Soham Grammarians - What was new on our website in 2002?

December 2002

• Via Scrapbook, Day Trips page started with London Airport 1961 or 1962 courtesy of Philip Oakes: see also Messages on Mr Hart.

• More photos added for the name spotters in: The Winter's Tale, Amahl, School & Crossbones, Boarding House history.

• School uniform items and several aerial views (1953?), plus views of the Conservatory during demolition work added to Scrapbook.

• May 1965 school photo has been moved to Form/Staff lists and is now searchable, as is the 1965/66 School list.

• Cast list added to Importance and an Arms and the Man March 1971 page started with a cast list, both courtesy of Mrs May Armitage.

• The Importance of being Earnest, March 1970 and Maenad to Martyr (at Ely High School, December 1969) added to Productions (via History)

• Photo and review added for A Winter's Tale Review added for 1965 version of Pirates of Penzance.

• See The Winter's Tale for a unique and fascinating insight into the evolution of this production, an unpublished article by the producer, Gordon Hemmings, 'The Play Produced'.

• See Scrapbook for:
  - June 16 1970, arrival of the Fourteenth Legion at Soham!
  - analysis of the geographical distribution of SGS pupils in school year 1964-65

• 1964-65 U14 Football XI photo added to Archive in History

October/November 2002

• See Scrapbook for:
  - May 1965 School Photo, courtesy of Martin Duffield - this large page in 11 sections will take time to load - if you can add to or correct the identifications, please contact the editor
  - some of Geoff Gammon's memories of 1950-58

• Dudley Walton, entry year 63, has provided corrections to the identification of the football photos 1967-70 - the missing 1969-70 one was, he believes, taken in the gym - anyone got one? - see Archive in History

• Professor Geoff Fernie's (1959-66) page added to Pages by/on SGs

• In History see Productions for photos from Memory Be Green (1964) by courtesy of the Producer, Gordon Hemmings - please fill in the identifications - he has also provided Peter Askem's set design for Amahl (1961).

• For Publications Gordon has provided Horizons 1, the June 1965 Literary Magazine replacement for the Spring 1965 Soham Grammarian.

• Thanks to Richard Street for correcting the Pirates date from 1963 to 1965. What did we do in 1963 then?

• RAT's Form 1 photo, entry year 1959, courtesy of Gordon Hemmings - please fill in the blanks (see Lists, 1959)

• 2nd Year 6th photo 1969-70, courtesy of Peter Easy, see entry year 1963 in Lists

• Roger Sykes adds to the LG Johnson page - In Memoriam and to Scrapbook

• Courtesy of David Sale, partial year lists added for 1945, 46 and improved for 1947-51.

• Via History pages Boarding House History (would like to have images of The Moat, of personalities, even EA playing table tennis, cricket ..?)

• Recollections in Tranquillity (or, Surviving Horse Drove Fen) - John Humphreys, see Scrapbook, also for 50 years of SGS in one family and A day in the life of an SGS boy of 1890

• Taming of the Shrew added to the Production pages (via History) - was it 1971 or 1972?

• In Memoriam page started. 1957, 1958 entry lists improved; 1955 and 1956 partial lists added, courtesy of Philip Oakes

• Apologies about the email connections on the Contact Us page not working briefly - now fixed - do try again if you had a problem before

• Midsummer Night's Dream, Antigone and A Man For All Seasons pages added to Productions (via History)

• Pages on school Productions (via History), added or updated - Amahl, Shoemakers' Holiday, Memory be Green, Merchant of Venice; 2H 1961 School & Crossbones and on the 'nul points' versions of the School Song

• Pages on EA, TLR, CJF, SRS, LGJ, Miss AE Lowe added or updated - see Form/Staff Lists page for links

• Year entry lists added for 1947-52, thanks to Piet Walton-Knight (1952) - but who were the form masters in each case?

• Additional Edward Armitage obituary

• Dramatic & Musical Productions pages started - see History

• Bertram Covill BEM d 27 Jun 2001, obituary from The Times - now see In Memoriam (moved from Scrapbook 10.11.02)

• Splendid aerial views of SGS/SVC 1959 and SVC 2001 added, thanks to Chris Scurrah, SVC's webmaster - see History 1939-72

• Appreciations of Mr TL Riley, Mr CJ Ford and Mr RL Thomas on their retirement: Mr G Parrott's obituary, from the school magazine - see Form/Staff Lists page for links

The site began after the 2002 Reunion

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