'The History of Peter Symonds'

This week I  received my copy of this book through the post and it made a fascinating read. It is a slim hard backed volume of 140 pages. Very comprehensive in that it does cover the whole history back to the Will of Peter Symonds in 1586. Although the parts that covered my own time at school were naturally of the most immediate interest to me there is much to enjoy from other eras. I like the photos and I hope to be able to get authority to post some of them on the site. There are good ones of Cozey and Mr Hawkins and Doc Freeman, together with aerial photos of the school and two good maps.

It cost 짙12 [including postage] from

Stuart Mariner c/o Martin & Company, 

25 St. Thomas Street, Winchester, SO23 9DD     

payable to   the Old Symondians Society

 

regards,

Jim Wishart, site manager 

'The History of Peter Symonds'

This week I  received my copy of this book through the post and it made a fascinating read. It is a slim hard backed volume of 140 pages. Very comprehensive in that it does cover the whole history back to the Will of Peter Symonds in 1586. Although the parts that covered my own time at school were naturally of the most immediate interest to me there is much to enjoy from other eras. I like the photos and I hope to be able to get authority to post some of them on the site. There are good ones of Cozey and Mr Hawkins and Doc Freeman, together with aerial photos of the school and two good maps.

It cost 짙12 [including postage] from

Stuart Mariner c/o Martin & Company, 

25 St. Thomas Street, Winchester, SO23 9DD     

payable to   the Old Symondians Society

 

regards,

Jim Wishart, site manager 

Let's get more participants in here!

May I make a suggestion to the moderator? Send a message to every e-mail address in the members list, telling them that this message board exists and inviting them all to drop in and take part. There are potentially thousands of Old Symondians who should be joining in with these discussions! Thanks!

Let's get more participants in here!

May I make a suggestion to the moderator? Send a message to every e-mail address in the members list, telling them that this message board exists and inviting them all to drop in and take part. There are potentially thousands of Old Symondians who should be joining in with these discussions! Thanks!

photo of masters

Hi,

That is a great photo you have just posted Bernard!

I recognize Messrs Laing and Watts but although I knew Mr Perkins, I must confess his photo doesn't 'bring him back'.

Anyone else got similar photos?

 

regards,

jim, list manager

photo of masters

Hi,

That is a great photo you have just posted Bernard!

I recognize Messrs Laing and Watts but although I knew Mr Perkins, I must confess his photo doesn't 'bring him back'.

Anyone else got similar photos?

 

regards,

jim, list manager

slightly off topic war memory

hi,

I was evacuated to Winchester from Southampton in the summer of 1940, it being very unhealthy there at that time. There was me and my brother Peter and my mother. We were taken in by a very kind family called the Townends who lived in Ripponden on Bereweeke Road, between the PS's outer playing field and that of the girls' school. One night in September of that year the sirens went and we went out into the middle of the girls school field and sat on a rug and watched Southampton being bombed. My father was with us, being home on leave before being posted overseas for the duration.

Christopher Townend is an old Symondian who I plan to look up soon, it's more than fifty years since I last saw him!

 

regards,

jim, site manager,