Headmaster of Campbell College - Mr Cooke

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Headmaster of Campbell College - Mr Cooke

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Location

Belfast, Campbell College, Havelock House

Year

1963

Date

Production 16/12/1963

Length

01min 16sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

An interview with Mr Cooke, the Headmaster of Campbell College, on fundraising for the school. Plans for new facilities including a new study block, the improvement of the library and the games areas. Plans also for a new theatre and to provide additional bursaries for boys who may otherwise not be able to attend.  

Notes

Campbell College is a private school/fee-paying independent secondary school classified as a voluntary B grammar school and fee-paying preparatory department located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1894. The school occupies a 100-acre (40-hectare) estate in east Belfast, close to the Parliament Buildings at Stormont. All the school's facilities are located on this site, which also contains a small lake and forest named Netherleigh. Campbell's junior school – formerly located on an adjacent site and called Cabin Hill – is now also located on the site.

This prestigious school has had an interesting history since it was founded in 1894 from a bequest by Henry James Campbell. The school was caught up in an IRA gun battle in 1935 and during World War II the pupils temporarily relocated to Portrush when the school was requisitioned by the War Office to become a hospital. Many of the “Old Campbellions” who passed through its gates went on to become journalists, film makers, judges and peace activists. C.S. Lewis grew up nearby and briefly studied here before he was sent to a school that specialised in pupils with lung problems.   

Francis John Granville Cook was Headmaster, 1954–1971. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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