Objects of Substance- The first Science laboratories

The opening, graced by dignitaries, was obviously a special occasion to be celebrated with bunting made from sporting pennants and an audience of Grammar girls in their practical and stylish straw Panama hats.

1933 School Magazine December p17.

Photographs, and generations of Grammar girls to this very day, can attest to the validity of the description of the “fine laboratory” as “airy”. Its array of large windows and the high ceiling gave wonderful light and air circulation, long before COVID reminded us of the importance of such matters.

1939 VI Form - A well-behaved class in the lab. Looks like filling from the back is not a modern behaviour!