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Lockers Park School Hemel Hempstead |
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H. Montague Draper started a preparatory school at Hillside, in Heath Lane in 1872. He moved to the purpose built Lockers Park in 1874, which was designed by the architect Sidney Scott.
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Published by Lofthouse, Crosbie & Co., Hampton, Middx |
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Photographed and Published by Lofthouse, Crosbie & Co., Hampton, Middx |
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P. A. Buchanan & Co Ltd. Queenswood Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey
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Prospectus -1915
LOCKERS PARK, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD. Railway Station, - Boxmoor (L. N W. R.) PERCY CHRISTOPHERSON, M.A., Formerly of University College, Oxford: for eleven years Assistant-Master at Wellington College. Prepares Boys between the ages of 8 and 14 for the Public Schools. MR. CHRISTOPHERSON, has the assistance of a staff of seven resident Masters. Mr. W. H. Macintosh, M.A. acts as Vice-Principal. Mrs. CHRISTOPHERSON, in attending to the health of the Boys, has the assistance of a trained Lady Nurse. The House, healthily situated on a gravel and chalk soil, was built expressly for a Preparatory School. Boxmoor Station, which is less than an hour's journey from Euston, is rather over a mile from the School. The whole of the drainage system and sanitary arrangements have been modelled on the latest approved principles by a firm of London contractors under the supervision of the London Sanitary Protection Association, and are annually inspected. |
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The Buildings include a School Chapel, Library, Swimming Bath, Gymnasium, and Squash Racquet Court. A term's notice is required before removing a boy from the School. Terms: 50 guineas a term. This Fee is payable in advance. A guinea a term is charged for the doctor, and there is a Subscription of a guinea a term to cover all Games, Library Books, and School Lectures.
Postal Address: Hemel Hempstead. Parcels: Boxmoor. Telephone: 12 Boxmoor. |
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| The above prospectus was sent with a handwritten
letter addressed "Dear Sir" on August 6, 1915 "...Most
of my boys join the school immediately before or immediately
after their 9th birthday, so your boy would, I expect, be
starting school in 1919. I have vacancies ??? in the Jan and
Sept terms but I am afraid my list for the May term is already
full." A second letter on November 27 arranges a visit and
suggests "I hope ... you will stop and have lunch in the boys
dining room." and reports "I send a few boys to
Harrow. I think there are three in the school at the present
time." A third letter, this time typewritten and addressed
to "Dear Mr Collier" is dated December 2nd 1915 and
records "I am very glad to enter your boy for September
1919."
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| February 2009 | Page Created | |
| February 2010 | Brief history note and link to school web site | |
| August 2011 | circa 1900 card of Lockers Park |