Stubbington, Holy Rood Church c.1965

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I landed up in Stubbington after Boxgrove School in Guildford closed ( truly Dickensian!) I was terrified of Arthur Moore, he was just awful, I never had a clue about latin and he really enjoyed the fact that I was a waste of time in that department, chalk spit and dandruff flying in all directions. I went to a reunion at the RAC club in London about 10 years ago with a long time friend Robert Dalgliesh, the ...see more

I arrived at the school in 1971 I was 9 years old such a long time ago I read through other people views and remember Mr Moore in the way he has been described and also Mr renton who was a very nice fellow along with the other staff mentioned being jewish at the time there were only 2 jews at the school,they made allowances for this as we did not have to attend chapel,but there was no ...see more

Hi this is a long shot but I was at Earleywood School before it became Stubbington House . I was there reasonably briefly from 1959 to 1961 . Would love to get feed back from anyone who was there or maybe any of the teachers. I remember the kind Matron Matty, she even sent me food parcels when I moved school! Hope someone can be of assistance. Regards David Green

Hi Chris, How wonderful to hear from you after all these years, I had a lot of happy memories of Stubbington, but not so much of Hurn Court which I couldn't leave fast enough, there was a lot of bullying at that school, but it was a magnificent building nevertheless. I went to work in Hardy Bros in Pall Mall which sold extremely expensive fishing tackle to the great and the good, and then moved down to E Sussex ...see more