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OLD SECUNDRIANS ASSOCIATION
Catalogue reference: X/1037A
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This record is about the OLD SECUNDRIANS ASSOCIATION dating from 1904-1977.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- X/1037A
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Title (The name of the record)
- OLD SECUNDRIANS ASSOCIATION
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1904-1977
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Portsmouth History Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Old Secundrians Association</corpname>
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Old Secundrians Association formed in 1919 and is the name of the Old Boys Association of the Southern Grammar School for Boys. The school was founded in 1888 as The Higher Grade School in premises over Pink's Shop in Commercial Road, Portsmouth. It moved to Victoria Road North in 1892 and remained there until it was bombed in 1941. In 1904 the school was renamed Portsmouth Council Secondary School. In 1921 it was renamed Portsmouth Southern Secondary School for Boys. During the Second World War, the school was evacuated to Brockenhurst in the New Forest. In 1946 it became the Portsmouth Southern Grammar School for Boys. A new school opened at Baffins in 1956 and in 1975 the school became the Southern Secondary School for Boys.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/15f12edb-b8c9-4f9f-992f-7a4bd0e28cdd/
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OLD SECUNDRIANS ASSOCIATION