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Hutchesons' Grammar School Archives. Preserving over 380 years of our school’s heritage. Email: [email protected] Insta/Fb-hutchesonsarchive

Glasgow, Scotland
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HGS Archives
3 years
We have lots of plans for this year so we would be really grateful if you could make a small donation to help us lift these projects off the ground. These projects will benefit both current and former pupils, as well as the wider community. Thank you! https://t.co/CQgVhL4xgf
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@HGSArchives
HGS Archives
3 months
It is Archive Club sign up day today! All pupils are welcome to come along on a Wednesday lunchtime to discover and help look after the incredible history of the school! P.S If you are a former pupil we have an archive club for you… come along on Tuesdays 10:30-12:30!
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HGS Archives
7 months
We are so grateful to our volunteers who help us so much every week in the archive (just a few of them pictured here) Thank you for all your hard work, we love having you! #VolunteersWeek
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HGS Archives
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taken to a Stalag camp where he learned of his younger brother, Andrew’s, death during Operation Market Garden (he is remembered on our war memorial.) Robert returned and continued his career in banking, had three children and enjoyed golfing 2/2 #veday80thanniversary
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7 months
For #VEDay we are looking at FP Robert Stirling, listed here in our Hutchesonian magazine as a POW. By VE Day all POWs had returned including Robert who then married his sweetheart Betty. After bailing out of his plane over Guernsey, walking through a land mine , he was 1/2
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HGS Archives
8 months
Former pupil Archibald Leitch features in our new school museum #HutchieHistory
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Football Heritage
8 months
On this day in 1865, Archibald Leitch was born. His stadium design revolutionised the architecture we see in football today. Here are some of his most famous designs 🧵 👇
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Its #FoodAndDrink for today’s #Archive30! Every time we are looking through the school magazines from the 80s we always love looking at the ads and this one is one of our favourites! @irnbru #MadeInScotland
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@NatRecordsScot
NatRecordsScot
9 months
Sunday marks the 705th anniversary of the most famous national treasure in our collections: the Declaration of Arbroath, created 6 April 1320. Learn more about this fascinating document 👇 https://t.co/ns40IPUcy9
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HGS Archives
9 months
It’s day 6 of #Archive30 and it’s our favourite topic #ColourfulArchives! There is lots of colour in the archive, from items made by the school to items made by our pupils in class! Our girls summer dresses were very colourful, you could choose blue, pink, lilac, green or beige!
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HGS Archives
9 months
It’s day 5 of #Archive30 and it’s #BusinessArchives We are a school archive but we are also a business archive! The pupils love seeing the very large, impressive looking ledgers but we love the ones the close with a strap and buckle-data protection 1800s style!
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HGS Archives
9 months
It’s day 4 of #Archive30 and it’s #ArchiveConservation For #SchoolArchivesDay a few weeks ago we showed some pupils how to use smoke sponges to clean our records. They were fascinated by old elastic bands and what happens to them over time!
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HGS Archives
9 months
It’s day 2 of #Archive30 and it’s #ArchiveBeginnings our archive began in 1991 after an archive business survey looked at the school’s collection and highlighted its potential for the school. Since then the school has taken on a professional archivist and the archive has grown
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@ARAScot
ARA Scotland
9 months
#Archive30 starts today. Hooray 🥳 Today we would like to know about #YourArchive. Introduce yourself and maybe give us an interesting fact.
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@TGAArchive
The Glasgow Academy Archive
9 months
Today is day 1 of #Archive30 from @ARAScot The theme is #YourArchive so here is a peek at ours! We hold a mixed format collection of everything relating to the history of the @GlasgowAcademy Find out more on our shiny new #archives website! https://t.co/hu5TeIlq6n
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HGS Archives
9 months
It’s day 1 of #Archive30 and it’s #YourArchive and it is YOUR archive! We encourage our former pupils (and others!) to engage with the archive and the collection- if you have a question get in touch! We are the archive for Hutchesons’ Grammar School #HutchieHistory
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The Glasgow Academy Archive
9 months
Thanks to all of the speakers, organisers & hosts of today's @SchoolArchives1 event Very informative and always good to share experiences with colleagues in other organisations. Sorry if I haven't tagged you! @UofGlasgowASC @BallastTrust @SeharSardar4 @BusArchScot @HGSArchives
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@PrincethorpeCol
Princethorpe College
9 months
Today, the Princethorpe Foundation took part in the first ever UK School Archives Day joining in with schools across the country by celebrating our rich heritage and all that our archive collections have to offer.📚📷🔍🎉 #princethorpecollege #schoolarchivesday
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@saintolaves
St. Olave's Grammar School
9 months
Today, 12 March 2025, marks the inaugural ‘School Archives Day’, a perfect moment to highlight St Olave’s fantastic archive collection. The Olavian Archive Room was officially opened in June 2024 by Peter Leonard (OO ‘77). #SchoolArchivesDay #oldolavian #stolavesgrammarsschool
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@Hullhistorynews
Hull History Centre
9 months
This #SchoolArchivesDay we highlight a forthcoming exhibition here 'Hull Grammar School 1330 to Present Day' 1 April-1 May, and a talk on the subject by Mike Rymer on Tuesday 8 April 12.30pm. @Tranby_school @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries
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@HGSArchives
HGS Archives
9 months
What materials do we use to help us look after the records? Let’s take a look at tyvex! #SchoolArchivesDay
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