1947 - 1969
The Era
St. Christopher's High School,
Poole is described here from 1947,
a time when few families had a car and even less a telephone or
television. By the time the School closed 22 years later, the black Ford
Prefect had given way to the two-tone Cortina GT, an operator no longer connected your call and Cliff Richard was not quite so cool, even if he was still appearing on Top
Of The Pops, in colour, on your new Japanese TV!
The School saw post-war austerity turn into the swinging 60s and provided education during one of the most exciting and
optimistic periods in recent history. If you were one of the hundreds of
children who shared the St Christopher's experience during their formative
years, I hope you will enjoy this web site. Stay in touch!
The School
St. Christopher's High School, Poole, provided nursery (Kindergarten)
and
junior education for both boys and girls.
For boys, this lasted up to the age of 11 years when the 11plus examination
determined their future.
In the School's hey-day, girls were able to remain up to the age of
16.
The School closed in 1969; the staff either retired or moved to other schools and the building was demolished to make way for a new block of flats. However, the front wall of glazed brick, remains!
The proprietor and Head Mistress from 1947, was Miss P.M. Lodge.
The web site
This web site aims to provide a source of information about the School, an
archive for photographs and is presently maintained and edited by myself, Ian Smith, a pupil from 1954 -
1962. I would be happy to include more photographs and details of the school and its pupils
and would, in any case, be very pleased to hear from you, if only to correct any
mistakes!
E-mail: ianrsmith@aol.com.
The legal
bit!
All photographs and information contained within this web site are provided in
good faith by and for, ex-pupils and staff of the school. All
children depicted are now adults. If anyone would like their name or
photograph added or removed, or errors corrected, this can be done quickly and
easily by contacting the editor.
Enjoy!
Click on the
sections listed below to navigate around the web site.
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Something of the history of the School, a note from the editor and some photographs around the place that don't quite fit into other categories! | |
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Photographs of the Head Mistress and some of her staff. |
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Those wonderful panoramic photographs. | |
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Small group and class photographs | |
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A selection of photographs taken at Sports Days. Colour pictures from 1966 run to four pages. |
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See if you can find yourself
amongst this collection!. Colour photographs taken on the front lawn,
probably in 1966. | |
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Black and white photographs taken on the front lawn, probably a little later, in 1967. Also running to several pages. | |
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Black and White
Photographs taken at a Christmas Fayre in 1967 or '68 | |
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Information about two films, made of the School in 1957 and 1967. |
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THE
BOOK |
A large hardback photo book containing photographs from this web site and the story of the school is available. Copies are printed to order. Further details from ianrsmith@aol.com |
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Dr I.R.Smith
Audley House, 19 The Croft, Bishopstone, Salisbury,
England. SP5 4DF.
Telephone +44 (0)1722 780425
