Hi John I would be very interested to see what correspondence you have from this school. I was going to send you the picture which someone else has kindly provided but can also send a current picture. I used to play in this building when at primary school. There was a beautiful ballroom and we would take our socks off and slide across it. It had just been converted into flats in the 1980's, previously having been a large hotel called the Granville Clifton. In the 1990's it was a snooker club, but now its private flats again. So, still standing! It was built c.1872 along with the rest of this side of Dalby Square and started its school life named Palmer House School. By 1886 it had become New College when the Jones family took over. The Rev George Hugh Jones was Headmaster then. He was the son of J H Jones of Trinity College who made a reputation in tutorial work in his university, and whose pupils rose to the highest positions in the Church and at the Bar. The Rev George Hugh Jones started his academical career at Christ's Hospital and at King's College London. When he took over, the school was classes as being in one of the healthiest locations in Margate, although in Cliftonville.  From an 1896 Guide "The school and class rooms, as well as the dormitories, dining hall and other domestic apartments are spacious, well furnished and faultless from a hygienic point of view, and the domestic arrangements, which are under the special personal supervision of Mrs Jones, are of a very superior class". "Technical education also receives the attention its importance deserves, and in addition to the well appointed physical and Chemical Laboratories, there are well equipped Carpenters and Pattern Maker's shops and a Mechanic's shop etc presided over by experienced, practical craftsmen. The general course includes Latin, Greek, German, French, Mathematics, Natural Science, English Grammar, Composition, Literature etc, Drawing, Vocal Music and many other branches; but of course, the curriculum is adapted to the special powers and requirements of each boy" Boys were sent up for the Public School various higher examinations, such as the University of London Matriculation, the South Kensington Science and Art, College of Preceptors, Oxford and Cambridge Locals etc.  The Boys were also taught to swim (and would use the Clifton Baths which later became the Lido), Book keeping, Banking operations, invoices, laws and customs of Bills of Exchange, every principle of Banking really. The Rev George Hugh Jones had a daughter Ethel Ann Walton nee Jones who, after teaching at New College, set up her own school at 9-10 Dalby Square in 1899, called the Queen's School and my mother attended there in the 1950's. New College closed after WW1, whether it moved to another location out of town like many other schools in the area I'm not sure. By 1930 it was known at the Cliftonville Club, a gentlemans club. I believe the East Kent Archives has a few notes on the school. I can look up the reference numbers for you should you wish to delve into this deeper. Reagrds Suzannah   ________________________________ From: John Newport <john.newport1@ntlworld.com> To: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 18 January, 2010 19:29:43 Subject: [KENT-ENG] New College, 16 Dalby Square, Cliftonville, Margate Back in 1890, my grandfather was a young teacher at New College, 16, Dalby Square, Cliftonville, Margate. I have some of his correspondence and would love to know more about the school. Looking at the Internet, however, it seems that this area is, now, quite run down and may be rebuilt, so the school has definitely gone. Is there anywhere I can go or anyone I contact to find out more? Is there, possibly, a records office I can contact? I've looked for photos or postcards that might show the building but with no luck. I have many names of pupils, and some teachers, but need to put a bit more flesh on the bones. I'd be grateful for any help, please. John ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message