by George Pulley (1944-49)
“I have to respond to the article in the July Newsletter No 8 by Mike Brogden. This could have been written by me of my experiences and feelings when at school in the forties (1944-9).
A sense of superiority
by Philip Hunt (1960-67)
Encouraging the debate: Lord Philip Hunt sides with Nigel Molden
(Lord) Philip Hunt (1960-67) writes:
I was very interested in Nigel Molden’s piece. Some of my experience chimes with his and I thought you might be interested in some comments.
Continue reading “A sense of superiority”The Staff Gallery
The Headmasters
Continue reading “The Staff Gallery”Ronnie Barker joins the school
A fascinating snippet of school history.
Alan Trinder (1944-51) submits photos of these 2 pages of the school acceptance register for September 1940.
Continue reading “Ronnie Barker joins the school”The WW2 Memorial
The school’s WWII Memorial is located in the Oxford Community School (previously the Oxford School, previously to that Southfield School and now the Spires Academy).
Continue reading “The WW2 Memorial”The School in the 40s
by Tony Argyle (1941-46)
Tony Argyle (1941-46) writes (again with real ink) from Pearce, near Canberra in Australia.
Do you remember putting milk bottles or chalk dusters in the grand piano?
Who did what?
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?”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 our School until Mr Cave succeeded Mr Pollard as Headmaster..
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