by Bryan Beames (1945-50) Bryan Beames (1945-50), now living in New Zealand, reminisces: Living in Cowley (I knew Alan Trinder (1944-51) who lived in the next street) I attended St. Christopher’s School and passed the scholarship exam, the last time it was held I believe before it became the 11 plus exam.
Category: The School
The best selection of items that deal with the history of the school
School Curiosities
from THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE Vol LIII ii, March 1961 No 171. [Ed. The photographs are more recent.]
The Winter of 1946/7 part 1
from THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE Vol XXXIX, ii APRIL 1947 No 130 EditorialLovers of statistics will probably find some subtle and abstruse connection between the date 1881, 1895 and 1947. These were all hard winters.
Collecting and Digging for Victory
From the wartime CITY OF OXFORD SCHOOL MAGAZINE no 3 January 1942Almost everyone seems to be busy collectinq something or other these days to help the war effort, and the members of the School have proved themselves no exception to the rule.
About Secondary Education
from THE CITY OF OXFORD SCHOOL MAGAZINE, December 1922 Editorial“Certain people are now demanding that all children shall have a ‘secondary’ education, and this, without considering the cost or the advantage [sic] to the nation.
History of OHS
COSA Chairman Geoffrey Hart completed two Chapters of the History of the City of Oxford (High) School before his untimely death.He began Chapter one by briefly outlining the beginnings of education for all children in Oxford.
WW1 Service Distinctions
The numbers of Old Boys serving in the 1st World War – or the Great War as it was known then – was 580. In a school with a nominal intake of 120 pupils per annum that is a huge percentage:
Origins of school crest and mottoes
The following text is taken from an unidentified School magazine where popular teacher Ian (Spud) Taylor explained the origins of the School Crest and Mottoes. Some text and several images are missing.