{"id":107,"date":"2013-08-12T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wyrefarmed.artsrainbow.com\/2013\/08\/12\/the-headmasters-cottage-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-08-12T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:29:00","slug":"the-headmasters-cottage-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/wyrefarmed\/2013\/08\/12\/the-headmasters-cottage-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Headmaster’s Cottage in 2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the reunion August 10th 2013, I took the opportunity to take a walk in the direction of the Head’s cottage after Paul Williamson asked if it was still there.<\/p>\n

Armed with a mobile phone camera, i headed off down the path which in former days would take you past Lovatt’s Music room. Times had changed…..<\/p>\n

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\nAs you can see here, the ablutions have been demolished (quite a while ago) and this photo shows the ends of the former school Dormitories.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe field behind the ablutions has changed a lot – no more the rough grass and wartime  mounds of the air raid shelters. The campus is now the Pioneer Activity Centre.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nIn times past this path would lead past the Music room \/ Head’s cottage and eventually out of the school via the school via the back way. Now fenced and landscaped with a woodlet, it looked somewhat different.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe music room is on the right and the Head’s cottage further along on this 1967 photograph.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nI explored the little woodlet, which leads on to the bottom sports field.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nHere, in the woodlet, you can peekaboo the sports field and former dining room through the woodlet and adventure Construction.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSoon i came to a fence and assumed the cottage behind it to be the back of the former Headmaster’s cottage.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSneaking up, i got a better view.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nI maneuvered around to the front of the cottage to get a photo.<\/span><\/div>\n

\nNot having a copy of the photo of the Head’s cottage as it was, I assumed it was the head’s cottage but obviously refurbished.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nHowever, now back at the computer, it’s obviously not the Head’s cottage or if it is, it has been rebuilt. I couldn’t get further along the path – or at least i didn’t have time to explore further as the rest of the reunion crowd were up by the Art Room by then.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nLooking at Google maps, it looks like the former cottage site is now part of Cleobury Golf course and obviously rebuilt – here are some views – <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThis looks like the cottage in the recent photo and is part of the Golf course complex i think.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nIn this photo you can just see the cottage through the trees.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nConclusion – it was rebuilt!<\/span><\/div>\n

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