King's Mead School: progress updates
and additions to
the web site
King's Mead School: progress updates |
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| 4/12/08 | Jane Barrett died at home on 4th December 2008. A memorial service is to be held in St Catherine's Church, Criccieth at 2 pm on Sunday 25th January 2009. Any donations to the Marie Curie Foundation. | |||
| 3/2/07 | Terminal letters from 1945-1947 now on line - (contributed by James Cramsie). Accessed from half way down the school home page | |||
| 1/1/07 | Obituary
for Henry Osmaston (died 2006) |
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| 12/5/06 | School list and calendars from 1960 and
1961 (contributed by Joe
Carr) |
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| 14/1/06 | Now with 230 Old Boys definitely traced |
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| 23/9/05 | John de Courcy (later Lord Kingsale) - to
KM 1950-54 died on 15th Sept 2005. Click here for the Daily Telegraph obituary (sadly he never responded to any letters that we sent to him) |
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| 20/9/05 | I am sorry to write that John Silberrad (1938) died on the 9th September 2005 | |||
| 4/3/05 | I am sorry to write that Lord Keyes (RGB Keyes - to KM in 1928) died suddenly today | |||
| 28/12/04 | Kindly provided by James
Cramsie:- Terminal Letter Summer 1944 (Bideford) |
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| 5/9/04 | The 2nd Reunion
dinner has had to be postponed - possibly until
Easter 2005: Further
details |
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| 23/6/04 | A 2nd Reunion Dinner is planned for Friday 24th September 2004 - but see above | |||
| 30/5/04 | A dedication service for the King's Mead School
Memorial Garden was held on Saturday 22nd May 2004,
following which Ann Hubbard
(nee Sandeman) provide refreshments at her home |
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| 13/1/04 | Photographs of the new memorial garden | |||
| 9/1/04 | A memorial obelisk and memorial garden have now been established in a corner of the original King's Mead site. Photos to follow soon | |||
| 14/12/03 | The school and chapel buildings were
demolished last month. Efforts are being made to
transport the chapel memorial sills to Norfolk for safe
keeping following Peter Bowles' kind offer. A memorial stone to the school and for those who died in World War II is being made and will be planted in a small garden on the KM site near to where the chapel stood. Link to an obituary to Broderick Chinnery-Haldane (1912-1996) added |
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| 7/10/03 | Terminal Letter Summer 1964 courtesy of Nigel Slater | |||
| 5/10/03 | The
King's Mead site is now being demolished. A memorial
garden will be left behind in a spot close to the chapel The programme and cast for Emil and the Detectives, 1966 (courtesy of Nigel Slater) The Easter 1966 school calendar (courtesy of Nigel Slater) |
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| 10/8/03 | Football team of 1955 ........ South Down Hunt........IVA classroom..... (all courtesy of Peter Bowles) | |||
| 21/6/03 | Delays in planning permission
to redevelop the KM site:- Sussex Express article ...... Sussex Express editorial |
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| 1/6/03 | 210 Old Boys now traced and still alive |
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| 14/4/03 | Public
inquiry into the refusal of planning permission
for the earlier application LW/02/1914 (as a result of an appeal by Barratts) |
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| 11/4/03 | Books about life at King's Mead | |||
| 8/4/03 | Seaford Gazette article (2/4/03) about local resistance to renewed planning application | |||
| 24/3/03 | Notice of planning application for redevelopment of the site | |||
| 22/3/03 | Photos of the Connaught Shield, a Commonwealth/Empire scouts' shooting trophy won by the King's Mead troop in 1929 and 1934 | |||
| 8/3/03 | The last KM School calendar, Summer 1968 | |||
| 2/3/03 | 1960 Terminal Report (Andrew Thomson being brave enough to submit his) | |||
| 27/2/03 | Obituaries for Lord
Westbury (Hon David Bethell) and Viscount Allendale (Hon Wentworth Beaumont) |
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| 30/1/03 | Cricket team of 1956 (courtesy of Robert Mackenzie) | |||
25/1/03 |
200 Old Boys and 9 former members of staff contacted |
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| 25/1/03 | Shooting
VIII 1928, winners of the St George's Shield List of schools that King's Mead boys subsequently went on to |
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| 23/1/03 | Obituaries for Peter Beck, Tim Rathbone and the Earl of Limerick can also be accessed from the bottom of the school home page | |||
| 17/1/03 | Football team of 1930 (courtey of Geoffrey Pollitt) | |||
| 5/1/03 | 1927 Photo of Villiers and both Pollitt brothers | |||
| 1/1/03 | Films seen at King's Mead in the 1950s and 1960s | |||
| 5/12/02 | Football
1953, Programme
for Sports Day 1953 Programmes for Christmas plays 1951 and (?)1953 |
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| 15/11/02 | Seaford Gazette article about chapel windows presentation | |||
| 14/11/02 | Seaford Gazette reports on local protest at planning application to build on King's Mead site | |||
| 3/11/02 | The chapel windows now in the Seaford Museum | |||
| 1/11/02 | Girls
at King's Mead!! Team photos for Shooting 1951, Football 1959 &1967, Rugby 1968, Boxing 1961& 1962/?3, Cricket 1968 (also accessible on the post-1950 sports photographs page) |
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| 19/10/02 | Application for planning permission to develop the King's Mead site into 24 houses. Details of a dedicated area for a memorial to KM and those who died in the war are under acive discussion. Peter Ingram has written to the Lewes Council representing the concerns of KM Old Boys. | |||
| 15/10/02 | King's Mead cheque and cheque book added to the memorabilia site | |||
| 13/10/02 | Green Cup Winners | Names of winners of tennis, swimming, boxing, gym, shooting and fives cups can now be accessed through the sports photos page | ||
| 12/10/02 | KM
School calendar Easter 1960 ............KM
School calendar Easter 1963 KM School calendar Summer 1964..........Winning Plumer Cup target Dec 1962 |
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| 5/10/02 | Dining
room photos Dormitory photos Main hall fireplace |
'Sick
Wing' photos 1926 chapel photos More current chapel photos |
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| 3/10/02 | Garden chairs donated by leavers and others | |||
| 1/10/02 | Photos of George Pollitt in 1925 | |||
| 29/9/02 | Order
of Service of Thanksgiving for Peter Barrett and an account of the day by Peter Bowles with photographs John Hissey (to KM 1937) having recently won the Maxwell Cup |
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| 11/9/02 | 190
Old Boys and 10 former members of staff contacted |
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| 10/9/02 | Photos of 1911, 1916, 1918 cricket teams, and 1923 Patrol Leaders | |||
| 8/9/02 | "The
Thief Unmasked" (1929) programme Photograph of Geoffrey Pollitt (to KM 1926-31) reclaiming his chapel chair Photograph of the Littlington White Horse Photograph of 1960 Boxing medals (added into web page with other post 1950 sports photos) |
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| 5/9/02 | "Toad
of Toad Hall" programme, 1956 "Whatever Happened to George" programme, 1962 |
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| 29/8/02 | Photographs dating from 1925/26 from the album of Claude Allenby | |||
| 17/8/02 | Peter Barrett, Headmaster 1951-1968, died today. A thanksgiving service will be held at St. Catherine's Church, Criccieth, Gwynd on Thursday September 5th at 2.30pm | |||
| 7/8/02 | The
King's Mead School Hymn as sung by the choir of St
Faith's at Ash prep school Father's Day Cricket match 1963 score card Photo of 1962 Cricket team |
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| 5/8/02 | Clothing
Lists 1959 "Toad of Toad Hall" programme 1962 Letter from Jane Barrett to mothers of new boys |
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| 1/8/02 | Photos of 1963
Cricket, and1964
Rugby teams Long overdue additions to acknowledgements 180 Old Boys and over 8 former members of staff contacted |
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| 3/7/02 | Photos of Cricket 1960, Football 1960, Rugby 1961 and a pile of School Reports | |||
| 28/6/02 | The
school and chapel change hands. Now owned by Sun Line
Properties, Brighton Photograph of 2 King's Mead hymn books retrieved from the chapel |
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| 21/6/02 | KM
Reunion dinner: 63 Old Boys, staff and guests met at
the Army & Navy Club, London for an excellent reunion
dinner. It is likely that another will be held in 2
years' time. Attendance list and Photographs |
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| 24/5/02 | 160
Old Boys and over 8 former members of staff contacted |
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| 5/6/02 | Peter Beck
(Master before World War II - died 17th May 2002):
Obituary from the Times |
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| 24/5/02 | 150
Old Boys and over 8 former members of staff contacted |
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| 1/5/02 | Impending sale of King's Mead School buildings | |||
| 27/4/02 | Reunion on 21st June 2002 | |||
| 31/3/01 | We are planning a London
reunion dinner in June 2002. Dates to be confirmed. |
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| 1/3/02 | 140 Old Boys and over 8 former members of
staff contacted |
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| 8/2/02 | Report from English Heritage turning down the application for listing the chapel | |||
| 10/1/02 | 130 Old Boys and over 8 former members of
staff contacted |
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| 4/1/02 | Article in the Sussex Express |
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| 28/12/01 | Application for 'spot' listing of the
school chapel received by Department of Culture and
passed to English Heritage
for consideration |
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| 27/12/01 | Third article in Brighton Argus following a second press release by Norman Baker, MP | |||
| 14/12/01 | School building now emptied of nursing home residents and locked/boarded up. | |||
| 11/12/01 | 100 Old Boys contacted |
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| 7/12/01 | Second article in Brighton Argus | |||
| 19/11/01 | 80 Old Boys contacted |
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| 7/11/01 | Over 60 Old Boys contacted |
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| 5/11/01 | Norman Baker MP
receives a response from Westminster Healthcare
indicating that they are aware of the sensitivity of the
war memorials and that they are considering many options
with respect to the chapel and its contents and also
concerning the Nursing Home, for which cooperative plans
with local Government are being considered |
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| 5/11/01 | Article in Brighton Argus | |||
| 5/11/01 | Item on BBC Southeast TV news. BBC relate that Westminster Healthcare are also considering selling to a developer as an option | |||
| 2/11/01 | Article in Sussex Express | |||
| 28/10/01 | Over 50 Old Boys now contacted |
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| 24/10/01 | Norman Baker,
Local MP, writes to Westminster
Healthcare and issues a press
release about his concern for the chapel |
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| 17/10/01 | Peter Ingram and
Erick Curzon (Earl Howe) met with the local MP, Norman
Baker, who expressed interest and offered to write to
Westminster Healthcare. He did this a few days later. |
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| 8/10/01 | Structural Survey of the school chapel by Westminster Healthcare | |||
| 8/10/01 | Letter from Westminster Healthcare to the Seaford Town Council | |||
| 8/10/01 | Letter from Seaford Town Council to Anne Hubbard | |||
| 19/9/01 | Letters from Seaford Town Council to Westminster Healthcare and from the Seaford Museum to Jane Barrett | |||
| 7/9/01 | Ann Hubbard spent 45 minutes with the Chairman of Seaford Town Council, who was very interested in the turn of events and intends to discuss the fate of the school building and chapel with the local MP, Norman Baker. | |||
| 4/9/01 | Visit to the
school (now called St Mary's House). It was apparently refurbished 4-5 years ago. The wooden panels in the dining room were removed and some placed in the attic (above the 'sick-wing'). Some I couldn't get at but those that I saw related mostly to 1920-30. Also some relating to prize winners (swimming, shooting etc). The chapel is in considerable disrepair - even to someone who knows nothing about surveying. Woodworm is evident. The wooden beams running the length of the building are now supported with scaffolding. A lot of mould around the altar. The wooden chairs are all there, most donated in 1920-30s but some with names familiar to me (Gill, Sowerby, Arbuthnot + others). The spine of the roof seems to be sagging in the middle. The swimming pool is still there albeit full with garden rubbish. The tennis courts and boating pond now have houses on them as do the playing fields. I understand that the plan is to try to empty the school building of residents by end October and then to pull it down. Their objective is to rebuild a home that complies with current legislation but no plans as yet exist. The manager, who was kind enough to show me round, made much of wanting to preserve things, with items being stored in the Seaford Musem, until they could be reincorporated in the new building. She was keen to find as many people as possible who wanted to keep things that had their name or that of their families. She was keen to offer use of the library for any sort of reunion before it all came down. Michael Rawlins' house is still there and is still called Boundary House. |
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| 8/8/01 | Article in Seaford Gazette about prospects for the school chapel | |||