tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post7434016967339875689..comments2024-01-30T19:16:00.434+01:00Comments on Stouts Hill School: History of the schoolJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-89948017716180178592021-11-11T23:33:09.889+01:002021-11-11T23:33:09.889+01:00Not sure that this is of any interest - BUT, I was...Not sure that this is of any interest - BUT, I was the school nurse (SRN) at Stouts Hill from 1964 - 1965. I remember the Angus family, especially daughter Jane.<br />I am now living in Maine, USA. now 82.<br />I still have quite a few photos - somewhere !!<br />Tricia DixonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-45618182596137221752007-11-12T16:37:00.000+01:002007-11-12T16:37:00.000+01:00John MI have a newspaper cutting from the Sunday T...John M<BR/>I have a newspaper cutting from the Sunday Times from 1979 which reading between the lines bizarrely seems to be suggetsing that pupil numbers dropped off because Mark Phillips went to Stouts Hill!<BR/>But I do remember by father being a little, shall we say, annoyed about what might or mnight not have happened to his donation towards the new buidlings!<BR/>I've also got a "Colditz calling" somewhere and all my old reports and stuff. I must have another look.<BR/>I've also got an address list of Old Boys complied by Jeremy Lee Browne when the school was closed down and the Kingfisher Scoiety along with it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-68078985781374337302007-09-24T17:57:00.000+02:002007-09-24T17:57:00.000+02:00I seem to remember hearing of Colditz Calling at s...I seem to remember hearing of <I>Colditz Calling</I> at some time in the past, but I don't think I've ever seen it.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-34570024591037716572007-09-24T17:55:00.000+02:002007-09-24T17:55:00.000+02:00Thanks, Alan. Any information you can get to me in...Thanks, Alan. Any information you can get to me in some form or other, I can try to add to the Web. Anything that doesn't fit well into the blog can be added to Flickr (photos) or to my own Web site (other things), and linked to from the blog.<BR/><BR/>I'm rather busy with work at the moment, but there will probably be time sooner or later.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-13189559424888466362007-09-24T13:16:00.000+02:002007-09-24T13:16:00.000+02:00Seeing this Blog has inspired me to search out a f...Seeing this Blog has inspired me to search out a file of 'piffle' that was kept, generally in perfect condition, of paperwork from school. There is a glossy prospectus with some good photos around the school (early '70's I should imagine), all my Matrons reports, school fees 1975, school term dates including when and at what times parents could take their offspring on Sundays because of church services etc (see other thread), inventory of clothes and other items required and a very interesting list of the exam results for each term I was there, listing the names and ages of all pupils.<BR/>Also there are my school reports...we shan't go there!<BR/>Another find was a slightly dog eared copy of 'Colditz Calling or the Voice of Stouts Hill' which was compiled by Mr Bruce (Billy Whizz) and is a collection of short articles lifted from boys English Exercise Books. There are lots of photos but the quality is very poor as he probably used a fossilised printing press or copier.<BR/>Alan DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-84308144842076192882007-09-19T18:20:00.000+02:002007-09-19T18:20:00.000+02:00Thanks, Alan. I contacted Stouts Hill today: the ...Thanks, Alan. I contacted Stouts Hill today: the book is still available and they'll send me a copy. Perhaps of only marginal interest, but it seems worth a try.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-39833750887394699802007-09-18T23:35:00.000+02:002007-09-18T23:35:00.000+02:00There has been a book published by one of the shar...There has been a book published by one of the shareholders of the timeshare about Stouts Hill.<BR/>Called 'A History of Stouts Hill' by Nicholas Barton, it runs to 128 pages. The vast majority of the book covers the history of the site, who owned it and when, who built what and when and so on. Probably very interesting if you're into local history in a big way. <BR/>The chapter about it's time as school covers only 14 pages and is generally accurate. There are some photos too. One of Mr and Mrs Angus holding a baby (Sue?), one of Mr Kemp teaching a class and one of a snowball fight between boys next to the swimming pool.<BR/>It was advertised in the local paper so I went along to buy a copy and they kindly let me have a stroll around the building, apart from the occupied apartments.<BR/>Not too bad for a tenner.<BR/>Alan DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-54318080825155025682007-09-09T09:49:00.000+02:002007-09-09T09:49:00.000+02:00Thanks, Paul. According to David Richards, writing...Thanks, Paul. According to David Richards, writing on Friends Reunited, the school closed at the end of the spring term 1979.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884877200763768917.post-55101410341149054962007-09-08T07:51:00.000+02:002007-09-08T07:51:00.000+02:00On the financial scandal, it must have been c.78/7...On the financial scandal, it must have been c.78/79. We came back from the [Christmas?] holiday to be told that the school would close at Easter. There then followed a frantic period of finding places in other schools, and I went on to Beaudesert but many went to Deans Close, Rose Hill, St Johns, Tockington, the Downs etc. My memory too is hazy but the sensation is that the school (and parents in particular) raised a staggering £400k for a new theatre but the shell of the building only having been completed, the not inconsiderable balance of the funds "disappeared". I'm probbaly wrong........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com