I am sure that most people know due to the references in the programmes that Colin Dexter writer of the Morse TV detective series was a Stamford boy as was his brother Ted who taught me Classics and a smattering of Latin at Kings, Peterborough - Schola Regia Petreburgiensis! Most of the Grammar and Public Schools had School magazines that recorded various awards of achievement, old pupils associations etc and also would put their pupils through the annual photograph of the whole School event that would usually result in a photograph several feet long. Many also have records of ex pupils who lost their lives in the two World Wars and other conflicts. There will also usually be some form of published school history, so if you know that an ancestor attended a School of this type it is always worth contacting them to see what is available. John Bland Email: [email protected] Twitter: @JohnRGBland Member of the Lincolnshire Family History Society -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JOHN RILEY Sent: 22 April 2014 21:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LIN] Stamford School archives circa 1921 Glad to hear it Nivard - Floreat Schola Stamfordiensis! I also have a copy of that register, including the supplement which was issued in the mid--60s. John ________________________________ From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 13:11 Subject: Re: [LIN] Stamford School archives circa 1921 Hi John Just a short update I emailed Stamford school and was not expecting a reply for a while as its the Easter holidays, but received a very prompt reply within a few hours They were not able to add much but did send a scan of the page in the register of Stamford School 1532 - 1960 in which my father appears in 1921 So it appears he was only there a year or so, he was just eight so I am just grateful I found the entry in the paper Still, it all adds to a part of the story of his life Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 22/04/2014 10:28, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Many thanks John > > Yes I was going to do that later > > It being the Easter hols I thought it unlikely I would get a response > just now but will try later ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John You may also like to know that Colin stopped teaching because he started to lose his hearing. That was when he started writing the Morse stories. That is the story he has told the National Association of Deafened People for which he is a member and attends their AGM Victor On 22/04/2014 11:31 PM, John Bland wrote: > I am sure that most people know due to the references in the programmes that > Colin Dexter writer of the Morse TV detective series was a Stamford boy as > was his brother Ted who taught me Classics and a smattering of Latin at > Kings, Peterborough - Schola Regia Petreburgiensis! > > Most of the Grammar and Public Schools had School magazines that recorded > various awards of achievement, old pupils associations etc and also would > put their pupils through the annual photograph of the whole School event > that would usually result in a photograph several feet long. Many also have > records of ex pupils who lost their lives in the two World Wars and other > conflicts. There will also usually be some form of published school history, > so if you know that an ancestor attended a School of this type it is always > worth contacting them to see what is available. > > John Bland > > Email: [email protected] > Twitter: @JohnRGBland > > Member of the > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JOHN RILEY > Sent: 22 April 2014 21:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LIN] Stamford School archives circa 1921 > > Glad to hear it Nivard - Floreat Schola Stamfordiensis! > > I also have a copy of that register, including the supplement which was > issued in the mid--60s. > > John > > > ________________________________ > From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 13:11 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Stamford School archives circa 1921 > > > Hi John > > Just a short update > > I emailed Stamford school and was not expecting a reply for a while as > its the Easter holidays, but received a very prompt reply within a few hours > > They were not able to add much but did send a scan of the page in the > register of Stamford School 1532 - 1960 in which my father appears in 1921 > > So it appears he was only there a year or so, he was just eight so I am > just grateful I found the entry in the paper > > Still, it all adds to a part of the story of his life > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 22/04/2014 10:28, Nivard Ovington wrote: >> Many thanks John >> >> Yes I was going to do that later >> >> It being the Easter hols I thought it unlikely I would get a response >> just now but will try later > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message