History Grizedale College, Lancaster

depravo rat

grizedale 1 of last colleges built on bailrigg campus in 1974. shared accommodation , administration pendle college. grizedale in old e block , pendle in old j block. arrangement continued until grizedale took on j block in 1993, , new accommodation south of grizedale, intended grizedale itself, completed pendle in 1994.

the grizedale boar inaugurated college mascot. originally, depravo rat, character invented michael palin in book ‘bert fegg s nasty book boys , girls’, represented college. member of college staff friendly mr palin granted college rights character , depravo rat became grizedale’s mascot. boar became second mascot in late 1980s when number of parents questioned relevance of depravo , grizedale boar created. since 2000 boar has become main mascot of college, although bar still retained name depravos until demolished in 2007.