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Montgomery College

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Hard to place the exact dates of these pictures but we believe they would be 1870-1910 era based on the clothing. One picture shows the boys in their cricket gear and bats! Both pictures are by E Oswald Parkin of The Grosvenor Studio in Sheffield. The more formal picture of the boys in their suits has a sign on the side of the buidling that reads Montgomery College and another stone below it that indicates the cornerstone was laid by the Mayor Thomas Moore in 1869. I can't locate information on Montgomery College in Sheffield but I did locate a Thomas Moore who was Mayor of Sheffield England at that time. These are large pictures, with the paper matte frame they measure approx 18" x 14" each.

 

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from Sheffield Indexers MONTGOMERY COLLEGE, ~ (~, (Arthur Reynolds Lee, Principal)). Address: 295 Cemetery Road, ~ in 1925. Recorded in: Sheffield & Rotherham Kellys Directory

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The Mayor laid the foundation stone for this "new middle-class school" on 15th December 1869.

From The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent,Tuesday, January 11, 1870

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE, SHARROW

Almost opposite the Montgomery Monument

Principal: Rev R.H.Irvine M.A.(Edin U)

Second Master: Mr Whitaker

Asssisted by Masters of French and German, Drill and Fencing, and Physical Science.

During part of the First Quarter the School will meet in the Lecture Hall of the Cemetery Road Congregational Church.

School Duties Resumed on Tuesday, the 18th inst.

For prospectuses apply, 166, Cemetery road.

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