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.
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CHARLES W BUSBY was music master at the School from 1958 to 1966, and retired when the School amalgamated with Southfield.
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COHS in Wartime 40-45
Brian Gumm writes: “It is strange the things that stick in one’s memory after sixty years.
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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:
Continue reading “F C (Freddy) Lay”Who did what?
Earlier in this century, Mike Chew tried to construct a list of Old Boys still alive, in association with Malcolm Williams, that could serve as a base for the reconstitution of the school register for 1929-1966. He constructed two lists: a short one with just names and perhaps a job title, and a second which carried quite a bit more detail on Old Boys who were still alive at the time.
We reproduce his work here:
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Extract from the School Magazine Vol LII iii July 1960 No 169
Captain: P V Strongitharm;
Vice Captain: K Moore;
Hon Sec: R Weaver.
The School Play
1949
A production of “Journey’s End” by R C Sherriff, produced by Mr George Wright, was performed with the following cast:
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Article from the school magazine Vol LIII ii, March 1961 No 171. The photos are more recent.
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