Wymondham College Remembered

	"The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured" US Secretary of State Dean Acheson (who was Guest of Honour at the College's first Speech Day in 1958)

	A light-hearted look back over the past 59 years

Contents List


		About This Site	Tips for visitors and construction details
		What's New	Changes made to the content during the previous 3 months
		Notice Board	News and editorial ramblings - please check regularly!
		Forthcoming Events	Meet up with members
		College History	How we evolved
		Morley Mall	Prints, books, internet shops and the 100 Club
		Our Memories	The things that time can't erase
		Regaining Contact	The 'wanted' list, future reunions and other news
		Contributors	Those wonderful people who supplied the material!
		The Gallery	Mainly pictorial, but includes background/descriptive notes
		Useful Links	Other places to go

Last Update: 30 June 2010
For details, see What's New

Notice Board

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The June100 club draw was carried out at the OW Golf Day at Sprowston Hall Hotel in Norwich.

This month's winners received cheques for £475 and £190! - - - - - - Why not join today?

The Golf dinner was attended by about 60 ex-pupils {& staff] and was, again, superbly organised by Bob Rowell. This event was far more entertaining than the England game that was being shown in the bar!! [Link to report and photos below-Ed]

The July draw is to be held at The Squirrels Drey at Sporle on the outskirts of Swaffham on Wednesday 21st July 2010 at 8.00 pm.

Ruth Chase (Brown) has been in touch and would like to hear from those of you who were in Forms 1A, 1B and 1C in September 1951 and who may be turning 70 this year. A get together is being arranged sometime later in the year for lunch. If you would like to join in please reply to Anne Kelly (Read) by email on anne.kelly1@tesco.net or telephone number 01953882461.

Bill Atkins and others compiled some useful data on the construction and layout of a Boys Dormitory of the fifties and sixties. These are documented within this website here. We would like to research the possibility of incorporating within this site a computerised walk through model of a Nissen Hut based on this Data. If anyone has any ideas on how we could accomplish this then please contact Julie.

My wife and I taught at the College between 1974 and 1977 and have happy memories of it. I wandered through the grounds on the recent bank Holiday Monday when there was virtually no one about and was most impressed by the changes that I saw from the pioneering days!! I wonder if you can help me locate a colleague from that time who we have lost contact with in the last two or three years. Delphine Coiley is her name and for many years we exchanged Christmas cards at least when she lived in Thetford.

If you have any information that might help us I would be most grateful. Thank you.

Tony Foley (Mr A.D.Foley and Mrs C.M.Foley)
(Email Julie and she will pass any messages on)

Some of you will have clicked on the news link below re the new Language Centre for the College. It might be a good idea to clarify just which old buildings are being replaced as the press article is not very clear. It will be the last of the original hospital buildings which in the fifties, sixties and seventies were used for Domestic Science and Wood & Metal Work. David Spinks wrote about these buildings in 2001 when it had been suggested they might be under threat. It seems that they will now disappear sooner rather than later so you might like to read David's' article which includes a very good photo "View From the Water Tower (1953)".

Many of you will remember Mr Roger Garrard who taught at the College from 1952-1989. He is still very much a suppporter of College events and is an active member of the Old Wymondhamians. He directed many College Productions over the years and his review of the recent production of Hairspray is on the College website. Roger gave it a resounding thumbs up and we thought you might be interested to see that the tradition continues.

Forthcoming Events

Summer Fayre	10 July 2010
USA reunion	17 July 2010 - to be held in Boston. If you would like to attend please contact Jackie Glenn .

The 2009 College Magazine can now be viewed on line at this location (will open in a new window). It features a number of Old Wymondhamians on the front cover. The web interface isn't the most user-friendly in the world, but persistence will be rewarded!

We would love to hear about any reunions being held, however small. Let us know beforehand if you would like to encourage people to attend or send in a report afterwards so we are kept up to date about what's happening out there! Photos always gratefully received too!

The WCRemembered web site is updated at the middle and end of every month; see What's New for details. If you use Internet Explorer (over 95% of you at the last count), there is a possibility that you may be seeing an old copy of this page from a previous visit. Should you ever suspect this to be the case, press <CTRL> and <F5> together to force a 'refresh.'

If you attended Wymondham College as a student or member of staff, your membership of the Old Wymondhamians is automatic. You can use the OW website to register your details, search for old friends and exchange messages. This can be found by logging on to: www.wymondhamca.co.uk .

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