Clubs And Societies at CGS
Clubs and Societies played a large part in school life. The School’s move to Tile Cross, under the flight path to nearby Birmingham Airport, generated a lot of interest in Aviation the early 70s, so a club was formed by students who wanted to get more from their hobby – Plane Spotting!!
There were clubs for Science, Maths, Transport, Boats, Chess…. all enthusiastically supported by pupils and Teachers alike.
Some of the clubs went back to the earliest days of the school and were still running at the time of the amalgamation with Byng Kenrick Girls School. Others were only around for a much shorter time – generally due to changes to what was “fashionable” at the time.
Click on the links to the Club Posts below to find out more about each one!
Aviation Society
The CGS Aviation Society After the school moved to Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, it found itself in close proximity to the final approach to the main runway at Birmingham Airport. Consequently there was a great fascination by many boys to the frequent flypasts of Airliners to and from the Airport. In the late 50s and 60's these mainly consisted of Propeller driven aircraft, initially Piston Engined, but by the 60s, The Vickers Viscount Turbo-Prop was making frequent visits. "Plane-spotting" soon became a major hobby in the school. By 1970 the Scientific Society had been catering for this growing trend, however a number of students felt that the time was right for a more specialist spin off. The CGS Aviation Society The Society was [...]
