Big School, Old Big School, new Big School....

Some people laugh when Big School and Old Big School are mentioned, thinking that it all sounds terribly quaint and old fashioned not to mention somewhat confusing to the unintiated. Well they're probably right on that score (but what's wrong with that any way?) Just to clear things up then: Tonbridge School was, for many many years, known as The Big School but as it grew larger and more buildings had to be added they had to distinguish between the various halls and teaching rooms. Big School is now the larger of the two halls at the front of the school (you know the big school) and Old Big School is the smaller of the two which, presumably, used to once be known as Big School itself, before the new Big School was built. But after then it had to be called Old Big School since Big School wasn't to be named New Big School, which may have avoided the confusion. So Big School must have become Old Big School to make way for the new Big School being called just plain Big School to replace its older smaller brother hall (or is it sister hall?!) And that's the story of Big School. As the meercat says: Simples!...