The story of a successful town and gown project
Lists, Individual profiles of or references to Old Boys
During the life of a previous COSA website, data was collected with the view of reconstituting the school register to complete one from earlier times. This was being compiled by then Association Secretary Malcolm Williams but I’m not sure where the project has got to.
Continue reading “A school register for 1927-1965”
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”
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”