Happy Throwback Thursday everyone!
This week, we rewind the clock to May 1984, when the College Quad was home to a menagerie of sculptures by John Skelton. These amazing sculptures formed part of an exhibition at the Burstow Gallery, held as part of that year’s Brighton Festival.
A reminder of Skelton’s exhibition can still be seen on campus today: the bronze diver on the lawn outside of the Chapel, captured mid-dive into a pool that was especially sunk for the exhibition, has remained at the school ever since after it was kindly donated to us after auction.
You can read more about the Skelton exhibition, and that year’s Brighton Festival, in the 1984 issue of The Brightonian Magazine.
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Whether it is a photo, uniform, diary, or program from a school play, every piece of history speaks to our shared journey. The Brighton College Archive contains hundreds of fascinating primary sources and we actively encourage interested OBs to get in touch and arrange a tour.
If you have any historic artefacts, documents, or memories from your College days that you would be willing to share with us, please contact our College Archivist, Mr James Harrison.
