The City of Oxford High School for Boys
– the story of a successful town and gown project 1881-1966
This post and its companions present a full record of everything you need to know about what happened on 3 October 1936, on the school stairs leading up to the hall. All the content comes from memorial booklets published at the time.
Continue reading “The Lawrence Memorial Plaque”
A Speech by Mr Churchill
If you have not landed here from that page, you can read about the circumstances of this speech here
“Mr. President: Although more than year has passed since Lawrence was taken from us, the impression of his personality remains living and vivid upon the minds of his friends, and the sense of his loss is in no way dimmed among his countrymen.
Continue reading “T E Lawrence (1896-1907)”
by Don Bennett (1939-45), Southern California:
Thanks for the photo page (No 2 May 2006). It brings back memories, as I used to sit across the desk from Mr Bodey in his physics lab.
Continue reading “R W ‘Pongo’ Bodey”Kim, the widow of Keith Hill (1945-50) has written:
I have recently received the COSA newsletter and have realised that I did not notify the Association of my husband’s death. Keith Hill was one of your members and very proud of his old school. I remember him going off to reunions many years ago when our children were quite young. We made many trips to Oxford to see his family, and we always took a look at the old school building. Keith was born in South Wales in 1934 but moved as a baby to Oxford where his father had found work. He was the eldest of five children, all his siblings being born in Oxford.
Continue reading “Keith Hill (1945-50)”His son, Simon, has written to tell us that Dr. Peter Raymond Samsworth passed away in February, 2011, aged 81 after a short illness. He was a keen sportsman whilst at school and Mike Chew also remembers him as Captain of Cricket. He practised as a GP in Herne Bay for many years and is survived by his wife Alison.
The blue plaque to commemorate comedian Ronnie Barker – who was an Old Boy of the OHS and lived at no 23 Church Cowley Road – was inaugurated on 29 September 2012. The late Mike Chew, who was then Chairman of COSA, was invited to say a few words:
Continue reading “The Ronnie Barker Blue Plaque”
This firsthand account of the World War I Falkland Islands Action on 8th December 1914 was submitted to the OHS magazine by Norman Kent (OHS approx 1891-1898) within four days of the battle and published in 1915 “by permission of the censor”. He was serving as the chaplain on HMS Kent when the conflict erupted.
Continue reading “An Account of the Falkland Islands Action 1914”
T E Lawrence (1896-1907), writing in the OHS magazine, July 1904
This is the earliest piece of writing that can definitely be ascribed to Lawrence, although a companion piece titled ‘Playground Football’ and signed ‘Goalpost’ had appeared in the March 1904 issue of the O.H.S. Magazine, and was written in a very similar style.
From the unfinished School Historyby Geoffrey Hart
Chapter 1: A Very Good Start – The Headmastership of A T Pollard
The following résumé on the History of the School is taken from the work of Geoffrey Hart (COSA’s first Chairman) just before he died. These cover the first years of our School until Mr Cave succeeded Mr Pollard as Headmaster.
Continue reading “A T Pollard 1881 -1898”
The following text is taken from a School magazine where popular teacher Ian (Spud) Taylor explained the origins of the School Crest and Mottoes. Some text and several images are missing – which lacunae we hope to repair soon:
Continue reading “Origins of school crest and mottoes”