by Philip Gammage (1947-54)
Philip Gammage (1947-54) writes:
“Does anyone know what happened to the COHS Double bass?
Continue reading “The COHS Double Bass”Tony Howkins
TONY HOWKINS & TONY (ARCH) ARGYLL IN OZ
Arch writes: Tony Howkins lived near to me at Cumnor Hill.
We worked together at the Sir Wm. Dunn School of Pathology under Lord Florey.
We came to Oz on the same sloop in the same cabin to work at the Australian National University. We were both at the ANU Medical school for a number of years until I moved to the Zoology Dept. Tony then came over to work with me there.
We see each other a lot, in same clubs etc, since we both retired.
Reg Allen
More about Mr A R ALLEN From the Oxford School Phoenix Magazine No 7.
Mr REG ALLEN (Ed: At last we know his Christian name!) was appointed in 1928 to look after the school laboratories. Even when a new Biology lab was added, he took on the extra load willingly and also found time to support the Science staff and the School.
Continue reading “Reg Allen”John P Winterton
P JOHN WINTERTON joined the staff in 1963.
As a young member of the Mathematics staff, he taught Statistics throughout the Sixth Form, before leaving Oxford School “for the healthier air of Weston-Super-Mare.”
E J ‘Tich’ Wright
Ralph Baer (1941-45) remembers in particular TICH WRIGHT: “with his slow, slightly stately walk and way of speaking, very enthusiastically about the languages he taught.”
Michael Burchnall
MICHAEL BURCHNALL died in May 2007 at the age of 85. Michael went to Durham School, before going up to Merton on a postmastership.
Continue reading “Michael Burchnall”Charles W ‘Matt’ Busby
CHARLES W BUSBY was music master at the School from 1958 to 1966, and retired when the School amalgamated with Southfield.
Continue reading “Charles W ‘Matt’ Busby”George ‘George’ Wright
COHS in Wartime 40-45
Brian Gumm writes: “It is strange the things that stick in one’s memory after sixty years.
Continue reading “George ‘George’ Wright”J E Badham Esq MA
KEN CAMPBELL (1942-47) writes from Portsmouth: “The pictures of headmaster Badham shown at the pre-AGM slide show brought back painful memories to schoolboy Kenneth Blackwell.
Continue reading “J E Badham Esq MA”F C (Freddy) Lay
Brian Beames (1945-50) writes:
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