Colour photograph showing the cover of a school magazine. The title 'PEEPS of PRINCETHORPE' and the year 1957 are printed in the top half of the cover. In the lower half is a logo showing the word 'PAX' in the centre of a crown of thorns. Above it is a hand-drawn copy of the logo in colour pencil, seemingly by a child.

Spotted amongst the St Mary's Priory school magazines... an unknown artist (one of the schoolgirls perhaps, or maybe a child of one of the alumnae?) had a good go at copying the logo!

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Photograph of a display board set up on a table, displaying archive photographs and captions. Copies of archive material, question sheets and pencils are also set out on the table, with signs saying 'Become an Archives Detective!' Further display boards and a Harry Potter cardboard cut-out are in the background.

It was great to share our history and collections with visiting families at Princethorpe College Open Evening yesterday – we had some fantastic budding Archives Detectives!

As you can see in the background, Harry Potter also kindly dropped in to give us a hand…

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Currently doing some work on our #DigitalPreservation here in the Foundation Archive. We’re not quite at this stage yet though...

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A black and white photograph of two women standing side by side on a lawn with trees in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a nurse's uniform; the woman on the right is dressed in a smart skirt, cardigan and striped top.

It’s #InternationalNursesDay, and we’re saying a big thank you to our wonderful school nurses past and present for all their hard work in looking after our students.

📷 New Matron and Assistant Matron at Princethorpe College, Princethorpe Magazine 1974.

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A child's painting of a sheep with a big smile, standing in a field and enjoying the sun.

The sun is out in #Warwickshire and the lambs are in the fields, so today we thought we’d bring you this lovely smiley sheep, painted by a Crackley Hall pupil in Spring 2017.

(Also is it just us, or does he bear a slight resemblance to a certain @themerl.bsky.social celebrity...?)

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Black and white photograph of sixth form students and staff standing in and around a school minibus. Some of the students are holding field studies equipment.

Princethorpe College sixth formers and staff boldly setting forth on a Biology field trip, 1971. The students enjoyed a week of ecological studies, and apparently all survived the teachers’ ‘gastronomic experiments’ in their self-catering accommodation!

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Black and white photograph of female pupils in school uniform, standing in rows and smiling at the camera, with a nun standing to the right hand side. A grassy bank with trees and a contemporary building are in the background.

St Joseph's Convent School pupils and teacher enjoying a trip to Birmingham, c. 1955. Our records indicate that they may have been visiting the Cadbury factory at Bourneville, which would probably explain the big smiles!

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A sign printed in black on a white piece of paper, on a green felt background. The sign reads 'New archives display coming soon!'

Easter holidays have started here at Princethorpe College, so our Lent term display items have gone safely back to the strongroom. The display cases won't be empty for long, though - planning is already well underway for next term!

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A list of books purchased for St Mary's Priory school library by the Princethorpe Association alumnae group, 1938. Some exciting adventure-based titles in there!

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A black and white photograph showing a nun wearing a crown of flowers, with a group of girls in school uniform.

This year’s #WomensHistoryMonth theme is ‘Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations’ - and what better example than the nuns of St Mary’s Priory here at Princethorpe!

📷 St Mary’s Priory schoolgirls with Mère Angels on her Golden Jubilee of profession, 1960.

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