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What were they for you:   Great days?   Prize days?   Dull days?   Boring days?

[C] - press cutting

[D] - document or programme

[M] - magazine or newsletter

[P] - photo, video or image

Items in chronological (timeline) order.   Goto the END to work backwards through time.

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1550

The ancient Tudor Hall in Dirt Street, just SE of the church, became the Grammar School, see the history page for more detail

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1909

Diss Secondary School opens on land donated by Francis Taylor in 1908, see the history page for more detail

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1914

Mr Ernest E Thompson (headteacher) joins

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1916

Mr Ernest E Thompson (headteacher) leaves

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1919

Mr Charles Hugh Gray (headteacher) joins

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Pre 1927

[P] Wide School Photo at Uplands (more here...)
[P] see also Uplands in 2013

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1927

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

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1931

[P] Teachers

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1936

Just over 200 pupils
[P] Form V Girls 

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

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1939

Uplands in 1939 was used for schooling of evacuees, 8-11 year olds
from Edmunton and Gravesend
Mr Charles Hugh Gray (headteacher) leaves

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1940

Mr Gilbert Fairs (headteacher) joins

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1941

In 1941 due to the influx of wartime evacuees to the area from larger cities and coastal ports the school had for the first time 2 forms for each year

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1942

[D] Speech Day Programme

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1943

[D] Speech Day Programme

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1944

[D] Speech Day Programme

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1945

[D] Speech Day Programme

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1946

Name changed from Diss Secondary School to Diss Grammar School

[D] Speech Day Programme
[P] The School Building (landscape painting)
Mr Gilbert Fairs (headteacher) leaves

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1947

Mr John Babington (headteacher) joins
[D] Speech Day Programme

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1948

[D] Speech Day Programme

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1949

In 1949 hardcourts were established between the tennis courts and the canteen

[M] Old Dyssean Society, News-letter, Summer

[D] Speech Day  Programme 
[P] Sport, Football Second Team

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

[D] Old Dyssean Society, News-letter, Winter

[D] Speech Day Programme

The 'Old Dyssean War Memorial' unveiled, see page 1 of the News Letter below, and also a reference to a collection of prints of 'Old Masters' bought over the last 3 years
[M] Old Dyssean Society, News Letter, Jul

[D] Speech Day Programme
Mr John Babington (headteacher) leaves

Mr Eric Pursehouse becomes headteacher
[M] Old Dyssean Society, News-letter, Summer
[P] Sports, Athletics (Ca 1952 DGS or ATC 1070 ?)

[D] Speech Day Programme

Uplands in the 1950s was converted into flats for teachers at the Secondary Modern School
A new classromm was added above the boiler (furnace) room
[D] Speech Day Programme

A new 2 storey laboraory block was built adjacent to the tennis courts, see pg 2 of the News Letter below
Diss Secondary Modern School was constructed during 1954 and 1955
[M] Old Dyssean Society, News Letter, Dec

[D] Speech Day Programme

[P] Boys (lolling) Form (listing)

[P] Sport, Girl's Hockey Team (listing)

[M] Old Dyssean Society, News Letter, Jul (final issue)

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 1, N°1

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 1, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 2, N°1

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

[D] Old Dyssean Association 2nd Annual Dinner and Dance
[P] Paris Trip at Easter

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 2, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 3, N°1

DSS/DGS "Golden " 1908 to 1958
[D] Old Dyssean Association Golden Jubilee Dinner and Dance

[D] School Play Programme 'The Government Inspector'

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 3, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 4, N°1

[M] Diss Grammarian, Spring
[M] Diss Grammarian, Summer
[M] Diss Grammarian, Autumn
     Trip to Paris (see Diss Grammarian Summer (above) page 5 by J Green)
     Trip to Holland (see Diss Grammarian Summer (above) page 7 by J Oxley)
[D] Service of Commemoration 1909-1959

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 4, N°2
[M] The Grammarian house magazine

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)
Mr Eric Pursehouse (headteacher) leaves

Mr Anthony C Norfolk (headteacher) joins
[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 5, N°1
[M] The Dyssean, Vol 5, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 6, N°1

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 6, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 7, N°1

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 7, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 8, N°1

[P] ATC Diss 1070 Squadron

[M] Diss Interest, Summer

[D] Speech Day Programme

[D] Sports Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 8, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 9, N°1
[M] Diss-Interest house magazine

In the early 1960s there were still about 200 pupils
[P] ATC Diss 1070 Squadron

[P] Form IIIa

[P] Form IIIb

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 9, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 10, N°1
[P] Trip to Scotland

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

Eye Grammar merger, the number of pupils rose to 350

[D] Speech Day Programme

[D] Sports Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 10, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 11, N°1

[P] Sport, Girls' Netball Team

[D] Speech Day Programme

[D] School Play, "The Rivals"

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 11, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 12, N°1
[D] Trip to Disentis, Switzerland
[P] Trip to Dinard, Brittany, France ca 1966

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 12, N°2

[P] Girls' uniform

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 13, N°1
[M] The Dyssean, Vol 13, N°2

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 14, N°1
[M] The Dyssean, Vol 14, N°2

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

[D] Speech Day Programme

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 15, N°1
[M] The Dyssean, Vol 15, N°2

[D] Speech Day Programme
[M] The Dyssean, Vol 16, N°1

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 16, N°2

[M] The Dyssean, Vol 17, N°1 (final issue)

[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)

 

[P] Trip to La Bourboule, France

[M] Cosa Nostra, N°1, Christmas. In house magazine

 

 

[M] Cosa Nostra, N°4, Christmas. In house magazine
Mr Anthony C Norfolk (headteacher) leaves

Miss Rosemary Palmer (headteacher) joins
[P] Wide School Photo (more here...)
[P] Teachers
[P] Trip to Sappada, Italy

[P] Video, School Fête 13/7-1979 — Part I (15 mins)

[P] Video, School Fête 13/7-1979 — Part II (5 mins)

In the 1980/81 school year pupils and teachers started to transfer to the now-renamed Diss High School or to the Sixth Form College both in Walcot Road
The old DGS buildings were called 'Taylor Hall' for this short period
[P] Form Photo 2.5 (more here...) - There's something not right here

[P] Form Photo 2.5 (more here...) -     these photo dates are the same

[P] Video, School Sports 15/7-1980 — Part I (13 mins)

[P] Video, School Sports 15/7-1980 — Part II (13 mins)
[D] Trip to Bergen , North Holland

[P] Form Photo 5.1 (more here...)

[P] Form Photo 5.2 (more here...)

[P] Form Photo 5.3 (more here...)

[P] Form Photo Lower VI (more here...)

[P] Form Photo 3.5 (more here...)

[M] Pawn, N°1, Spring. In house magazine.

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1985

[D] Memories of Boy from "Fair Green" Diss, Norfolk

26 pages from Hebert Buckle (DSS 1935-42)

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1990

[P] Video, School Buildings prior to demolition 1990 (6 mins)

DSS / DGS survived for 70 years.   Plans to turn the building into a community centre came to nothing and it was demolished in 1991

 

The Ghosts of Memory

8 pages from John Broadbent (DSS 1941-46)

revived the Old Dyssean Society (ODS)

[M] The Old Dyssean, 01, July

[M] The Old Dyssean, 02, July

[M] The Old Dyssean, 03, Jan 

[M] The Old Dyssean, 04, Jul 

[M] The Old Dyssean, 05, Feb 

[M] The Old Dyssean, 06, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 07, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 08, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 09, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 10, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 11, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 12, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 13, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 14, Aug

DSS/DGS Centenary 1908 to 2008

[M] The Old Dyssean, 15, Feb, Centenary Edition, 1908 to 2008

[M] The Old Dyssean, 16, Jul, Centenary Edition, 1908 to 2008

[M] The Old Dyssean, 17, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 18, Jul

[M] The Old Dyssean, 19, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 20, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 21, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 22, Jul

[M] The Old Dyssean, 23, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 24, Jul

[P] 'Uplands' as Diss High School, 6th Form College
[P] See also pre 1927 Wide School Photo, 'Uplands' is at the rear left

[M] The Old Dyssean, 25, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 26, Mar, Special Edition, School Clock Restoration

[M] The Old Dyssean, 27, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 28, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 29, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 30, Aug

[M] The Old Dyssean, 31, Feb

[M] The Old Dyssean, 32, Jul

[M] The Old Dyssean, 33, Feb
[M] The Old Dyssean, 34, Aug
- the VERY LAST publication.