Times Gone By - Video of the school through the decades by Keith Ison

This was put together by Keith Ison using some of the many photos found on this blog and on Facebook.

NOTE - the video below seems to be deleted now but there are some more videos by Keith Ison of the school and Cleobury Mortimer on his YouTube channel here  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO3cHf69OZW6k_nDY7_yshw

1964 Group Photo at Reunion.

The reunion Sept 6, 2014 was quite industrious with some of them having brought in photos and other items to share around, discuss and identify.

The group photo of 1964 has been uploaded a few times and people identified but this time it had colour indexing. I don;t have the sheet with the names on it (which was still incomplete) but no doubt it will emerge eventually but here are the photos.

School Reunion Saturday September 6, 2014, Part 3

And yet more photos by Keely Donald...

Tony Booton, Michael Billings, Stephen Donald.

The Choppings and Stephen Donald

Mick Chopping, ? , Dave Meacham

Graham Clarke and Stephen Donald

School Reunion Photos Saturday September 6, 2014 (Part Two)

More photos of the reunion taken, I think, by Keely Donald (Stephen Donald's daughter) in the Pioneer Centre.

Michael Billings, Stephen Donald, Gordon and Dyllis Place

Judith Chopping and Tony Booton (and ?)

? / keith Ison / Trev

Foreground Mick Chopping and Stephen Donald. Background Charles Joyce, Rick Gillespie and Ralph Aldhous.

Lloyd Preece, Stephen Donald, Adrian Adams

School Reunion Photos Saturday September 6, 2014

On Saturday 6th September 2014 former City of Coventry Boarding School pupils returned to the camp, thanks to Stephen Donald, a pupil who was there in the late 50's. Stephen did a competent job of bringing together about 20 former pupils at Pioneer centre as the campus is now called.

The following are the photos that have emerged so far on Facebook. There will be more and Roger McGee is to send some archive photos from the 50's which he rescued from the main hall, including a copy of the 2nd Boarder magazine which we don't have.

First off is Stephen Donald's list of attendees. It's more or less right but a few changes. Chris Applebey (Mr Pip Pip) and his wife attended despite being crossed off the list.

In this photo left to right Trev Teasdel, Tony Booton, Dave Meacham, Michael Billings, Charles Joyce, Lloyd Preece (standing), Gordon and Dyllis Place - not sure of the rest.

Ralph Aldhous, Dyllis Place, Trev Teasdel, Mick Gajic.

Same as above.

In the new part of the Pioneer centre - In the foreground - Tony Booton and Keely Donald. At the back - Lloyd Preece, ?, Dave and Lynn Meacham and Mick and Judith Chopping.

Around the Campus

Lloyd Preece, Ralph Aldous, Mick (Dragan) Gajic.

Air raid shelter behind the ablutions with newer constructions for the Pioneer centre.

Lloyd Preece and Wife

Charles Joyce calculates his chances of escape by the 'Watch Towers' (In reality climbing towers!).

Path to what was Jim Lovatt's Music Room and the Head's cottage.

The field behind what was the ablutions - you can see one of the air raid shelter at the back.

The air raid shleter nearest to Jim Lovatt;s class room.

Another view of the air raid shelter (at the back).

You can see the warning sign about the overgrown air raid shelter.

These trees are near where the sick bay used to be - now demolished.

Meanwhile back in Cleobury Mortimer outside the Talbot