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Philip K Swire retired in July 1977 after 34 years at the City of Oxford School and Oxford School. He was educated at Glossop Grammar School and Wrexham county School before coming up to Jesus College to read Modern Languages. For three years he was in Launceston, Cornwall before moving to Oxford in 1943. It… Continue reading P K ‘Eddie’ Swire

Philip E Nash died in 1968 from heart trouble, which had caused him to retire early from Denstone College in 1967. An Open Scholar of University College he came from Ambleside in 1938 to replace Mr G E Churchill as Senior Classical Master. He was an inspirational teacher with a special interest in rugger and… Continue reading Philip Nash

Laurie Bates, apparently an Old Boy but of whom we have no record, wonders why no mention is made of Mr Waterman, who was a Latin Master at the School. Anyone remember him? Laurie, incidentally, lives in Paignton. Anyone remember him? PS – A few hours after this item was placed on the website, we… Continue reading H N N Waterman

B C (Ben) Atkin died in 1966. He retired from the School after a bout of ill health, and lived in Iffley, near the parish church. He was a Scholar of Hertford, and joined the School in 1932 as Senior Mathematics Master but left two years later for Beaumont College. In 1941 he returned gave… Continue reading Ben Atkin

Mr A V Kiley taught Metalwork for some years at the School until leaving in 1966 was appointed Headmaster of an Infant and Junior School in Rochester in 1970.