom. The Weston-super-Mare great co-founded Monty Python the comedy troupe responsible for making the 1960s a time of side splitting television. Trescothick is an English cricketer and former international cricketer. This important post - whose scope is to ensure that BGS remains an outstanding, forward-thinking and leading academic school - arises upon a planned reshuffle of the Senior Leadership Team . My friend Gavin James, a brilliant guitarist, would sometimes perform there. I also borrowed books from a small locked bookcase at my school, full of history books. He is best known in films for his roles in Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and See no Evil, Hear no Evil. Opposite was a C of E church which I remember for the arrival on Sunday mornings of an old 1940s Rolls Royce driven by a uniformed chauffeur. Leeds Grammar School was an independent school founded 1552 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.Originally a male-only school, in August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds.The two schools physically united in September 2008. Some of his credits include Springwatch, Countryfile and Big Beasts: Last of the Giants. The school is looking lovely and so are the daffodils, putting in a perfectly timing appearance ahead of Charter Day later this month #491yearsyoung https://t.co/OG4vJFWSgk, RT @MusicAtBGS: Wednesdays morning string quartets rehearsals have been hijacked to practice music for the music Tour to Belgium. Like you we lived in a road off Coldharbour Road and the upside was having the Downs close by and Cary Grants Aunty lived opposite us! There the boys learnt Latin and Greek, Divinity and some Hebrew. He is the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist and four-time British national champion, obtaining all of these titles during his amateur career. Sir John Hippisley, 1st Baronet. The Great Hall foundation stone has never been found. Photos and Videos. Property Value; dbo:abstract: The following are some notable "Old Bristolians", alumni of Bristol Grammar School in England. The Big School was designed in the late Perpendicular Gothic style, by the Bristol firm of Foster and Wood. We have a strong culture of giving at our school. Long jump athlete who discovered she had gained a place on the 2016 Rio Olympic Games GBR squad at the same time as she found out about her degree results. Happy March everyone! Class of 2008 Darren Barbadillo Class of 2008 Jayden Ercranbrack Class of 2010 Rynell Pascua Corpuz Latest Alumni Listings But the ship hit a reef and never reached its destination. Photo Sales. Please contact Reception on 0117 973 6006 who will be pleased to help you. I did go once to Top Rank in Broadmead and saw a brilliant performance by the young Stevie Wonder. well try to post update, Well done to the 9 BGS students who have received Oxbridge offers. And it all started in Bristol where he did performances whilst studying at The Downs School then the Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Clifton, before moving back to Australia in the 70s. @BGSHeadmaster. We have a strong culture of giving at our school. The satirist, writer and actor is best known for hugely controversial Channel 4 show Brasseye studied zoology at Bristol University. Our next door neighbour, an adult, was a keen member of C.N.D. 408 Following. But like everyone else, or most anyway, a new Beatles L.P. was the biggest event, as we gathered at a friends house to hear an LP like Sergeant Pepper again and again. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The comedian was born in Bristol and attended Bristol Grammar School. Illusionist and best-selling author, who made his television debut in 2000 with Derren Brown: Mind Control. If you would like to attend, please contact Caitlin Spencer on [email protected] or 0117 923 7037 https://t.co/0A7BAkLy6I, RT @bgs_hockey: HUGE congratulations to our U15A boys, who won through on flicks this afternoon after a brilliant team effort to hold onto, Looks like a particularly tricky version of Spot the Ball! Peter Higgs. Looking forward to some exciting events, especially Verse Speaking and Friday's author visit from Moses McKenzie @eastsidemoses We rented a room to students from there and they introduced me to different experiences. The foundation stone was laid on 10 June 1877 and the school moved in during 1879. Campbell continued to acquire and manage properties until his death in 1900. I left school at 17, after doing A levels. After having a school coach in Wales the mammoth journey of walking, 2 bus journeys or more walking was quite The whole move was quite a culture shock. Basic information: Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a co-ed independent day school in Bristol. #Equality #BGSValues #ProudtobeBGS https://t.co/q81cPdll5o, RT @MusicAtBGS: These students are amazing. The room is 140 feet (43m) long, 50 feet (15m) wide and 50 feet (15m) high. Discussions. Sir Anthony Robinson is a man of many talents and has made a name for himself in comedy, history, presenting and as a political activist. Crispin Coates. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Bristol Grammar School Join this group. It's hard to believe it is 12 years since this teenager from the North Bristol Post 16 Centre first appeared on our screens as Cassie in the now seminal Channel 4 series Skins, but it is. Jan Wiltshire. The Prep Hall, which survived, became the Mackay Theatre and the Elton Road ruin was rebuilt as classrooms under Headmaster John Garrett. The school counts among its alumni prominent personalities including Nobel laureate Sir John Pople, former British ambassador to the US Lord Oliver Franks, and founder of Penguin Books Sir Allen Lane. Internationally renowned netball player who represented England in their historic 2018 commonwealth games win. More recently, as part of the 1532 Performing Arts Centre development which opened in 2016, the Elton Road block has been redeveloped to provide music teaching and practice spaces, and a drama studio, with The Mackay becoming a recital space with attached recording studio. Nizar is the first ever palaeontologist TED fellow. Bristol did offer a lot as I grew older. Top 20 high schools with the most famous alumni . JavaScript downloaded and so this website may not work as expected. 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Further details to celebrate and commemorate Roys life will be shared in due course. Although I was living in Bristol in 1963, I have no memory of the bus boycott though I was very aware of racism in the city. Above you can see two of our Alumni, Team GB rowers Tom and Emily Ford, who recently ran a training session with our current rowers. He rose to prominence on the BBC Two programme Dragons' Den and is a Haberdasher. Famous alumni. They completed a series of puzzles designed to test their arithmetic and problem-solving skills and everyone who came along should be congratulated on their teamwork and efforts https://t.co/nGlVchfKoq, Find out more about Bristol Grammar School, Come and discover the excitement for yourself. He was born in Bristol where he attended Bishop Road Primary School and Fairfield Grammar School. Fragapane has always been modest about her academic abilities. From Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy to elf Elrond in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Sagas to name just a few. Share your email to get all the latest politics news and headlines from Bristol Live. To one side of the Great Hall, sitting separate from the Hall itself and the Junior School, is another building designed to blend in. The course had been in languages, a good preparation for being a minister he was told, and he was lucky to visit Germany, especially as it was paid for by a student who had to drop out of the trip. With this continuing benefaction Bristol Grammar School is able to invest in our assisted places scheme and the extra resources that make our School special. Stephen, from Hanham, is best known for co-writing The Office and well, once you've created something as good as that, how can you not be at the top of the Bristol funny list? Maisie Williams as sword-wielding Arya Stark in Game of Thrones, Bristol Live's Neil Maggs with Claudia Fragapane, JK Rowling, whose former personal assistant Amanda Donaldson has been ordered to repay 18,734 to the Harry Potter author after ruling she obtained the money fraudulently, Ian Holloway during his visit to the Memorial Stadium on Easter Monday, Marcus Trescothick holds the Ashes urn in the changing room after winning the Ashes, (Image: Copyright Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection), Jonathan Pearce showed his Bristol City knowledge on Mastermind, Robin Cousins - ice skating Olympic champion, Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, resplendant in his purple jacket. We stayed until 6th form and visited many of the places you mentioned and used to study at the Central library. Delegates from schools around the world are debating 5 resolutions, including some made at COP27 in November 2022. the most academically able pupils, grammar schools are still popular. Please download the latest software or switch device to avoid further issues. Photo Sales. We were RAF (not Welsh by birth) but had been based in Wales for 4 years so both had Welsh accents. He was born in Weston and a great supporter of Bristol City and Somerset Country Cricket Club. Nobel-winning Scientist. My children and grandchildren are now Bristolians and Bristol City supporters! The Tyndalls Park site initially consisted of the Big School, with its remarkable Great Hall, and the Headmasters House (now the Junior School). Of course, in sophisticated Bristol I was the only one. Jeremy Northam. Political economist, academic administrator, journalist and author, Author of the international bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012). Good luck to our U14As at Regional Finals today! These conferences, presided over by the school's own Secretaries General, include chairing teams of BGS Sixth Form students. I joined the teaching staff at Bristol Grammar School in 1982 and taught PE Maths and Art for 38 years before retiring from teaching in 2020. We hope everyone has a great day! After all it came well behind Bristol Grammar School and Clifton College in the pecking order and was a state school. In the 1920s he moved to the United States and he became an American citizen in 1942. Writer, comedian and actor who has appeared in films including Bridesmaids, Les Misrables and Alice in Wonderland. The stunning actress shot to fame last year thanks to her role in the BBC's adaptation of War and Peace. [16] Susanna studied politics, philosophy and law at the University of Bristol and is a journalist and presenter on Good Morning Britain. Douglas Harrison. The school's boarding house was closed in July 1939.[14]. The school has been expanding, and while it has always owned all the houses to one side of the main campus until recently only four (Barton's, Norwood's, Martin's and Garrett's) were occupied. BristolGrammarSchool. Designer lookalike for a fraction of the cost. He was also part of the team that discovered the largest predatory dinosaur to walk the earth: the Spinosaurus. The comedian, screenwriter and producer, originally from nearby Gloucester, is Bristol University alumni. Designer lookalike for a fraction of the cost. #Annie #BGSDance #BGSDrama #BGSMusic #1532Bristol #BookNow, RT @BGSHeadmaster: Bravo @BGSBristol. Nobel-winning Scientist. Tweets & replies. Full-time grounds staff are employed. The football manager and former player nicknamed Ollie grew up in Cadbury Heath, east of Bristol. During the spring term, it is dominated by hockey, football, and rugby for the boys and netball for the girls. 7ED71F5E-E3C5-9C00-01B08323FFF3E40A 17D99B71-F39E-406D-9D1E8ABB6A8A9B3F From 1989 to 1992, he studied in the city and graduated with a degree in Drama. https://t.co/1MRimLwdjc, RT @BGS_Football: The 1st XI travel to @CranleighSport today for the @isfafootball U18 Shield QF. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. . Here is Indira, our meddling matron. school, and subsequently becoming a pupil in Chatham Academy and studying under the private tutelage of Prof. C. C. Talliaferro. The total cost of the project was 2.4 million. Until the 19th century, the Headmaster was known simply as the "Master" and his assistants as "Ushers". Boys were a credit to the school and battled to the end! Modified: Further classrooms were added, a Gymnasium and a Fives Court and a Rifle Range. . List; Gallery; Activity; 1. Charles Lee, the Master, persuaded the Corporation that the Grammar School should be allowed to exchange premises with the other City School, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, which had a pleasant, new site on Unity Street, further up the hill. I now work in the Old Bristolians' office as our Alumni Relations Manager. The School's motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as "Grapes From Thorns", is a play upon the names of the Schools founders. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. One of her most well-known roles was as Margaret, the long-suffering wife of Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson in the BBC One hit show One Foot in the Grave. By the late 60s he was reading Liberation Theology. The School moved from its original home at St Bartholomews Hospital, near the bottom of Christmas Steps, to Unity Street in 1767, before relocating to its current location at Tyndalls Park in 1879. 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