Some very early photographs:


Keeping poultry, 1918


The original dining room


Working outside at the Broadway Buildings

St Chris then occupied the buildings which are now St Francis College.


Parents' Day, 1916


Monte rest time

(The Monte was originally at Arunwood, then called the Old House)


End of term - going home.


School visit to the House of Commons


Outdoor pursuits


Camping


Swimming at the Cloisters pool


Cloisters pool

Mrs Lawrence, who owned the Cloisters, gave pupils a fountain pen as a prize for being able to swim a given distance.


Boys doing useful work.

Notice the sheath knife, which these days would be outlawed as an offensive weapon.

Times have changed: in former days most boys carried at least a penknife as standard equipment.


Domestic science class


The Library

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