Posted in Stogs on 21 12 08 | Leave a Comment »
I took these photos at Southwark History Library. The quality is poor because I couldn’t master the flash in my camera under the library’s fluoresecent lights.
This looks to be from around the turn of the [20th] century, when the Tooley St. building was quite new.
This photo was taken in 1929. The building closest to the [...]
Posted in Stogs on 16 11 08 | Leave a Comment »
The Sunday Times selected Stogs as its State Secondary School of the Year. You can read the article here.
Posted in My journey, Stogs on 23 09 08 | 4 Comments »
I was able to scan these photos from an old Olavian magazine. The quality isn’t great but they give a good idea of how the school looked in the 60s.
This is the west wing of the building, where the gym was located (about my least favorite place!)
Posted in Bermondsey, My journey, Stogs on 17 09 08 | Leave a Comment »
In 1966, a photo of an old document was published in the school magazine. The document contained a list of names of famous alumni, put together in the 18th century.
The following text was printed underneath the photo, by way of explanation.
Posted in My journey, Spain, Stogs on 13 09 08 | Leave a Comment »
Old school magazines lent to me by friend Alan have been my bedtime reading for the past few weeks. They have proven to be very useful for clarifying many points related to school life during my years at Stogs. I came across the following article about the first school trip to Spain in which I [...]
Posted in My journey, Stogs on 31 08 08 | 1 Comment »
I came across this photo in the Old Olavian magazine for January 1965. I am doing a brass rubbing.
Brass rubbing is a very British pastime. You can read more about it here.
I believe the photo was taken in Hever Church, in Kent.
It’s funny how the memory plays tricks on you. I thought that ace history [...]
Posted in Bermondsey, My journey, Stogs, Tom and Ethel (Tom Bladon and Ethel Lockyer Morris) on 25 08 08 | Leave a Comment »
I spent another day in London on Saturday with another old schoolfriend, Mike, who also fitted into the “barrow boy” category. We went to see the old school building and took some photos.
This is the corner of Tooley St and Tower Bridge Rd. At some point, what we referred to as the Art Building has [...]
Posted in Stogs on 18 08 08 | Leave a Comment »
Stogs building circa 1970 (the school moved to Orpington over the 1967 Christmas holidays).
Article published in the printed edition of Southwark News
“Planning permission has been granted for developer Berkeley Homes to convert the historic Lambeth College buidling on Tooley St. into a boutique hotel.
The controversial scheme – which has been vociferously opposed by North Southwark [...]
Posted in Stogs on 11 08 08 | 2 Comments »
This was the report I took home at Christmas in 1961. The two salient points for me are the liking for Spanish and History (which I went on to study at university) and my distaste for physical education. The first term had marked a tremendous change for me in every sense.
My friend Alan reminded me [...]
Posted in Stogs on 08 08 08 | 3 Comments »
The ultimate indignity
The local council has given permission for the old St. Olave’s building in Tooley St. to be converted into a boutique hotel. It is a prime site that developers have been after for years. More details to follow…
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