Acknowledgements
On points of historical detail, this website has drawn heavily on Gerald Hinchliffe's meticulous History of King James's Grammar School in Almondbury, copies of which can be bought on-line (click 'Buy it now!' on the left) or obtained from Nicky Green at the School. I should like to thank Gerald for all his
help and encouragement, and for dealing with such patience with my many queries. Any errors that have crept into the text are my responsibility alone for which I readily apologise; they will be corrected promptly as and when they are drawn to my attention. I should also like to thank the present Headmaster and all his staff for their help and cooperation at all times. Particular thanks are due to Nicky Green who has always responded quickly to my appeals for assistance, and to Pat Reid who lent photographs from the school archive.
I am also grateful to John Rumsby, Museums Collections Manager at the Tolson Museum's Kirklees Community History Service for allowing me access to their image archive and allowing me to use some of their photographs on this website.
Thanks are also due to John Coldwell of Harrogate, who supplied scans of pages from the 1936 School Pageant brochure, and to Geoffrey Douglas and Austin Holroyd who
very kindly allowed me to borrow a copy of the 1936 Almondbury Pageant & Carnival brochure. Finally, of course, this website would not have been possible without the enthusiastic cooperation of the Old Almondburians' Society and the Old Almondburians themselves, of whom I am proud to be a member, who have responded so willingly to my requests for help and material.
Roger Dowling, Lymm, Cheshire
