Today we are winding back the clock and visiting Wymondham College in the 1960s – a period of growth and development in the school's early days.

The site had been a 9-hole golf course in the village of Morley until 1943. It became a hospital for the US Air Force until 1945 and then a training camp for the Royal Norfolk Regiment.

%image(14427014, type="article-full", alt="Boys in a science lab at Wymondham College, Norfolk. Date: May 11, 1966.")

%image(14427015, type="article-full", alt="One of the main buildings at Wymondham College. Date: May 10, 1965.")

%image(14427016, type="article-full", alt="The girls engineering course at Wymondham College, Norfolk. Date: December 6, 1966.")

%image(14427017, type="article-full", alt="An exterior view of the new single-storey courses block at Wymondham College, Norfolk. Date: April 24,1964.")

Pioneering youngsters first stepped into Wymondham College in 1951 when a pilot course of 60 children, aged 12 and 13, began a new chapter at their new school - and home.

In the 1960s the school upgraded and modernised its facilities to accommodate a larger student population.

%image(14427018, type="article-full", alt="Wymondham College students enjoying a ball game in the sports hall and exercises in the Swedish gymnasium of the new physical education block which, with halls of residence, was being opened by the Minister of Education Sir Edward Boyle at Wymondham College the next day. Date: November 12, 1963.")

%image(14427019, type="article-full", alt="A glimpse inside the Wymondham College student club room. Date November 12, 1963.")

%image(14427020, type="article-full", alt="The new swimming pool at Wymondham College, Norfolk was 60ft long and 30ft wide. Date: November 12, 1963.")

Dormitories and classrooms in Second World War Nissen huts, heated by a single heated water pipe down one side, were joined by dedicated boarding houses, a new sports complex and more shared communal spaces.

Please enjoy these old photos from the EDP archive of Wymondham College in the 1960s.

%image(14427021, type="article-full", alt="Students from Wymondham College in Norfolk play Twelfth Night. Date: December 6, 1966.")

%image(14427022, type="article-full", alt="Old archive photo of building at Wymondham College, Norfolk. Date: May 10, 1965.")

%image(14427023, type="article-full", alt="Students learn how to trampoline in the Wymondham College large sports hall or "barn gym". Date: November 12, 1963.")

%image(14427024, type="article-full", alt="An exterior view of the physical education building at Wymondham College, Norfolk. Date: May 10, 1965.")

%image(14427025, type="article-full", alt="PE lesson underway where students learn to play cricket in Wymondham College sports hall. Date: May 10, 1965.")

%image(14427026, type="article-full", alt="Wymondham College dress rehearsal performing Twelth Night. Date: December 6, 1966.")

%image(14427027, type="article-full", alt="The new Wymondham College sports hall. Date: May 10, 1965.")

%image(14427028, type="article-full", alt="Inside Wymondham College, Norfolk. Date: May 10, 1965.")

%image(14427029, type="article-full", alt="Inside one of the Wymondham College classrooms. Date: May 10, 1965.")

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