The School, during its 60 year life, provided pupils with a wide range of clubs and Societies, Most of them were self-governing groups with a member of staff as 'President' but with much of the day to day decisions being carried out by a boys' committee. A browse through the Magazines identifies some of them. Have I missed any?

Literary & Debating Society, 982 Sqdn. ATC, Sea Cadets, Gramophone Society,  Badminton Club, Chess Club, Model Aero Club, Tennis Club, National Savings Group, Swimming Club, Science Society, Photographic Society, Dramatic Society, French Society, Music Society, Archaeological Society, Regional Study Group, Woodwork Club, Horticultural Society, Recorder Group, Handicraft Society, C.C.F., Arts & Crafts Society, School Choir, School Orchestra, Geographical Society, Library Group, Table Tennis Club, Antiquarian Society, Gymnastic Club, Printing  Society, Wireless Society, Film Society,  Economics Society, Meteorological Society, Reading Circle. 

In addition there was the annual Music & Arts Festival, the School Play, the Inter-House Play Competition,  Charities Week and Sports Day to keep us all fully occupied.

Football, Cricket, Cross-Country Running, Tennis, Badminton,
Swimming and Athletics figured in the School's crowded sports programme. There were inter-School and inter-House competitions in all these sports.

What can't be disputed is the commitment of the staff to support those activities!

Which  Clubs and Societies were you involved in at School?  Do you have any memories or memorabilia you can share with other Old Boys? I wonder what happened to the film that the Film Society made with Jack Peter?  What about your role in the Music & Arts Festivals, the School Choir or the School Trips at home and abroad?  Any photographs/memories? What about the 'younger' ones amongst  you, who were at the School during the final years of its life as a a Grammar  School and who made the transfer? You had a one-year breathing space while the new buildings at Manor School were completed.  What was the transfer like?  It is ironic that a School that started its life as a co-educational establishment should have its remaining pupils absorbed into a Girls' Secondary Modern School. That is where the real GAP in our archives exists - no Magazines or official photographs . It's as if the School closed down prematurely once the 'sniff' of comprehensive education was in the wind.

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