Articles with the tag: Schools

Travelling to School on the Train . . . . 1955 – 1962

Travelling to School on the Train . . . . 1955 – 1962

Jul 9, 2014 | Memories, People

Back in the mid – 1950s, following my success in passing the eleven plus examination, I was offered a place at the Hugh Clopton School for Girls at Stratford upon Avon (later The Stratford upon Avon Grammar School for Girls at Shottery Manor). When I first...
Jane Elizabeth Tolson-Shaw

Jane Elizabeth Tolson-Shaw

Jun 5, 2014 | People, Places

Jane Elizabeth Tolson was born in Yorkshire in 1879, and followed her older brother John Edwin into the teaching profession. A qualified teacher, geography specialist, member of the Royal Geographical Society able linguist and inveterate traveller, Miss Tolson held a...
Sunshine House Nursery School

Sunshine House Nursery School

Mar 1, 2014 | Memories

 Sunshine House Nursery School 15 Warwick New Road     The Ordnance Survey map of 1886 shows 15 Warwick New Road approached by a sweeping drive, a substantial house and attached stable block set in good-sized gardens well-planted with trees. Named Milverton...
Miss E A Browne, 1852 – 1939

Miss E A Browne, 1852 – 1939

Oct 10, 2013 | People

Miss Emilie Browne came from an extended family of educators. Her paternal Grandmother had been a Governess, her aunt, Miss Mary Salter Browne was the founding Principal of the College, and at least two of her female cousins also earned their living as teachers. For...
Leamington College

Leamington College

Jul 7, 2013 | Places

  In a town replete with Regency architecture, it comes as something of a surprise to stumble on a fine Tudor façade a short distance from The Parade. The building in question is the old Leamington College in Binswood Avenue, designed in Tudor Gothic style by...

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