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.
Harry Jacques
by John Stockford (left 1944)
John Stockford of Redwood City, California writes:
“Thanks for the Update …all very interesting.
Continue reading “Harry Jacques”Mr McCready
by Bryan Beames (1945-50)
Bryan Beames (1945-50) of Fielding, New Zealand 5600, writes:
“Thanks for the update on the web. I had hoped to see a reference to Mr. McCready at some stage and also to the student teachers about whom I wrote some time ago.
Continue reading “Mr McCready”Reg Allen
More about Mr A R ALLEN From the Oxford School Phoenix Magazine No 7.
Mr REG ALLEN (Ed: At last we know his Christian name!) was appointed in 1928 to look after the school laboratories. Even when a new Biology lab was added, he took on the extra load willingly and also found time to support the Science staff and the School.
Continue reading “Reg Allen”John P Winterton
P JOHN WINTERTON joined the staff in 1963.
As a young member of the Mathematics staff, he taught Statistics throughout the Sixth Form, before leaving Oxford School “for the healthier air of Weston-Super-Mare.”
E J ‘Tich’ Wright
Ralph Baer (1941-45) remembers in particular TICH WRIGHT: “with his slow, slightly stately walk and way of speaking, very enthusiastically about the languages he taught.”
Michael Burchnall
MICHAEL BURCHNALL died in May 2007 at the age of 85. Michael went to Durham School, before going up to Merton on a postmastership.
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