Monthly Archives: July 2011

A fascinating story of Mawley Hall involving Napoleon and King Henry V111. It was also where the Catholics at the City of Coventry Boarding school went worship each Sunday. Rosemary Webb Rehill  – “ I remember it well. I’m Catholic and … Continue reading →

Photo by Toby Kirkby of the Pioneer Centre GHOST TRACKS! “And what about the ghost train on the frosted playground” Paul Starling Some of us remember that when the school playground was covered with frost, usually at breakfast time, there … Continue reading →

“All’s well that ends well!” but the well in Cleobury was bad news! Photo by Michael Billings Michael Billings ” The Wells was just before the pub. There was an incline down to them.” Rosemary Webb Rehill ” The Wells was where the … Continue reading →

c 1968 9 the School hosted a production Oliver in the Main Hall. Their has been some discussion of this on Facebook and Rosemary Webb Rehill has shared some photos. Some of the discussion  from Facebook – I survived Wyre … Continue reading →

 John Betjeman described the High Street as ‘a long airy curving street of brick Georgian houses and shops interspersed with genuine half timber buildings, the Rea brook making a splash at the bottom of the hill‘.  Photo by Keith Ison

In my time, the local Cleobury railway system had been dismantled on the say so of  Beeching c 1960 and rumours of a ‘ghost train‘ circulated among us pupils! This was known as the Cleobury Flyer. However Michael Billings who … Continue reading →

Neen Savage is where the protestants at the school went to worship on a Sunday. We would be marched down a long country lane to Neen Savage and were free to walk back at our leisure so long as we … Continue reading →

On a Saturday we would be allowed to miss lunch and take a packed lunch instead so we could spend the day exploring the area around the school via walking, cycling or Midland Red bus. We’d have to be back … Continue reading →

It was custom for fourth formers to toss their school caps out of the window as the coach passed over Bewdley Bridge on the way home to Coventry from Cleobury Mortimer. Fifth formers were allowed to wear suits rather than … Continue reading →

Michael Billings (who was a pupil at the school in the late 50’s) recalled seeing a ‘Nissan Hut‘ with a Midland Red bus beside it with a tree apparently growing out of it. We managed to locate via Google Streetview … Continue reading →