Hello and welcome to this blog about The former City of Coventry boarding school at Cleobury Mortimer, also known as Wyre Farm Camp School.
The former school is of course now known as the Pioneer Centre.
The school is part of a wider social history of camp schools created in 1939 by the National Camps Corporation (NCC) and was one of 50 proposed and 39 actual Camp schools - you can read more on the post about National camp schools.
This post will ride on top as an introduction.
INDEX TO POSTS If you are looking for something specific try the index here or the search button in the sidebar.
This post will ride on top as an introduction.
INDEX TO POSTS If you are looking for something specific try the index here or the search button in the sidebar.
You will find lots of photos here sent in by former pupils or staff or official ones taken for sports events or by newspapers reporting on the school.
You will also find school brochures, magazines in pdf form, comments and stories, creative pieces, and posts about school visits, reunions, activities, education and leisure and much more.
Enjoy and share your own memories and material with us.
The discussion has been going on via 2 Facebook pages - I Survived Wyre Farm School (the school's original name) and on City of Coventry School. Memories have been used, interestingly, to re-explore the area, look into aspects of local history and geography and how the area and the school has changed over the years. Stand alone pages in the tabs Above - About - School Photos - List of Pupils 64 -66 etc.
Bookmark this site then it's easy to find.
CONTRIBUTIONS - of Thoughts / Photos or Information can be sent to us via e mail at wyrefarmed@gmail.com
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| The Webbs c 1957 |
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| Charles Joyce c 1967 (Note the Coat of Arms design changed!) |
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| Lauri Lindsay c 1968 |
The Value of the Site
Sometimes our memories don't match the facts identically. The internet has united us geographically and provided the means to share and compare memories with pupils who may have been at the school at different times / decades. The internet has also provided the means to look things up, check facts, identify locations and find out it's history. So - far from just a nostalgic look back on our youth, there is some real learning and research going on and the building of a much bigger picture!
Trev Teasdel 2011
Trev Teasdel 2011
this is a very interesting story
ReplyDeleteI went to this between 1968 to 73. Full of sadistic right wing bigoted Tory loving teachers. Probablly expalains why i became a life long atbieet and Marxist.
ReplyDeleteThere was at least one left wing teacher but from the late 50's /early 60's - English teacher Colin Partridge who left because he thought the school could be organised differently. His name was Colin Partridge and there are a couple of posts on here that are quite interesting if you look in the index on here -scroll down to Teachers and Learning Curves.
DeleteHello all,
DeleteI am Chris Elkington pupil during 1958-1962.
I would appreciate any photos of this period showing all the lads who were there.
Would like to hear from anyone.
Thanks
seatrac@gmail.com
Where is George Parker buried?
ReplyDeleteNot sure - no one has mentioned it so far!
DeleteDid a child die there? There is a ghost of a boy in uniform there.
ReplyDeleteThis was in the current “Forrest lodge” room 12.
DeleteRonnie Ferguson 1975 until 1981 , thankful for a lot of things
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