Origins: College was founded on “Whisky money”
A new school for technical education
City College Norwich can trace its origins to 13th November 1891, when a school for technical school education was opened on St George’s Bridge Street by the Mayor of Norwich.
According to the
125 Years of Educational Excellence: A brief history of City College Norwich
Origins: Norwich’s first school for technical education
City College Norwich’s history can be traced back to 1891, and its development over the past 125 years reflects the huge changes that have taken place both in education and in society as
Stephen Fry: City College Norwich was “one of the hinges on which my whole life turned”
Watch Stephen Fry’s speech at City College Norwich’s graduation ceremony in 2010, in which he describes how his time at the college was “one of the hinges on which my whole life turned”.
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