Material created or collected by S E Alford and M E Alford. Includes two series of photographs (available online) as well as 21 scrapbooks, a box of loose ephemera, and photographic slides (not yet digitised).
The 21 scrapbooks contain photographs and ephemera relating to school trips:
The date range for this series of photographs (1965 - 1975) was calculated by dating the buildings in the photographs of Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, on the assumption that all the photographs in this series will likely have been taken at broadly the same time.
By the time this photograph was taken, the building was no longer being used for Elizabeth Allen's School — it had become the London Borough of Barnet Teachers Centre. The site of the building is on the corner of Wood Street and Hillside Gardens.
The building directly behind was one of the first purpose-built for Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School: it was part of buildings that were started in 1895 and completed in 1909. This building was originally used as a hall and now still in use as the gymnasium. (Information provided by Vivienne Bell, QE Girls archivist.)
The building in the foreground is the swimming pool, built in 1965. The buildings behind are the classrooms that were built on from the Hall above and can be seen from Meadway. (Information provided by Vivienne Bell, QE Girls archivist.)
The Dining Room on Meadway was built in 1953 and was demolished to make way for the present building that incorporates another dining area, car park, and teaching block. (Information provided by Vivienne Bell, QE Girls archivist.)
By the time this photograph was taken, the building was no longer being used for Elizabeth Allen's School — it had become the London Borough of Barnet Teachers Centre. The site of the building is on the corner of Wood Street and Hillside Gardens.
The High Street building (opposite Bedford Avenue) which was built in 1927 and replaced Russell House and Ashley House which were the first buildings of the school in 1888. (Information provided by Vivienne Bell, QE Girls archivist.)
