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COHS in the early 1960s

by John Geach (1960s)

Memories of the Early Sixties by John Geach:

I was not happy at school and in general an unsatisfactory pupil. Living in St John Street I was the nearest resident to the school that I was aware of – and always late. As a Catholic I did not attend Assembly and in my sixth year “Pongo” sought (typically) to reform my unpunctuality by making me “Late Prefect” – I was indeed still “late”.

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The Old Bastion

This article dates from a school magazine in the 1920s and complements another one which speaks of the city wall

One would think that every Oxford High School boy knew the old bastion which still rears its somewhat stained shattered form on the south side of the school playground; yet, strange to say, we found that, when the fact that we were making enquiries about the bastion became generally known, the most frequent question that we were asked was , “What and where is the Bastion?”

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A tour of the school

by Ron Baker and Bryan Beames.

Ron writes: “I recall that, having made many guesses over the years, the present occupants were surprised to learn that their Common Room was once a large chemistry laboratory, and were impressed by the lecture theatre, still in constant use.

However, their imagination had been stimulated most over the years by the “bell pit”, and were surprised to learn that the School operated on the sound of a handbell rung by the Caretaker.” 

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