City of Oxford School Association
– story of a successful town and gown project 1881-1966
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LIV, iii JULY 1962 no 175
‘ Labuntur anni nec pietas moram ‘ — as for our Headmaster, so for ‘George’ — a name that Mr. George Wright has borne with distinction in our midst since the early ’30s, when he joined the staff and developed the teaching of History as a Sixth Form subject.
Continue reading “George Wright”A Polemical View
This post caused a real stir when Mike Chew published it on the old website, and you will find several responses from other boys linked to it in later posts.
Continue reading “COHS in the 1950s”Note from Mike Chew at the time: “Tony’s story runs into 54 pages. If anyone would like to read them all, please contact me. We shall “serialise” the most relevant passages. Herewith Part 1.” (Ed. The other parts do not appear to have been published however)
Continue reading “COHS in the 1930s”
The Headmasters
Continue reading “The Staff Gallery”Ron Baker (c.1949) writes:
Further to Ted Bown’s reference to “Journey’s End”, the play was produced by George Wright and performed on 2nd to 5th February 1949. The cast:
Continue reading ““Journey’s End””COHS in Wartime 40-45
Brian Gumm writes: “It is strange the things that stick in one’s memory after sixty years.
Continue reading “George ‘George’ Wright”Earlier in this century, Mike Chew tried to construct a list of Old Boys still alive, in association with Malcolm Williams, that could serve as a base for the reconstitution of the school register for 1929-1966. He constructed two lists: a short one with just names and perhaps a job title, and a second which carried quite a bit more detail on Old Boys who were still alive at the time.
We reproduce his work here:
Continue reading “Who did what?”1949
A production of “Journey’s End” by R C Sherriff, produced by Mr George Wright, was performed with the following cast:
Continue reading “The School Play”