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
