The Bishop Road History Quiz! 
Think you know everything there is to know about Bishop Road Primary School?
Here are 13 fiendish questions to really get you thinking. Remember to look for clues in the pictures as well as the text. Good luck!
- When did our school first open?
- Who was Bishop Road’s first Headmaster?
- What did the hilly section of Gloucester Road near our school used to be called?
- When the school first opened, did the boys and girls learn the same things?
- Who did Miss Vera Thomas (teacher) marry in 1916?
- Where did Reginald Thomas live when he went to Bishop Road School?
- What was Cary Grant’s name before he changed it on becoming a famous film star?
- What is ex-pupil Paul Dirac famous for?
- Can you name three of the Sports Day races that happened in the 1940s?
- Where did the children at Bishop Road go for their swimming lessons?
- When did the Bishop Road Senior School close?
- Why were the fire brigade called out to our school in the 1990s?
- What far-flung countries did former pupils travel from to come to our Centenary Celebration in 1996?
Scroll down for answers!
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January 6th 1896
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Mr Wallace Edgar
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Pigsty Hill
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No, the boys learned woodwork and science while the girls did sewing and cooking instead.
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Arthur Greenway
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31 Falmouth Road
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Archibald Alexander Leach
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The famous Dirac Equation that encapsulates the concept that an electron can have two different energy states, one positive and one negative
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The sprint, sack race, hoop rolling, skipping, wheelbarrow race
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The Bristol North Baths
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July 1981
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A pesky treacle tart had caught on fire!
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Australia and Canada