Tag: Old Students’ Association

Alumni David Bryant – International Lawn and Indoor Bowler – written into the Oxford University Press Dictionary of National Biography

David Bryant studied to become a teacher at St Paul’s College, (a predecessor college of the University of Gloucestershire), and he appears on the St Paul’s student register for September 1953 – June1955 He is acknowledged as the…

Little Gem! Memories of a teacher training student, Francis Close Hall campus 1901-1902

This delightful little album, recently donated to the University Archives, contains memories, photos, poems, sketches and notes from friends and well-wishers. It was started by J E Pooley in 1901, when he attended St Paul’s College, and it…

Alumni David Bryant – International Lawn and Indoor Bowler – written into the Oxford University Press Dictionary of National Biography

David Bryant studied to become a teacher at St Paul’s College, (a predecessor college of the University of Gloucestershire), and he appears on the St Paul’s student register for September 1953 – June1955 He is acknowledged as the…

A snapshot in time: two teacher training students from the University of Gloucestershire’s predecessor colleges, St Paul’s and St Mary’s, married in 1849

The university’s Archives were approached by a lady in Australia, who wanted to know if we held in our collections, any records of the early days of the colleges. She had been told that her Great, Great, Great…

Artists’ Books Collection

The Artists’ Books Collection was established in 1998 following the exhibition Books As Art held at Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery, Cheltenham Town Hall and the Pittville Campus of Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education (a predecessor college of…

Memory Booth at Graduation 2015

Archive staff were very privileged to be involved in this year’s graduation ceremonies at Cheltenham Racecourse. Working with first-year students from the School of Media, we ran a Memory Booth at two of the ceremonies on 26 and 27…