Culford School

Our archives stretch back through generations of pupils from Culford and the East Anglian Schools, encompassing the history of Culford and its parkland.

Decades of school photographs, commemorative cups and trophies, old school uniforms, volumes of school magazines and journals - our collection constitutes a unique and fascinating resource.

Discover the Archive

After years of careful curation and meticulous organisation, the Culford Digital Archive invites you on a journey through time, uncovering the school's rich history.

Step into the past with many school photos capturing generations of pupils, staff and significant moments. 

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I discovered old photos of my father from his time at Culford in the 1970s, pictures I’d never seen before. It was like stepping back in time!

Sally, Old Culfordian

 

What were the East Anglian Schools?

In 1881, the Methodist Board of Education opened the East Anglian School for Boys in Bury St Edmunds. It outgrew its original site and in 1935 succeeded in buying Culford Hall. The East Anglian School for Girls eventually joined us in 1972. We are now home to EAS and Culford alumni and our archives include material from all of the schools. 

Help us to preserve our history for future generations.

Huge thanks to the many donors who have supported the digitisation of our archive materials. There is plenty more material to be added so we continue to fundraise for this project to ensure that it is preserved for future generations and can all eventually be viewed online.

With copies of The Culfordian and East Anglian magazines averaging 50 pages, the cost of digitising all the archives including magazines, books, letters, photographs and reports, soon adds up as each page costs £1 to scan. With whole school, year group and team photographs requiring gentle and time-consuming handling, they cost, on average, £20 each to scan.

We would be grateful for your support - click here to make your contribution.  

All gifts of any amount can make a real difference and help secure and preserve Culford and East Anglian Schools' history for future generations and everyone to enjoy. Thank you.