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Years
of Silence "For 30 years after the
Second World War Bemrose School Headmaster Raymond
Chapman lived a lie, unable to acknowledge the part he
played in Hitler's downfall."
Reproduced
by kind permission of The Derby Evening Telegraph
Bemrose
Head leaving "Mr.
Eric G. Bennett, of 4 Eastwood Drive, Derby, the
Headmaster since September 1952, of Bemrose School,
Derby, has resigned his post with effect from August
31st next, on being appointed Headmaster of Bournemouth
School, a grammar school with more than 900 boys."
Polly
was an Inspiration to so many. A tribute to Polly
Hepworth by Richard Marfleet.
Reproduced
by kind permission of The Derby Evening Telegraph
It
Was Different In My Day Schools
have changed since Frank Grimshaw first entered Bemrose
Grammar School’s Preparatory Form back in 1937.
Inkpots, grey flannel short pants, and ration
books were accepted as part of everyday life.
Back then, grammar schools were all single sex,
and all were fee paying.
Frank has generously allowed us to reproduce part of his
book, “It Was Different In My Day”, in which Frank
recounts life at Bemrose during World War II.
Click
here to read chapters 10 and 11.
The
School Prospectus ~ 1933
Read
the Bemrose School Prospectus written in 1933.
Please note that some of the pages in this section are
large downloads especially if you are connected through
a dial up connection. This was necessary so that
the text in the original scans of the Prospectus can
still be legible.
The
School Prayer
The School Prayer read by Dr. Chapman at the
last assembly every year. Use your browser's Back button
to return to this page.
Memories
of Derby Municipal Secondary School
"I believe that it was during my attendance that the school caps were introduced, blue caps with D.M.S.S. interwoven in gold silk as the school badge, and we youngsters were very proud to wear it."
A letter sent by Mr. Alfred Grundy in 1954 to Mr. Bennett,
Headmaster of Bemrose School, reveals memories of the original
Derby Municipal Secondary School in Abbey Street.
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