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A Photograph of Birt House at the Prep.- 1961.

OD Donald Fraser Bett has kindly sent in a photograph of Birt House when it was at the Prep - 1961. More...

Founders House, the South Wing, constructed 1850-52.

Donald Fraser Bett sent in a panoramic photograph of Founders, by David Charles (Stanmore, Bramley, Founders - 1966) taken in his Matric year. Here is… More...

The Tool Shed in FH underneath the fire staircase leading to the Grade 10 Dorm.

The Tool Shed stands under the fire staircase to the Founders House Grade 10 Dorm (originally known as the Gray Dorm). This photo was taken by Andy Se… More...

The Memorial Chapel at Bishops, a photo taken by Donald Bett Fraser (OD), in the 1960s.

The Chapel at Bishops, approximately 60 years ago! Not much has changed! More...

The Pre-Prep came to the Museum to learn more about Founders Day.

Paul Murray of the Museum addressed the Pre-Prep, in 30 min slots, to share the significance of Founders Day. More...

The society - The Historical Bench - met at The Mitre, for a presentation by James Collins.

The Historical bench met for the second time this term to discuss important issues that are taking place in the world. More...

Aerial photo of Bishops 1966

What did Bishops look like in 1966 at the time of the height of the Space Race between the USA and USSR? More...

The Sky has Fallen at the ODU Museum

It's not James Bond who picks up the pieces this time! More...

ODU hosts the College societies for a fascinating talk by Emeritus Professor Mike James. More...

Our heartiest congratulations to the School Archivist, Dr Paul Murray, who has been awarded the Colenso Visitorship to St John's College, Cambridge fo… More...

1966 Senior surfing team. Left to right: Peter Whipp; Mike Godfrey; Edward Godfrey and Piers Pittard

The first ever Cape Province Interschool's Surfing contest in 1966. More...

Luke Scott's Design, built by Naumann Construction.

This photograph was taken this morning. The way it has been designed, and built, make The Mitre one of the school's iconic structures. More...

The Arch - Founders House.

The Arch leading into the Founders Quad. in the 1950s. More...

School House is 121 years old today.

The School House was founded on 11 June 1900. More...

The Sanctuary of the War Memorial Chapel

First Prize in the Photographic Society Competition of 1953. More...

1st XV at Newlands - 1961

In 1961 Bishops played Paul Roos at Newlands and lost 0-6. This followed after the previous year's victory, also at Newlands (see the report below). More...

An artist's depiction of Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers attacking the Bismarck

Today, Thursday 27 May 2021, marks the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the most famous battleship of all time - the Bismarck. More...

Mr Hubert John 'Skip' Kidd -HJK.

The photograph is of Mr Kidd teaching his class, either English but presumably Latin. The venue is the upper story of the M Block, the Matric Block, … More...

'The Sage on the Stage' method of teaching.

Today Bishops' Innovative Teaching takes the form of laptop teaching preparing students for the 5th Industrial Revolution. Here the students are in … More...

This Morning, the view from The Mitre

Several ODs wrote in with stories and photos as a result of an earlier article about The Avenue Field and the trees at Bishops. These are now shared i… More...

Meshack 'Mish' Masiza in the Common Room after Mr David Hiscock said farewell on behalf of the Staff

Mechack was a Bishops legend. He worked at School House for forty years until 1999 and played a very significant role in the lives of students and tea… More...

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