Alty boys take the Bridgewater Hall

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys held a concert to celebrate its centenary, here at the Bridgewater Hall last Monday. One of the few remaining state-funded grammar schools in the country, the concert showcased the musical talent of many of the pupils. Three choirs, an orchestra and their national award winning swing band all put on a highly professional show.

Music from every decade of the school was represented, from Holst's Mars to the swinging sixties and beyond via Porgy and Bess, rock and roll. The music was interspersed with an entertaining narrative highlighting points in the school's history. Shorts were still being worn in the 1950s and it was 1969 before boys were allowed to stop wearing a cap. "Labor omnia vincit", as the school motto says (work conquers all).