by John Bolt (1937-41)
John Bolt (1937-41) writes:
Continue reading “The Air Training Corps”Memories of Ronnie Barker
by Tony Phelps (c.1946)
Tony Phelps writes:
“I met Ronnie on the (non-professional) stage in Oxford in 1946. That was the year when I returned from war service.
Continue reading “Memories of Ronnie Barker”“The Forum Presents”
by Malcolm Williams (left 1960)
“The Forum Presents” is mentioned twice on the “News of Old Boys”, once by Malcolm Williams (left 1960) and once by David Green (left 1953). How many versions of the Forum Presents were there?
Malcolm Williams has responded very quickly:
The Annexe-Morgue-Dispensary Fire
by John Corbey (late 1940s)
John Corbey (late 1940s) writes:
“The Annexe was adjacent to Gloucester Green, facing Worcester College Gardens.
Continue reading “The Annexe-Morgue-Dispensary Fire”P K ‘Eddie’ Swire
Philip K Swire retired in July 1977 after 34 years at the City of Oxford School and Oxford School.
Continue reading “P K ‘Eddie’ Swire”Philip Nash
Philip E Nash died in 1968 from heart trouble, which had caused him to retire early from Denstone College in 1967.
Continue reading “Philip Nash”H N N Waterman
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?
Continue reading “H N N Waterman”Ben Atkin
B C (Ben) Atkin died in 1966.
Continue reading “Ben Atkin”A V Kiley
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.
The School Song
by John Gaskin (c. 1955)
John Gaskin writes:
The precise origins and authorship of the School Song (see Newsletter 4) were never known to more than a tiny handful of people: F C Lay and Jimmy Soulsby are long since dead, and it would be a pity for the knowledge to perish unrecorded with me.
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