This series of group photos provide a lovely glimpse of the Burton Fire Brigade through its history. The pictures and names are made possible through…
At 5:15pm on the Saturday afternoon of 1st November 1924, Burton Fire Brigade was called to assist the Bass and Allsops brigades at a large…
It is well beyond the scope of this website to provide a full and comprehensive history of the Burton upon Trent Fire Brigade; if however,…
There was an enforced requirement in some towns during the early 17th century for householders to have buckets or water containers next to any wells…
Burton Grammar School’s history can be traced back to Burton Abbey in 1520. In 1834, it moved into premises in Friar’s Walk which can still…
In this time of much educational change, in 1884, the boys from Allsopp’s Foundation Charity School were amalgamated into the new Bond Street Grammar School,…
It is not certain when it first came into being but there was a ‘school house’ on the site of the Friars Walk school in…
By the amalgamation of Finney’s Allsopp’s and Astle’s Charities, together with the Grammar School Endowments, provision was made for three Burton Endowed Schools, two for…