OXFORD MAIL – Wednesday January 8th, 2003, p13 by Monica Sloan
Noted musician wins knighthood
AN ACCLAIMED musician and composer from Oxford has received a knighthood from the King of Norway.
Continue reading “Norway honours composer”The City of Oxford High School for Boys
– the story of a successful town and gown project 1881-1966
OXFORD MAIL – Wednesday January 8th, 2003, p13 by Monica Sloan
Noted musician wins knighthood
AN ACCLAIMED musician and composer from Oxford has received a knighthood from the King of Norway.
Continue reading “Norway honours composer”This article dates from a school magazine in the 1920s and complements another one which speaks of the city wall
One would think that every Oxford High School boy knew the old bastion which still rears its somewhat stained shattered form on the south side of the school playground; yet, strange to say, we found that, when the fact that we were making enquiries about the bastion became generally known, the most frequent question that we were asked was , “What and where is the Bastion?”
Continue reading “The Old Bastion”A fascinating snippet of school history.
Alan Trinder (1944-51) submits photos of these 2 pages of the school acceptance register for September 1940.
Continue reading “Ronnie Barker joins the school”Alan Trinder (1944-51) has submitted the following poem by Ronnie Barker, which appeared in a school magazine in the late 1940’s. Possibly his first foray into print? It was printed originally as one long text and we have taken the liberty of dividing it up into sense groups, as this makes it easier to read on-screen.
Continue reading “Poem by Ronnie Barker”The school’s WWII Memorial is located in the Oxford Community School (previously the Oxford School, previously to that Southfield School and now the Spires Academy).
Continue reading “The WW2 Memorial”John Drinkwater (1888-1937) was born in Leytonstone, the son of an actor.
Continue reading “John Drinkwater (1899-1903)”Writer unknown:
I was fascinated by Nigel Molden’s story of the cigarette card with the COS insignia. I would guess that it dates from the time before the word “High” was added to the title, which I would place some time in the 1920s or early 30s.
Continue reading “Cigarette Cards”Writer unknown:
“Mr Badham, Headmaster during my time at School, rarely gets a mention in the Newsletters.
Continue reading “Memories of Masters”Tony Phelps (1933-41) writes:
“I was very pleased to receive Newsletter No 5, and it sparked a number of thoughts in my own brain. At the risk of wasting your time, I am putting some of them to you in this letter.
Continue reading “A different school song”Don Adams (1939-45) writes:
I joined COHS in September 1939. The school premises were shared: COHS in the morning and Clement Danes in the afternoon.
Continue reading “The School During WW2”