On 28 Nov, Pauline Roberts <secserve@wilnecote.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote: > I knew a little about Blue Coat Schools because when I was boarding in > Stourbridge we used to have to pass the Stourbridge Blue Coat School on > our way into Town, and I knew that was fee paying and extremely > expensive - but that is all I knew. actually it was originally established as a charity for the education of pauper children. My ggggrandfather, Cornelius DANCER, went there after his father died when Cornelius was aged 8. They still take non-fee paying children, but there are those who pay for their education there. -- Chris Pampling researching: BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, HOLDING, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY, MAHER all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day PAMPLING Cambridgeshire - Sheffield, 1800 to present VARNDELL Wokingham - Birmingham, 1800 to present
Hi Chris The fact it was an Anglican Charitable School has already been mentioned, a day or two ago, this was further to that. I suspect, as it is such an expensive school, that the only non-fee paying pupils there are those that have won a scholarship. Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: <famhist@dsl.pipex.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham Boarding School > On 28 Nov, Pauline Roberts <secserve@wilnecote.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote: > > I knew a little about Blue Coat Schools because when I was boarding in > > Stourbridge we used to have to pass the Stourbridge Blue Coat School on > > our way into Town, and I knew that was fee paying and extremely > > expensive - but that is all I knew. > > actually it was originally established as a charity for the education of > pauper children. My ggggrandfather, Cornelius DANCER, went there after his > father died when Cornelius was aged 8. They still take non-fee paying > children, but there are those who pay for their education there. > > -- > Chris Pampling > researching: > > BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, HOLDING, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY, MAHER > all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day > PAMPLING Cambridgeshire - Sheffield, 1800 to present > VARNDELL Wokingham - Birmingham, 1800 to present > >