An exhibition of items from the Nantwich Museum Collection and Malbank School and Sixth Form College, ‘NAGS, Nantwich and Acton Grammar School Archive’ has opened at Nantwich Museum.
The exhibition is due to run until Saturday March 14th.
NAGS was formed in 1885 through the amalgamation of Nantwich Grammar School and Acton Grammar School.
Nantwich Grammar School was founded in 1560 at the Guildhall near St Mary’s Church, and Acton Grammar School was founded in 1662.
In 1860 the local Blue Cap school, a charity school, amalgamated with Nantwich Grammar School, which moved to Welsh Row.
In 1921, the united schools moved to the premises now occupied by Malbank School and Sixth Form College renamed from NAGS in 1977.
The exhibition, curated by members of the museum’s Research Group, concentrates on the NAGS period which will be recalled by many local people who it is hoped may be able to contribute some of their own memories of the time.
The museum in Pillory Street is open from 10am – 4pm Tuesday – Saturday. Entry is free to the museum and exhibition.
For further information contact: Nantwich Museum on [email protected] or telephone 01270 627104.
Lol, I remember teachers crying when it went to a comprehensive school around 1977, god knows what they’d think of it now. That 1934 picture shows just how overcrowded Nantwich has now become.