30 September 2014
Today is National Sporting Heritage Day, and by coinsidence Special Collections and Archives staff have been researching photographs of our sports teams from the First World War era for our Students’ Union. Here are some of the images…
18 September 2014
The Old Cheltenham Twitter account (@Old_Cheltenham) recently shared this piece of film footage showing Cheltenham School of Arts and Crafts students in 1925. They can be seen re-enacting scenes from Noah’s Ark dressed in fabulous animal costumes. https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/0x4dK6Ti0Wg&source=uds The School went…
8 September 2014
The University of Gloucestershire will be taking part in this year’s Heritage Open Days event. Special Collections and Archives staff will be hosting tours of our historic Francis Close Hall campus on Friday 12th September,…
7 August 2014
Cheltenham Training College Football Team 1894 (Archive Reference UA36/7/2) In a tribute to the start of the football season next weekend our item of the month is a photograph of the Cheltenham Training College football team from 1894….
31 July 2014
As part of their biennial reunion, a number of ex – students descended on Francis Close Hall campus archive collection with the purpose of reminiscing about their younger years and re – joining with old (but not forgotten)…
11 July 2014
A member of staff based at Dunholme Villa, Park campus recently contacted the Special Collections and Archives after receiving a visit from a representative of the Cotswold Branch of the Orders and Medals Research Society. The Society has recently undertaken…
23 August 2012
Staff in the University Archives and Special Collections were deeply saddened to hear about the death of Ron Prewer, Chair of the Practising School Old Boys’ Association, earlier this month. Ron was a frequent visitor to the archives…