Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1957 and May 1961.
Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1953 and July,1961.
Extracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1953 and July,1961.
1957 HA 067 Campus aerial view showing BC buildings and sports facilities, including the swimming bath. The remnants of the orchard from Driefontein farming days are also visible.
1957 HA 064 Campus aerial view showing the extent of the College buildings and the ring road and the location of the original school gate close to the centre of Randburg.
1956 HA 055d Chapel Harris wedding. The bride enters the Chapel with her father, EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel. The name of the bridesmaid is not recorded.
1956 HA 055a Chapel Harris wedding: bride entering the Chapel. The bride is the daughter of EM Harris. This was the first wedding to take place in the Chapel.
1955 HA 032 Aerial photograph of the College grounds and surrounding areas taken from the north. The intersection of Main Road and the later-named William Nicol Highway can be clearly seen in the central axis of the photograph.
1954 HA 025c BP Grade 2 and Grade 3 on gate. It is understood that this was the original gate to the school close to the centre of Randburg. It would have been on the part of the school property that was sold of in the 1980s.
1954 HA 025b BP Burgess Roughton in 1964 HMS Conway. (It is understood that Burgess may have been related to either Harris or Mears hence the appearance of the photograph in the albums.)
1953 HA 019c Architects at Dining Hall 19530811 Legend: Left to right: [unidentified but thought to include CM Paynter and possibly AJ Marshall who were appointed in 1944]
Portrait photograph of Rev Dr J R Webb who conducted the service of the laying of the College foundation stone. At the time he was the head of the Methodist Church in South Africa.