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There is a wealth of the history of old St. Joseph's, and pictures, available on its website, from which these have been lifted.
I can add little to this, except to add that, when the Christian Brothers were invited by the Bishop to take over, the Girl's School
had to hive off to Layton Hill Convent, as the statutes of the Brothers forbade them from teaching young ladies.
The intervening distance would need a bike to cover in the little free "extramural" time we were allowed - and the boarders were
not allowed bikes (nor were they at Layton Hill !)
They thought of everything !
Danny.
The New Building in my time.
The gates to the Old House.
The Old House (onto which the New Building backed - in process of demolition ?).
"Boarder's fee note from the Fifties. Charges were £42 per term plus extras! Was it worth it? At that time, the fees at Eton were £600 per term".
From 1938 to 1955 the Inflation factor was 2.56. In 1938 the Boarding Fees were £30 per term plus extras, which makes the Fifties Fees a bit of a bargain !