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During World War II, the school temporarily moved to the Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry, Scotland, returning to Cambridge in 1946. During the Cold War, the school was designated the auxiliary headquarters to the Regional Seat of Government for Cambridge in time of war.
History and Archive. The Leys was founded in 1875, a time when a large number of schools were founded, especially by the churches. Whilst there were already several leading schools providing an education for the sons of Ministers, Methodists were asking for schools for the sons of lay members.
It was first screened on January 7, 1952, as part of the Alert America civil defense exhibit convoy in Washington DC. Two weeks later, it was shown to school officials in New York City, and it debuted in the classroom on March 6, 1952.
On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear device at a remote site in Kazakhstan, signaling a new and terrifying phase in the Cold War. By the early 1950s, schools...
Jack Overhill records in his diary for 4 May 1941: I saw sheep and baby lambs on the playing field of the Leys School, now an annexe of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, this morning … 1930s – 1950s: The HQ of the 60th Cambridge (Leys School) Scout troop which met in a Leys school hut. History of the Leys School.
Jun 21, 2018 · The Cold War reached deep into America’s public schools, far beyond the typical “duck-and-cover” drills encouraged by Bert the Turtle. Although civil defense became part of the daily school experiences of Cold War kids, so, too, did fitness tests, atomic science, and art exchange programs.
Welcome to The Leys Digital Archive. Here you will find digital copies of the school magazine, The Leys Fortnightly, made available following a digitisation project generously funded by the Old Leysian Society, matched with further funding by the school. Currently available are: Vols. 1-2 1876 – 1878 (+ supplements for July 1879 and 1880 ...
