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Dean Revell, who was at the school 1962 – 67, has kindly sent some photos taken on a recent visit to the school. Dean now lives in Texas and has been involved with High Energy Physics and the Texas Collider. … Continue reading →

Photo by Keith Ison St. Mary’s church in Cleobury Mortimer is renowned for its crooked spire. It dates back to the 13th Century. The twist and lean was caused by the spire being placed on the tower without any tying or flashing. … Continue reading →

It may have been the mini-skirt but one Saturday I cycled all the way to Kidderminster to buy Sugar Town by Nancy Sinatra. What i didn’t realise at the time was that Kidderminster itself was a ‘Sugar Town’! Ok, songwriter … Continue reading →

I bought the single I Feel Fine by the Beatles in Cleobury one Saturday Dec 1964. Back at the dorm only a mate and I were in after lunch. We played the single on my record player and thinking the … Continue reading →

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 →

 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

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 →

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 →