MICHAEL BURCHNALL died in May 2007 at the age of 85. Michael went to Durham School, before going up to Merton on a postmastership.
Category: Staff
Charles W ‘Matt’ Busby
CHARLES W BUSBY was music master at the School from 1958 to 1966, and retired when the School amalgamated with Southfield.
George ‘George’ Wright
COHS in Wartime 40-45 Brian Gumm writes: “It is strange the things that stick in one’s memory after sixty years.
J E Badham Esq MA
KEN CAMPBELL (1942-47) writes from Portsmouth: “The pictures of headmaster Badham shown at the pre-AGM slide show brought back painful memories to schoolboy Kenneth Blackwell.
F C (Freddy) Lay
Brian Beames (1945-50) writes:
Time to ask what work is for
Ian Lamb writes: The rest of this newsletter is devoted to the full text of an article written by “Jock” Sutton. I am indebted to Alan Trinder (1944-51) for forwarding it to me. (Ed. Jock was editor of the School Magazine for many years, as were other teachers of English before him.)
Arthur Wilson Cave 1888-1900
From the unfinished School History by Geoffrey Hart Chapter 2: The First 12 Years of Mr A W Cave’s headmastership Résumés of the first two chapters of the History of the School, written by Geoffrey Hart, were published in Newsletters 4 and 6 just before he died. These two chapters cover the first years of… Continue reading Arthur Wilson Cave 1888-1900
F W ‘Jock’ Sutton
David Manners and his wife have visited Jock Sutton and his wife Muriel in their nursing home in Oxford. David writes:
R W ‘Pongo’ Bodey
by Don Bennett (1939-45), Southern California: Thanks for the photo page (No 2 May 2006). It brings back memories, as I used to sit across the desk from Mr Bodey in his physics lab.
A T Pollard 1881 -1898
From the unfinished School Historyby Geoffrey Hart Chapter 1: A Very Good Start – The Headmastership of A T Pollard The following résumé on the History of the School is taken from the work of Geoffrey Hart (COSA’s first Chairman) just before he died. These cover the first years of our School until Mr Cave… Continue reading A T Pollard 1881 -1898