Author Archives: trevor

 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 →

Mostly, the pupils at the school were Cov kids who would know the story of  Lady Godvia, Earl Leofric and Peeping Tom. Who would have guessed that Lady Godiva and Earl Leofric had associations close to the school (some 50 … Continue reading →

Towards the end of the summer term 1965, as we finished our third year at the City of Coventry School, we spent a week camping at  the Hillfield Franciscan Priory  Nr Cerne Abbas in Somerset. The aims (according to their site) are … Continue reading →

Kidderminster was a weaving town, centered on the carpet industry. We had a school trip there c 1966 / 7, possibly Brintons. It was an eye opener that those attractive, spongy, cat-purring front room carpets were produced in a noisy, … Continue reading →