Objects of Substance- School Day 2003 Invitation

2003 Open Day

School Day, as it was original labelled, evolved from Old Girls’ Day. The exact date of the first Old Girls Day is unknown. The first BGGS magazine published in 1913 states, “One Saturday afternoon in each year there is an “annual” social meeting at the school and a tennis match between Past and Present (students)”. Certainly, in 1929, archival images illustrate an enthusiastically supported Old Girls’ Day. However, as the years progressed, the “Bring and Buy” concept faltered and in 1955 it was reported in the annual School magazine that “… very few old girls “brought” anything to sell and if it had not been for the generosity of the parents in supplying so much food for afternoon tea, we would not have been able made a profit.”

c1929 Old Girls’ Day