28/11/11 10:53 Filed in:
New School Opening The New Minster School Southwell was officially opened by his RH Prince Edward on the 16th July 2008 and was set up as a Specialist Humanities and Music College. This event was accompanied by a string quartet and a demonstration of Brazilian dancing to illustrate the new school focus. The actual opening was in September 2007 and was the physical manifestation of the two site school joining.
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The long awaited New Building for the Minster Grammar School was opened on the 29th October 1964 by the then Bishop of Southwell. It had been delayed by funding issues, disagreement on the design and also the possibility of Roman remains (or was it a plague grave from the middle ages). Its subsequent history was to be eventful!
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As we know the Old Southwellians Society was formed in 1906 and the first president was General W Warrand and we currently know little of this man except that he seem to serve for six years whereas the norm up until 1978 was a two year stint which then extended to 2 years after this date. The society appears to have had a break in the war years. It is interesting to note that many of the long serving teachers also served as presidents with some of the obvious ones being R Matthews, Doy, Harrison, Rushby Smith, Yates, and Steve Pulford. Read More...Tags: Mathews, Doy, Harrison, Rushby-Smith, Yates, Pulford
07/11/11 18:31 Filed in:
Post from School We have come across a range of documents over the years that make fascinating reading and none more than the those that came from school. You can read the Schools first attempts at marketing in such things as a prospectus the the tuck that boarders could receive and the extent of rationing after the war. This section contains fourteen authentic of letters and correspondence from the fifties and sixties. A must read
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15/05/11 19:19 Filed in:
Website | Website 1st YearIn less than one year we have had 3072 visits from 34 countries made up of 50,073 page & image viewings. We have had 1628 unique visitors so clearly some people make more than one visit. 3% of all visits are made up of people who have made more than 100 visits so we have some big fans out there. The viewings ate made up of 21,462 visits to web pages and 28,621 to photos. In all we now have 470 photos in the collection . Read More...Tags: Website, Popular, Stories, Beard, Pulford, Photos
The Society was established in 1906 and was set up to provide a point of contact for ex-students of the Minster Grammar School where they could meet and maintain ties with the school after their departure. Whilst the world has changed over the years, the reason for having such a society has not and with people further a field the argument for having a strong society Read More...Tags: OSS, SMGS, Disbanded, President
The early name of School is vague but in recent times it has been known as Minster Collegiate Grammar School, Southwell Minster Grammar School and now Minster School Southwell. Ann Page says that ‘There is evidence of a grammar school back in the year 955, with the names of masters, location of schoolrooms, but not until 1777 are choristers mentioned’. This would put The Minster School at ‘The 8th oldest Schools in the UK’. Read More...Tags: History, SMGS, Choristers, Minster, School, 8th Oldest School
The History of the Minster School was written and researched by David Hutchinson, a former history teacher at the Minster School. The present Southwell Minster School came into being in September 1976 as an 11-18, co-educational comprehensive. One of our "ancestors" was a grammar school, established in the Middle Ages. No precise date can be given to the grammar school's foundation. Read More...Tags: Minster School, History, History Book, Hutchinson
13/09/10 19:19 Filed in:
Website | SocietyThe purpose of this site is to communicate with the former pupils of the Minster Grammar School Southwell, Edward Cludd School and the current Minster School Southwell. As technology has evolved and the cost and inconvenience of the post has escalated the Society has been unable to communicate effectively. This has been exacerbated by the fact that the Society has little or no income. Read More...Tags: OSS, Technology, Social Networking
13/09/10 18:23 Filed in:
Eleven Plus Test My guess is that many of you have not taken an eleven plus test as although they were all the rage in the fifties and sixties they then fell out of favour. If you want to have ago then follow the links and see what you think
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A program has come to light for the 1960 sports day. It gives a fascinating insight into the nuts and bolts of school life. We have ancient events, like throwing the cricket ball and potato race, new ones like the pole vault and a rather bizarre senior relay that involved 100, 200 and 400 yard legs.
Most interesting for me were the school records and the boys that held them at the time. Some of these were serious athletes with the likes of Chris Simey, Malcolm Wharmby, Richard Parker, Dougy Briggs, Trevor Sokell, Harry Luke, Dave Crisp and
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