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From the cover of "Gem" ;feral pupils and a long-suffering teacher at "St Jim's", a fictional school

A snapshot of PGS misbehaviour from sixty years ago. More...

Roger Black, Ed Leask, James Peters and Ross Morrison

As excitement mounts with the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, the school celebrates six OPs who have represented their country at the highest athle… More...

Hockey pioneers - the1958 team (photo courtesy Alan Jones)

A glimpse at the origins of the game at PGS More...

Generl Inspection at Hilsea, May 1964

Peter Barnes (OP 1964) recalls life in the Combined Cadet Force sixty years ago More...

Sixth formers studying, c 1928

On the hundredth anniversary of the installation of electricity at PGS, we shed some light on school life, rapid change and "culture wars" at the scho… More...

Troops aboard their landing craft await to leave Portsmouth harbour the day before D-Day

The approaching 80th anniversary of D-Day prompted John Sweetman (OP 1953) to share his memories More...

Cannon Grant from a photo in the Portmuthian, and as depicted by yr 6 pupils on the JS arch.

Today, on the 125th anniversary of his death, we commemorate and celebrate the life of a man who is credited as having saved PGS from permanent closur… More...

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Pupils of the past have always enjoyed collecting stuff More...

One of the school's Eton Fives courts in 1948 with Tony Savage, John Burridge and Ray Carter

The game of Fives was played by all the most exclusive schools. More...

Ibn Saud's army on the move, as capture by Captain Shakespear's camera

The story of Captain Shakespear OP. More...

The house flags, which were first used for leavers' "March through the Arch" in 2012

All traditions have a beginning and the House flags, and leavers' "March through the Arch", have surprisingly recent origins. More...

A brief history of the PGS lion on its 120th anniversary. More...

On the 75th anniversary of the release of one of the best British films of the 20th century, we take a look at the school career and life of a campaig… More...

HMS Nelson off the Round Tower and (inset) John Braun

Ninety years ago today, a ship in Portsmouth Harbour signalled an SOS. OP John Braun takes up the story: More...

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