A series of photos from the 20s & 30s when S.S.O.B. was prominent in junior club circles.

The club originated prior to the Great War as Technical Old Boys and reformed in 1921 as Technical Old Boys and in they amalgamated with West to become West and Tech in 1923. However, they reverted to SSOB and following the Second World War became the very successful Grammar School Old Boys Club.

In 1974 they moved onto the then Petrus Park ground in Elizabeth Way (now Hornby Park),, becoming SCRUFC, retaining the familiar Maroon & Gold colours.

Images from the years when following the upheavals at the end of the 20s the competition was based on a knockout system, save for one season. In addition, the running of the Cup was taken over by the Durham County South District Junior Union in 1933, a situation that lasted until 1964

The School was opened in 1902 in Lauder Street. At that time it was known as West Hartlepool Secondary School and it provided education for both boys and girls. A modest annual fee was charged for entry to the school.

In 1912 the girls left for the newly-opened Girls' High School in Eldon Grove. The boys remained at Lauder Street until they moved to Brinkburn in Blakelock Road in 1938. The original house at Brinkburn had been the home of the Horsley  family, who were shipowners  and timber  merchants. There were significant additions to the original building, including classrooms, laboratories, workshops, a gymnasium and a large assembly hall. 

In 1944, as a consequence of the Butler Act, the School became the West Hartlepool Grammar School for Boys. In 1973, under the re-organisation of secondary education in the town. it became the Upper School of Brinkburn Comprehensive School. It is now, following considerable rebuilding, the Hartlepool Sixth Form College.

For more information see the West Hartlepool Grammar School Old Boys Association website at: 

http://www.whgsoba.org/