Tony Newton -The Rt Hon Lord Newton of Braintree,
OBE and former pupil at Friends' School, has this to say in his
forward to the book:
"Hilary Halter, herself at the school from
1941 - 47 has put this book together with skill, enthusiasm, persistence
and determined sleuthing. The result is something which few connected
with FSSW will not gain both enjoyment and interest from reading
- or just dipping into from time to time."
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'The School on the Hill'
- Memories of Three Hundred Years of Friends' School, Saffron Walden
- FSSW 1702 - 2002 by those who taught, learned and grew up there
For 300 years, FSSW has been an educational pioneer - co-education,
sports, general philosophy. Parts of this book have been made available
for preview and can be downloaded in pdf format by clicking on the
links below in the contents section.
To download each section: right click on the relevant
link below and choose 'Save Target As' and then follow instructions
to save to your hard drive. You can then open using Acrobat Reader.
Please be aware that some of the sections can take some time to
download.
FSSW was also our home - the place where we grew up,
rebelled, had our first loves and our first broken hearts, the place
where we matured from adolescents into young adults.
This lavishly illustrated miscellany covers FSSW's
history and development: the pranks and personalities, the memories
and hopes of pupils past and present.
Published privately by subscription, this 112 page
hardback publication ( size 248 x 210mm) with nearly 100 illustrations
can be purchased for £17 including postage from the Old Scholars'
Association or direct from the school - see below.
How to obtain your own copy of this
book:
1. Copies can be purchased direct from the school
by sending a cheque for £15 (made payable to Friends' School
Saffron Walden) to Martin Hugall, Friends' School, Mount Pleasant
Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3EB. Copies can also be collected
from Reception for a reduced charge of £12.00
2. If
you live overseas and would prefer to pay for this book using
a credit card then contact the School's accountant Ann Boatman with
your details either by phone ( +44 1799 525351), fax (+44 1799 523808)
or email (accounts@friends.org.uk)
(The following cards can be accepted: Visa, Master Card, Delta,
Electron, JCB, Maestro, Solo and UKMaestro.)
Contents of Book:
| Section |
Details |
Download |
| Endpapers |
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544kb - pdf |
| Outside cover |
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136kb - pdf |
| Pages 1-16 |
Page 1 'Foreward'
Page 2 'Editorial, Notes and Acknowledgements'
Page 3 'Three Hundred Years of Friends' School - A Four-site
Saga' by Farrand Radley
Page 11 'List of Stewards, Masters, Superintendents and Head
Teachers'
Page 12 'The Complaints Book of Richard Hutton' by John Woods
Page 16 'A short account of the last annual treat given to the
children of Croydon School' by Albert Edmunds |
740kb - pdf |
| Pages 17-32 |
Page 17 'Principal Building Developments 1879 - 2002' by Roger
Buss
Page 24 'Of Flu, Flight and Apple Pie', and 'Memories of the
1920's'
Page 25 'Junior House 1930 - 1948' by Jean Stubbs
Page 30 'FSSW and the Friends' Ambulance Unit' by Roger Bush |
1417kb - pdf |
| Pages 33-48 |
Page 33 'A Good Idea? Well it seemed like it at
the time', by Maurice and James Allward
Page 38 'The Staff - 20th Century Memories' |
637kb - pdf |
| Pages 49-64 |
Page 50 'A Day Brat's First Impression in 1943'
by Ursula Page
Page 51 'Home for the Homeless' by Helvecia Garcias
Page 58 'Informal Pastime'
Page 59 'Food'
Page 63 ' Marygold's Diary' |
1056kb - pdf |
| Pages 65-80 |
Page 67 Gillian Hopwood remembers 'September 1939'
Page 69 'One Family's Sporting Links with Walden' by John Cadman
Page 72 'Theatre at Friends' School 1977 - 2002' by John Dickinson
Page 75 'Half a Century of Music Making at Walden' by Mary Mileson
Page 78 'Distinguished Old Scholars' |
1903kb - pdf |
| Pages 81-96 |
Page 90 'The Squash' by David Fairbanks
Page 91 '100 Years of the OSA' by Mark Bertram |
568kb - pdf |
| Pages 97-112 |
Page 98 'While in their spare time...'
Page 102 'Two Generations of Visiting Students' by Eckehard
Scholl
Page 104 'The Night The Sky Fell In', 'Amnesty at FSSW' and
'The Weather Girls'
Page 106 'The Night We Saved the Girls' Honour' by Nigel McTear
Page 108 'The Present Generation' - some views from current
sixth formers
Page 111 'Friends' Junior School', 'Boarding today', 'Vision
for the Future' |
645kb - pdf |
All material is the Copyright © 2002 of Friends' School. All
Rights Reserved. These pages are for personal use only and permisssion
must be sought from the school if additional use is required.
To read the pdf files you will need Acrobat Reader, which can be
downloaded free of charge, by clicking the link below:
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