I am forwarding this message for John Crocker. He is not subscribed so please don't reply to him via the list. His personal email address is: johnecrocker@hotmail.com Helen >Dear Researchers > >I have been writing a book about the history of a private school in >Weymouth called Thornlow School. >The school was founded in Bridport in the 1870s and moved to Rodwell in >Weymouth, in 1912. At this time, and until the Second World War, it was a >girls' school, with the name "Thorneloe". >Due to the war it was forced to close, reopening as a boys' school in 1947 >- where it still exists to this day with the updated spelling of the name. > >In its way the school played an important part in Wyke, Rodwell and >Bridport in the various periods of its existence, and my history is now >largely complete, but I would be very interested to hear from anyone who >may have attended or known others that attended the school in years gone by. > >Please visit my web page at: - > >http://www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk/thornlow.htm > >Best, >John Crocker > >Weymouth Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk List Admin Rootsweb Eng Dorset & Scammell Lists, and British Genealogy Eng-Dorset, Surnames & Forenames list