The Welcome and Index

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. 

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

The Webbs c 1957 

Charles Joyce c 1967 (Note the Coat of Arms design changed!)

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