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News article 2004 Nov 12 - School's guests span a century

Description

Newspaper article about former pupils of Badsey School attending a special birthday party at the school to mark its 150th birthday. The oldest attendees were Fred Mason, Jim Brailsford, Fred Roberts and Deric Anderson, all in their nineties; the youngest was 4-year-old Grace Kelly. Among the other former pupils was headteacher, Elizabeth Spencer, who attended Badsey School as a girl. The history of the school has recently been commemorated with the publication by The Badsey Society of Heads and Tales, A History of Badsey Schools, by Maureen Spinks, a local historian whose son, Jonathan, was once a pupil. Also mentions the school's longest-serving teacher, Lilian Bird, who came to Badsey School in 1908 and stayed for 43 years until she retired as Mrs Woodward in 1951.

Year created
2004
Publication Date/Date Made
12th November 2004
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
21 cm x 29.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Article stuck on 1 sheet of A4 paper
Donor or Creator of Records
The Badsey Society
Provenance
Article from The Evesham Journal (copyright and courtesy of The Evesham Journal)
Nature of Acquisition
Collected for the Archive
Accession Date
2004
Access Conditions
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Reference
1981/BS/N