Like Father Like SonTom Nicholas (Year 7) enjoyed taking part in his first Oswestry Show with his father, Edward, and their Suffolk sheep. Edward Nicholas (OO) of Sutto | ||
| 7th August 2010 | ||
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Oswestry Show Saturday 7th AugustThere will be an opportunity to come along and meet new Oswestry School Headmaster Douglas Robb at the School stand (Avenue F, Stand 75 - next to the | ||
| 5th August 2010 | ||
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New Headmaster for Oswestry SchoolFollowing on from the successful nine years under the headship of Paul Stockdale, the Governors of Oswestry School are delighted to announce the appoi | ||
| 1st August 2010 | ||
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Challenge of the Three Peaks for Kidney Research UK*** STOP PRESS *** 16/7/10 We complet | ||
| 14th July 2010 | ||
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Oswestry School Summer Ball Saturday 3 July 2010The Oswestry School Ball 2010 was a great success with parents, sixth formers and OOs enjoying an entertaining evening with dancing to popular group C | ||
| 3rd July 2010 | ||
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Old Oswestrian Golf Day Report July 2nd 2010The OO Golf Day was held at Mile End again this year. There was a healthy turn-out, which made for some strong competition. The weather was excellen | ||
| 2nd July 2010 | ||
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Jason's Lessons Go With a BangOld Oswestrian and chemistry whizz-kid Jason Chan revisited the School this week, giving chemistry lectures to Years 9 and 10. Jason’s delivery was i | ||
| 1st July 2010 | ||
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Gordonstoun Honours Old OswestrianDougie Williams OO (2004-2009) (brother of Laura Bell, Lucy and Megan) has been chosen to become Head Boy, also known as Guardian, at Gordonstoun Scho | ||
| 28th June 2010 | ||
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Cambridge Success for Ben Middleton OO (1999-2006)At the Congregation of the Regent House, Cambridge held on the 24th of June 2010, Ben Middleton was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Mode | ||
| 28th June 2010 | ||
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Graduation NewsCalling all graduating OOs. Do you have a graduation story and pictures to share with other OOs? If so, please contact the website fr | ||
| 27th June 2010 | ||
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A Test of Endurance
On May 30th, Martyn Bracegirdle OO (1956-1965) joined a record 23,000-plus athletes at 5.30am on a chilly Sunday morning for the start of the 2010 C | ||
| 7th June 2010 | ||
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School Newsletter Trinity 2010The Trinity 2010 edition of the School Newsletter is now available. Click here to download a copy of the newsletter as pdf file or cli | ||
| 3rd June 2010 | ||
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Libby Gliksman Takes The Stage at OsFestA new music festival on Park Hall Oswestry Showground over the May Spring Bank Holiday saw Libby Gliksman OO (-2006) take to the Beacon Stage on the S | ||
| 1st June 2010 | ||
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Lara's Great Wall of China TrekLara White OO (2003-2008) is heading to Beijing on the 22nd of July 2010 to begin her trek along The Great Wall of China. Lara is doing thi | ||
| 30th May 2010 | ||
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Michael John Wodehouse Potter (1933-2010)
Old Oswestrians and friends of the School will be saddened to learn of the recent death of Mr Michael Potter, Head of the | ||
| 28th May 2010 | ||
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Ryan Kiggell OO (1985-95) Tours Europe With The Scottish PlayAn established member of the Cheek By Jowl theatre company, Ryan Kiggell is currently haunting their current touring production of Macbeth in the role | ||
| 18th May 2010 | ||
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Charlie Brown OO (-1984) Sees Cricket Club Pavilion Refurbishment ThroughCharles Brown (r), president of Knockin and Kinnerley Cricket Club received a cheque for £3,000 from Rotarian John Davies, secretary of Oswestry Rotar | ||
| 16th May 2010 | ||
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Gemma Hindley OO (1994-1999) Makes First Visit to the Cannes Film FestivalThe start of the Cannes Film Festival this week will see Gemma’s first visit to this, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious film festivals.&n | ||
| 12th May 2010 | ||
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Euan Edwards OO (1999-2006) Fun Runs for Raleigh in IndiaEuan is in India with Raleigh International at the moment taking part in their India 10C, March - May 2010 Expedition. Raleigh is a well-establi | ||
| 6th May 2010 | ||
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Malcolm Bebb OO (1978-1986) Hotel Hosts Reception for The QueenThe Queen visited Welshpool yesterday, Wednesday, April 28 2010, at the end of a two-day royal visit to Wales. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, | ||
| 29th April 2010 | ||
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| 11th April 2010 | ||
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News From Mary-Lou Owen OO (1996-2002)All contemporaries of Mary-Lou will be delighted to hear of her success. I'm good - finished at Wolverhampton Uni in May last year with a 2.2 in Desi | ||
| 28th March 2010 | ||
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Fives Court RefurbishedAnybody walking out of the Library towards the Paddock and the Tilley Building cannot fail to have noticed that something is happening to the Drama St | ||
| 22nd March 2010 | ||
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Roman HolidayMartyn Bracegirdle OO (1956-1965) ran The Rome marathon on Sunday 21st March in an official time of 4hrs 3mins. There were 15,000 plus runners a | ||
| 21st March 2010 | ||
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Baseball Diamond on the Maes y llanEagle-eyed viewers of the BBC’s recent Shooting the War series may have spotted some Oswestry scenes among the archive footage. Oswestry film maker J | ||
| 20th March 2010 | ||
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Sigi Faith OO Talks to the Sixth FormWe were very privileged to have Mr Sigi Faith come and talk to some of the sixth form last Friday. Sigi is one of our most distinguished Old Osw | ||
| 12th March 2010 | ||
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Helping Heroes - Nigel Ilsley OO (1990-1992)A message from Nigel Ilsley who is currently an instructor for British Military Fitness and a Corporal in the London Scottish. I was a pupil at  | ||
| 7th March 2010 | ||
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Funeral of Indispensible 'Jacko'O.O.'s and friends of the School will be saddened to hear of the death of Mrs Irene Jackson, known affectionately as 'Jacko' to all. Jacko was Headm | ||
| 4th March 2010 | ||
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Robert Pritchard OO Dies In Tragic Accident Climbing In GlencoeThe Old Oswestrian Society is very sad to announce the tragic death of OO member Rob Pritchard on the 24th February 2010. Rob, 37, of New Malden, Sur | ||
| 3rd March 2010 | ||
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Memorial Service for Chris Renwick OOThere will be a memorial service in the School Chapel at 11.00am on Saturday 20th March for the life of Chris Renwick who sadly died last summer.  | ||
| 3rd March 2010 | ||
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Ed Nicholas OO Chairs Shropshire Cricket League to Third Year of Sponsorship by Shropshire Law FirmEd Nicholas, Old Oswestrian and Chairman of the Shropshire Cricket League, is pictured here (rh side) upon the announcement of the third consecut | ||
| 24th February 2010 | ||
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Steve Hollis OO named as the new head of financial giant KPMG in the MidlandsThe man lined up for one of the top financial roles in the Midlands has said he wants to help create a “new generation of plcs” in the region. Steve | ||
| 15th February 2010 | ||
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Frankie McFall
Frankie McFall Everyone at Oswestry School was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Frankie’s death last Friday. Since coming to us in Septembe | ||
| 9th February 2010 | ||
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Old Oswestrian Celebrations
A press cutting reporting a 1960s OO Society Dinner at The Grosvenor Hotel, London, surfaced recently at Oswestry Library during research carried ou | ||
| 1st February 2010 | ||
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| 18th January 2010 | ||
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Bill Keable OO Dies Aged 84 YearsThe Old Oswestrian Society is sad to announce the death of Bill Keable OO (1935-42) who died peacefully in hospital on Boxing Day 2009 aged 84 years. | ||
| 6th January 2010 | ||
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Special Rugby Shirt - Last Few Remaining!Supplied by Samurai Sportswear, kit suppliers to international teams, clubs, schools, universities and the Armed Forces, these specially commisioned r | ||
| 4th January 2010 | ||
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Scholars Ale - Now Available Again!To celebrate its 600th year, Oswestry School was proud to offer ‘Scholars Ale’, a very special brew from Wood Breweries at Wistanstow, Craven Arms in | ||
| 4th January 2010 | ||
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Special Offer on OO Ties and Pens!January Sales? Look no further! OO Treasurer Martyn Jones has just the thing for you. Sexcentenary Parker Vector Rollerball pens, produced for the | ||
| 4th January 2010 | ||
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The Oswestrian Magazine 2009-10Download HereWe have just uploaded the latest edition of The Oswestrian magazine which went home with pupils before Christmas. You can downloa | ||
| 21st December 2009 | ||
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The Peter Edwards Art Award 2010 Announced | ||
| 20th December 2009 | ||
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OLD OSWESTRIAN DINNER 28TH NOVEMBER 2009The Dinner was held at the Wynnstay Hotel and, although numbers (78) were down on last year (123), the event was highly enjoyable. I have received so | ||
| 4th December 2009 | ||
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Edward Lhuyd. A Touring Exhibition by The National Library of Wales at Oswestry LibraryDuring December 2009 and January 2010, Oswestry Library is the venue for Edward Lhuyd: A touring exhibition by The National Library of Wales, Aberystw | ||
| 4th December 2009 | ||
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Join the 200 Club!I am writing to the Old Oswestrians about our 200 Club. This is a scheme whereby people pay £40 per year for membership, and half the proceeds g | ||
| 1st December 2009 | ||
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Burnaby Remembered at OO DinnerThe annual Old Oswestrian Society Founder’s Day Dinner was held at The Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry yesterday. The guest speaker was Alan Tritton CBE, DL, | ||
| 29th November 2009 | ||
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OO Football VictorySchool was defeated by a squad made up from school teams of old at the weekend. Traditionally the Old Boys’ game is always a fun event and it was no d | ||
| 28th November 2009 | ||
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Honours Even in Ladies' OO MatchesWith a win in the netball and a loss in the hockey for the OOs, the ladies' matches were evenly contested this weekend. Netball result 19- 14 to the | ||
| 28th November 2009 | ||
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Can You Help This OO?Dear Old Oswestrian Society I am writing to you from Sri Lanka where I am opening a school in January 2010 to help the marginalised and impoverished | ||
| 27th November 2009 | ||
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An Old Oswestrian and Britain's Oldest MuseumYou may have seen it on the News this morning; The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford has undergone a £61m transformation and opens its doors to the public agai | ||
| 6th November 2009 | ||
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John Constable OO 1963-1969 Digs Into The History of SouthwarkWriter, Urban Shaman and Old Oswestrian John Constable is very involved in the community and history of Southwark, | ||
| 3rd November 2009 | ||
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Stephen Lloyd OO (1979-85) Passes Away
Stephen Lloyd 1968 – 2009 We are sad to announce the premature death of Steve Lloyd, formerly of Pentre Farm, | ||
| 14th October 2009 | ||
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New Arrival in the Lloyd FamilyH | ||
| 14th October 2009 | ||
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G'day from Down Under - Len 'Spats' Bowen OO 1957-62
Seem to have had a breakdown in communications since being back in | ||
| 13th October 2009 | ||
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Important: Let Us Have Your Email Contact DetailsAt the Old Oswestrian Society AGM, due to the increasing costs of printing and postage, it was decided not to produce OO Newsletters in printed form a | ||
| 8th October 2009 | ||
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William Hung OO (2002-2008)Congratulations to William Hung 00 (2002-2008) who graduated from the At his passin | ||
| 5th October 2009 | ||
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20th Anniversary Season of OS Recital Series Sponsored by Stephen Hodge OOThe opening concert in the Oswestry School Recital Series on 19th September proved to be a suitably memorable musical occasion to mark the o | ||
| 21st September 2009 | ||
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Excellent A Level and GCSE ResultsOswestry School students are again celebrating a high level of success, this time in their GCSE results. 91% of our candidates achieved 5 or more A* - | ||
| 27th August 2009 | ||
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Victoria Bateman - "Who Do You Think You Are?" GAP Year!One of the Year 13 students who was not at school yesterday to receive their A level results was Victoria Bateman who left for Australia earlier this | ||
| 21st August 2009 | ||
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Charlotte Hartey 1992-2009Charlotte Hartey, who had been a pupil at Oswestry School since Bellan House, had just completed her Year 11 studies when, tragically, she passed | ||
| 19th August 2009 | ||
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Graduation NewsCongratulations to Wisely Chau, Head Girl 2005-6, who graduated on Saturday 11th July 2009 with a BA (Hons) in International Communications Studies wi | ||
| 17th July 2009 | ||
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OO Golf Day ReportThe annual OO golf competition took place on July 3rd at Mile End Golf Club. The weather was kind, the competition fierce and the fellowship much enjo | ||
| 6th July 2009 | ||
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Darwin's Nephews at Oswestry SchoolFollowing the website item re Bellan House pupil Jacob Tidridge's invitation to Charles Darwin's 200th birthday party on February 12th, a suggestion t | ||
| 18th February 2009 | ||
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Download the OO Newsletter 2009The latest, 16 page, edition of the OO Newsletter has been printed, distributed to members and now appears here in pdf form. If you are an | ||
| 2nd February 2009 | ||
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Wear Your OO Tie With PrideThe OOs' Society has commissioned a second run of the silk OO ties, traditional design, from the heritage silk manufacturers Beckford | ||
| 21st January 2009 | ||
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Taking Up PostA former Head Girl of Oswestry School has been taken on as a trainee solicitor at a leading county firm. Kate Edwards, who lives in Oswestry, was rec | ||
| 20th January 2009 | ||
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Library Adds Portrait Of Ryan Giggs OBE To Its CollectionThe National Library of Wales has recently bought a portrait of the Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, by the artist Peter Edwards to add to their c | ||
| 10th December 2008 | ||
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Sigi Faith OO Speaks to BBC Radio About His Kindertransport ExperiencesOn Tuesday 2nd December 2008 Sigi will be interviewed on Radio Shropshire at approx 6.45.7.25 and 7.55am A celebration to commemorate the 70th annive | ||
| 23rd November 2008 | ||
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Celebrated Portrait of Burnaby OO Inspires Prince Charles' 60th Birthday PhotographColonel Fred Burnaby (Old Oswestrian) appeared on the front page of The Times newspaper today in the celebrated, elegant portrait of Burnaby by James | ||
| 14th November 2008 | ||
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