The City of Oxford High School for Boys
– the story of a successful town and gown project 1881-1966
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI, iii JULY 1959 No. 166
Some men’s lives are not celebrated in the histories of the world and yet, to those who knew them, they were the salt of the earth. M. J. Soulsby was such a man.
Continue reading “Jimmy Soulsby (‘Solar’)”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ii April 1966 no 185
Ian Taylor writes:
Continue reading “Sir Thomas Graham Jackson”THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ili JULY 1966 No. 186
What is to be the fate of the COHS possessions after closure in 1966?
From the CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LIII, ill JULY 1961 No. 172
After receiving an invitation from the Rev. Canon R. R. Martin, a small party of VIIth formers joined the traditional ceremony of Beating the Bounds of the Parish of St. Michael-at-the-North-Gate on the 11th May, Ascension Day, together with the Church Choir and some of the congregation.
Continue reading “1961 Beating the Bounds”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI,i DECEMBER 1958 no 164
School Notes
We wrote in our issue of July 1946:
Continue reading “Dec 1958: The Development Plan”From CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LIII, ill JULY 1961 No. 172
School Notes
It should not pass without comment that the School has now been running for 80 years. So much has been said or hinted about the School’s future that when an opportunity arises to say something definite we should do so.
Continue reading “1961: The 80th Anniversary”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE Vol XLVIII,ii MARCH 1956 No 156
Ian (Spud) Taylor writes:
Continue reading “The Site of the School”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, iii JULY 1966 No. 186
On the whole this has been a very successful year for the School as far as music is concerned.
Continue reading “May 1966 The Final Concert”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ili JULY 1966 No. 186
The bronze statuette of Lawrence of Arabia illustrated in this number of the MAGAZINE was presented to the School in 1956 by Mrs. Lightfoot.
Continue reading “The Lawrence Statuette”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ii APRIL 1966 No. 185
The photograph below is a wax rubbing of the Second World War memorial tablet which is situated on the landing of the main staircase of the School next to the First World War memorial tablet.
Continue reading “A Rubbing of the War Memorial 1939-45”