Below
are photographs
and documents
which relate to
the school.
'The
Lodge' which
housed the
school from
1946.
The transcript
below
from the 1861
census
shows Ben
Franklin
Babcock, a
cotton merchant
from the USA, as
the head of ‘The
Lodge’
household. He
died in 1869
aged 53. It
also shows his
twin daughters
as ‘not named’
presumably
because they
were born just
before
the 7th
of April when
the census was
taken. One of
the girls became
Miss Lilias
(Lily) Evering
Babcock who is
shown on the
1911 census as
head of ‘The
Lodge’, living
with her elderly
aunt and then
only 5 servants.
She was still
shown as being
there in the
1938 Kelly’s
directory and
probably until
she died in
early 1941 at
age 79.
In 1854 Mr
Babcock
advertised The
Lodge for sale
but for some
reason did not
sell it.
Liverpool
Mercury,
Friday, July 28,
1854
Front of the
school with Mr
Larter's Ford
Capri
Alastair Caird
drew the plans
shown below in
1963. (
Presumably for
the escape
committee!)
Ground floor.
Cellar
First floor
Attic
Mrs Davies,
school dinner
lady, on right
An exam paper
from 1956
Two exam
certificates
from 1956
Here are four
certificates
belonging to Ted
Bradford who
left the school
in 1938.
Peter Lloyd has
given us three
documents which may
bring back
memories.
Doug Brady has
provide a
receipt for his
first terms
payment in 1949.
Roger Brunning
left the school
in 1926. Below
is his reference
from the
headmaster
Mr
Frederick John
Wilkinson.
A reference
given to John
Millin in 1945
by
Mr Beckett who
was then the
headmaster.
John Gillies
supplied the
reference below.
(The
best he was ever
given!)
Alastair
Caird supplied the reference below.
Old boy ALASTAIR CAIRD has a
note book he
kept back in his
Marlborough
days. It notes
various details
he believes may
be of interest.
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He first stayed for school lunch made by Mrs Davies the school cook on 12.7.63, it was beef, cabbage & potatoes with sponge & custard to follow.
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The school Head Boys between 1957 - 63 were Rowlands/Whittington/Maut/& Hunt, They were allowed to wear a black blazer.
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School times were 9am to 12.30 & 2pm to 4pm. He lists homework for his last term as Mon = Literature/French. Tues=Algebra.Geometry.English. Wed=Botany.Divinity.Geography & Literature. Thu= Algebra. History & Arithmetic. Fri= General Science & Geometry
The 4 MC Houses were Marlborough (green badge) Stuart= Red badge Tudor = blue badge & York = yellow badge.
The last lesson he had at MC was Geometry on Fri afternoon 12.7.63 with Mr Brown.
The school’s
motto ‘Non Sibi Sed Omnibus’
translates
either as ‘ not
for one but for
all’ or ‘not for
oneself but for
all’. Apart from
MC it is used by
many other
schools and
universities
including
Liverpool Blue Coat School.
Marlborough
Liverpool
had connections
with Heaton Moor
College
Stockport
through Mr
Eliot H
Roberts who had
been head of
both schools.
Boys from mainly
the Middle East
stayed in the
main school
building that
was a beautiful
former Victorian
house. Its large
rear garden had
other class room
buildings as
well as a
playground. It
was at its
height in the
early to mid
1950's. In 1953
there were 202
pupils and a
teaching staff
of 12.
A
block of flats
now stands on
the site on
Heaton Moor Road
Here is
Eliot H
Roberts
in 1956
with his wife
and the
Stockport
boarders.
His father
Joseph Roberts,
who preceded him as
head of the
Stockport
school, had
an unfortunate
motoring
accident in 1927
Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 26 May 1927
Pupils from the
1950s may
remember being
shown this film.
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