Name/TitleLetter from J.K. Gray to the Bessemer Old Boys Association
About this objectLetter from new Bessemer School Headmaster J.K. Gray to the Bessemer School Old Boys Association. The letter is dated 30 September 1969 and accepts the offer to meet the group.
The Association relates to the school known as Old Hale Way School between 1940-1955, Bessemer School - named after Henry Bessemer of Charlton, between 1955-1974. The school also went by Hitchin School in its final years between 1974-1988.
When the school building was knocked down in October 1992 former student Bob Prebble was inspired to write a book on school history. He was able to write his book following appeals in the local press to find information and objects, like this letter. The book launch was staged on 9 November 2002 at the British Schools Museum in Hitchin.
