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In 1888 it was re-organised and moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The grammar school had around 850 boys and moved to its present site in 1912. The school has now closed due to the conjoining of the two Barnsley schools Holgate and Kingstone, coming together to form Horizon Community College.
Jul 7, 2006 · Former Holgate boy wants friends to come to reunion. MEMORIES has received a photograph from Michael White, who lives in France, of pupils who attended Barnsley Grammar School in the 1950s. He was one of the pupils on the photograph taken 50 years ago.
Jun 24, 2022 · SCHOOL friends were reunited for the first time in 55 years last week with their much-admired former teacher. Ian Harley, 73, of Cinder Hills Way, Dodworth, began conducting research in 2019 into former pupils from Holgate Grammar School who lost their lives serving in World War Two.
Sep 19, 2023 · When it comes to loss of life in service to one’s country, one Barnsley school paid far more dearly than any other. During World War Two, 98 pupils from Barnsley Holgate Grammar School tragically lost their lives when they went to fight for their country.
Jan 18, 2008 · When former history master Edgar Rayner attended the school as chief guest of the Old Boys' Association, he brought photographs of the 1954 production of "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" by Beaumont and Fletcher, an early 17th century Jacobean "romp," set in a playhouse where members of the audience interrupt and eventually take over the play.
Jun 24, 2022 · SCHOOL friends were reunited for the first time in 55 years last week with their much-admired former teacher. Ian Harley, 73, of Cinder Hills Way, Dodworth, began conducting research in 2019 into former pupils from Holgate Grammar School who lost their lives serving in World War Two.
Apr 2, 2014 · Holgate Grammar School educated generations of boys - and later girls - until its closure in 2012, when it merged with the Kingstone School to form the Horizon Community College on a new site on Dodworth Road.
