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An Experience not to be Forgotten…

Every now and then a Google search throws up something I haven’t seen. This is from an article in the Coventry Telegraph c2018. Some of you from the 70’s might know the guys mentioned. – An experience not to be … Continue reading

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Neen Savage 2020 Gill Guest – New Book

I got an email from author Gill Guest who has authored a book on Neen Savage which sounds quite amazing. Gill says “The book might make a great Christmas present for someone. It’s a whopping 200 pages, with colour pics. There’s … Continue reading

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Recent Material via Facebook or other!

NEIL AND HAZEL O’CONNOR Taken at the Coventry Music Museum a couple of years backĀ – Coventry singer Hazel O’Connor n the right, Pete Chambers (Curator of the museum) and hazel’s older brother, Neil O’Connor on the left. Neil was at … Continue reading

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The Boarder – Second Issue of the School Magazine July 1959

 The Boarder – Second Issue of the School Magazine July 1959 Thanks to Gordon Wood we now have issue 2 of The Boarder from July 1959. For this issue they went professional – typeset and printed on an offset litho machine at … Continue reading

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Photos from Paul Norman

The team 1966 – from Paul Norman

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Miscellaneous Photos From Our Facebook Page

 Photograph from c 1958 / 59 from Warren Shepard. Sports team 1970’s From Dill Holmes Cleobury from the air.

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Photos from Gordon (Corgi) Wood c 1954 – 1960

 Photos from Gordon (Corgi) Wood c 1954 – 1960 Gordon (Corgi) Wood was at the school c 1954 – 1960. He played the violin in the school orchestra, was in Blount. He was also in the school cross country team … Continue reading

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DIARY OF A YOUNG SCHOOLMASTER

Sarah Baker says…… (on the Facebook page ‘I Survived Wyrefarm Camp School’) “When I first joined this group I said I had found my late Father’s (Philip Baker, geography, history and games master 1968-1972) diaries for the period of Autumn … Continue reading

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Conversations with Colin Partridge – Literature Teacher

Conversations with Colin Partridge – Literature Teacher c 2012 I had the privilege to correspond by email with a English teacher -Colin Partridge from the school before I joined. It’s a little bit surreal therefore, but very interesting.  It was a fascinating … Continue reading

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Dave Mansell’s Photos

Dave Mansell who was at the school from 1962 – 67, has sent a great photo of Dennis Elmer and some of Charles Joyce at school and after. Thanks Dave. Dennis Elmer taken by Dave Mansell some time after leaving … Continue reading

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