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WYRE FARM CAMP SCHOOL – THE WAR YEARS.

WYRE FARM CAMP SCHOOL – THE WAR YEARS. Researched by Trev Teasdel You can download this article as a PDF file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q0ffylOZ9iMxijtZdnsoFZrVyGPjCjI9/view?usp=sharing Following on from The National Camps Corporation article, I want to take you back, through the eyes of … Continue reading

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List of Pupil Intake Between 1940 and 1950

Lynn Tiltman whose father Lionel John Aubrey was at Wyrefarm School between 1946 and 1949, has contributed a great excel document showing the intake of pupils between 1940 and 1950. You can read more about Lionel’s early memories of the … Continue reading

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Lionel John Aubrey – At Wyre Farm Camp School 1946 – 49

A while ago we re-posted material from the BBC site The War Years in which Lionel John Aubrey gave an account of life at Wyre Farm Camp School between 1946 and 1949, with an interesting early itinerary showing the times … Continue reading

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Press Cuttings from the War Years

The following press cuttings were kindly photocopied for us by the Pioneer Centre during the reunion. The first is from The Midland Daily Telegraph Wednesday August 21st 1940. In these cuttings we gain a portrait of Wyre farm first headmaster … Continue reading

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Wrens Warren Camp School (National Camps Corporation)

During the Wyre Farm Camp school (City of Coventry Boarding school) reunion 2013. We looked through some of the archive photos of the Pioneer Centre (as the school is now called). Among the archives we found this research into the … Continue reading

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