It was on Friday 17th March 1967 that the Queen visited Wrekin. Having opened the new Shire Hall in Shrewsbury that morning, the Queen arrived with the royal cavalcade at 3.12pm prompt. Unsurprisingly, crowds lined the streets and the school welcomed the Queen from the main gates in ranks of Sunday grey and khaki.

The Headmaster, Robert Dahl greeted the Queen, and in his study presented a specially bound copy of B.C.W Johnson’s A Brief History of Wrekin College, whilst Head of School, David Franklin (W. 1961-67) was given the honour of presenting a cricket bat for her sons.

Dahl walked the Queen to the chapel where the Chaplain, Reverend Doggett and his wife were there to greet, and The Queen then spent five minutes in the chapel listening to the choir singing A.P.V’s setting of the Nunc Dimittis.

The Queen was then showed the Gordon School, where a demonstration was given of the then new audio-visual work conducted by Geoffrey Pain in the Modern Language Laboratory. Finally, it was on to the Memorial Hall where students performed a gym display with a sequence of tumblers, trampolinists, vaulters and bar work.

Despite the fact that the visit was scheduled to last only 20 mins, the Queen stayed for an extra ten minutes and departed at 3.40pm.