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The Welcome and Index

Hello and welcome to this blog about The former City of Coventry boarding school at Cleobury Mortimer, also known as Wyre Farm Camp School.  The former school is of course now known as the Pioneer Centre.   The school is part … Continue reading

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Recent Views of Clee Hill

 Photos by Keith Ison This one is obviously not Clee Hill but part of Keith’s collection – Cleobury Church.

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Recent Visits to Cleobury

  Ray on the left and Tom Sterland on the right and Tom’s mom in the centre.  Wayne Carter at the School gates Colin Davis, Bill Partridge, Pete White, Paul Blundell, Dave Irish, Pete Melhuish.

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Tony Booton in the Cleobury Clarion 2012

  The full magazine on pdf http://www.cleoburyclarion.co.uk/current/files/downloads/Clarion%20January%202012.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1bn0KQTDslNv_L-UpJ3OWJlu6I1xKS9wF2KYHwD5WZiSZoiyo7bxyVwI8

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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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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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Recent Uploaded Photos of the School.

A few pics taken recently  from the school Facebook Page “I Survived Wyre Farm School”. Photo is from Bill Vesper, there from 1951 until 1954. The photograph is of a marionette performance organised by one of the teachers who was known … Continue reading

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ATV Today – City of Coventry Boarding School – Footage (via MACE) from 3.4.1969

At last we’ve tracked the existence of an ATV film of the school from the 3rd April 1969. The footage has been preserved by MACE (Media Archives for Central England). As the footage has now been digitised, we are now … Continue reading

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John Billing – Former Pupil and International Lyre Player.

John Billing was at the City of Coventry Boarding in the 1970’s. Recently we have become aware that John is a talented Lyre player and teacher. John was at the school and later at La Trobe University and became a … Continue reading

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Dennis Crowther – Clee Hill Poet and Folk Musician

“CLEE HILL. AKA – “Dennis Crowther’s No. 1.” English, March (4/4 or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard Clee Hill tuning (fiddle). One part. Clee Hill refers to both the height of Titterstone Clee, one of the highest hills in south … Continue reading

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