The story of a successful town and gown project
I found the article on COHS in the fifties by Mike Brogden of particular interest. It was also of the greatest credit to the Editor that he should print an article in which the nostalgia was tempered by realism. As a result it has prompted me to add some comments in regard to some of the subjects raised.
Continue reading “Nostalgia Tempered by Realism”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”
“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).
After reading Mike Brogden’s cynical reminiscences of COHS in 1952-59 I found it hard to reconcile his views with those of mine. Could this be the same school? Admittedly, I was there 1940-44 and the headmaster was J.E.Badham but could it have changed that much in ten years?
Continue reading “When did the rot set in?”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”Don Adams (1939-45) writes:
I joined COHS in September 1939. The school premises were shared: COHS in the morning and Clement Danes in the afternoon.
Continue reading “The School During WW2”Stephen Peters (dates?) writes:
Continue reading “Quality of the Teaching”John Corbey (late 1940s) writes:
“The Annexe was adjacent to Gloucester Green, facing Worcester College Gardens.
Continue reading “The Annexe-Morgue-Dispensary Fire”John Gaskin writes:
The precise origins and authorship of the School Song (see Newsletter 4) were never known to more than a tiny handful of people: F C Lay and Jimmy Soulsby are long since dead, and it would be a pity for the knowledge to perish unrecorded with me.
Continue reading “The School Song”Jim Fleetwood (1946-51) writes:
“I was just looking, quickly, over the COSA website and thought I would pass on a few memories from my schooldays. These are, in fact, culled from correspondence with Mike (Jeff) Jeffery. The vague “We” is used to protect the not-so-innocent.
Continue reading “Three Memories”