Rugby, The School Cloisters 1922

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To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories. In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922. The lozenge-shaped washroom windows can be seen (centre, 72159) on the south side of Old Quad. Cloisters with studies above run to the south and east of Old Quad, with a tall arch forming the entrance to the School House dining hall at the south-eastern corner. Through the Cloisters to the south-west lies the Birching Tower, used until corporal punishment ceased in the 1960s. The Clock Tower was visible from High Street until the Headmaster's School was built over the gateway in 1830. Some 100-150 books donated by Henry Holyoake disappeared mysteriously from the Tower between 1858 and 1870.

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Stan Lloyd A Pupil At This School

My dad, Stanley Morgan Lloyd, was a pupil at this school.

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Policeman On Point Duty

And there he is...the policeman on point duty. We had a van that Charlie would deliver the bread in from our bakery in Regents St. I would sit on a wooden box in the passenger place next to the driver (there was no seat! One day, Charlie took his hands off the wheel and guided the van past the policeman with his knees.....very daring!

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My Home Town Of Rugby

I was brought up in Rugby 1949 - 1970. My parents owned Tudor Bakeries at 3 Regent Street. At first we lived above the shop with the bake-house in Oxford Street. Then we moved to Bloxam Gardens off Bilton Road and converted the two floors above the shop into the bakery. I have many happy memories - one being the policeman on point duty just along from the clock tower. I'll have to look up the names of the roads at the junction but I can remember Sheep Street and High St being up the road.

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