Canford Cygnets

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Large scrapbook containing scoresheets, photos, newspaper articles etc

Sketches by Richard Walker (SH43)

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Sketches by Richard Walker of: School House Common Room (Long Gallery); Gummer; Parker; Victoria - Pimlico; Captain Forrest.

The Canford Foundation...for the future

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To promote appeal in 1993. Seeking funding for Sports Hall and Theatre. 2 versionsOne is early version of brochure (monochrome and in spiral binder) the other well produced brochure

Into the Eighties appeal - progress Reports

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Progress Reports April 1981 and Summer 1982 (several of each

Discussion Paper for Appeal Committee

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'A Discussion Paper Prepared for the Initial Presentation Meeting with the Appeal Committee of Canford School. 12/5/92

Fortieth Anniversary Development Campaign

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Progress Reports September 1966 (2 copies) and December 1967on Fortieth Anniversary appealProgress Reports: Letter from Chariman of appeal, reports September 1964, September 1966 and December 1967 and a Statement of Account April 1970. Fortieth Anniversary appeal

Canford School Into the 80s Eighties

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Brochure launching appeal for building Maths Block and developing the Art and Design block (3 copies) One includes letter from Martin Marriots

Canford School Plans for Further Development 1969

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Map showing what has been done up to 1968. Plans for proposed Art and Design centre, Music School, and Physical Education Centre.Photograph of The Old Riding School and of recently completed Pavilion Theatre

Canford Newsletter

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News of "the latest ideas and developments at Canford'Picture of Derek Shackleton, who has recently been appointed'Picture of building of Art and Design Centre (at an early stage)Announcement that next project will be to "concentrate on improving the music facilities

Further Development Plan

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Called 'The boys at Canford need more classrooms and studies / bedroomsBiology labs have recently been completed

Development News

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November 2007Feature on new Sixth Form CentreDecember 2008Big feature on inaugural telethon

Ex- display: famous OCs

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Display , produced by Bruce Macfarlane for Gaudy. Includes photos and brief accounts of: Sir Ronald Hempel; Air Chief Marshall Sir Roger Palin; Lord Monro of Langholm; Professor Anthony Bryer; General Sir Brian Kenny, Sir John Drummond; Ben Gollings; Owen Bennett-Jones; Michael Medwin; Derek Jarman

Box of Lithographs of Canford

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Used for a book on the school published in 1934. Photos include historical ones (the large chestnut tree; views of the house when the Guests owned it etc) as well as contemporary ones of the pupils eg rwoing

Letter of 1965 Appeal from Y. Kirkpatrick

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Letter from Y Kirkpatrick to A. Russenberger (SH30).Cyclostyled, with handwritten addition from Kirkpatrick

Paul Hyland (S65) cv

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Canford Who's Who Entries

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OCs (and HMs and Governors of Canford)

Canford Fortieth Anniversary Development Campaign 1963

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Progress Report published in Dec 1967

Cane

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Cane sold in school shop (for prefects?). Unknown date

Hockey trophies

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Various shields for school hockey competitions: English Schools Hockey 1989: U18 County champions, U18 Divisional champions English School Hockey 1990: U16 County champions, U16 Divisional champions, U18 County champions, U18 Divisional champions, U18 National finalists Hockey Association1991/2: U16 Divisional winners Hockey Assosication 1992/3: U18 Divisional Runners-Up

Times article on Stephen Ward

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From the Times 9 Sep 2017 Article Stephen Ward (F29) who hanged himself in 1963 following his involvement in the Profumo affair. The Criminal cases Review Commission states that he would probably not have been found guilty in a court today.

OCs in Sunday Times Rich List

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Page from the Sunday Times 7 May 2017 which features Stephen Rubin (B55) at No 52. Includes 'The Alternative Rich List' - those 'Rich in experience, rich in spirit, rich in life...' . The list of fifty includes Giles Duley (SH90). Also includes contemporary article on Giles Duley from The Times Magzine of 10 Jun 2017.

Model railway

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Model railway used for the Model Railway Society. Made by Graham Farish (OC parent). Originally set up in the cellars.

Rowing trophies

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Box containing shields, trophies and pennants Shields 1975 Head of the River SC 1980 Head of the River N 1980 Barnes & Mortlake Sen 'C' 8 Trophies 1981 EUHOR (x2) 1974 National Championships Colts 8 bronze medal Pennants 1977 Avon County Schools J14 sculls 1978 Avon County Schools J15 Sculls 1981 Avon County Schools J16 8s 1975 Schools Head 3rd 1976 Schools Head 3rd 1979 Mortlake Spring Regatta 1974 EUBC - no initials but similar design to below 1975 EUBC (x2) 1976 EUBC (x2) 1977 EUBC

David English (SH49) returning from Korea

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Newspaper cutting from the Daily Sketch showing a large photo of Lt David English returning from the Korean War where he had been a prisoner. He is holding a teddy bear for his (as yet unmet) two year-old sister who is running towards him with outstretched arms.

Cambridge letter (1959)

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Donated by Julian Ashby (SH53), former Chairman of Cambridge Canfordians. Draft of Cambrige Letter written in early 1959 but never published as the Canfordian appears to have published the last one in Autumn 1958.

Hamilton Boyle (C28)

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Letter from John Boyle (son) to John Lever dated 2005 giving details of his father, Hamilton Boyle, one of the founding pupils. Letter includes several photos of Canford buildings and one of two pupils looking at the Speech Day prizes on a table. Also contemporary photo of prize book awarded to HB in 1926 for Maths.

Letters to archivist

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Large folder of letters to various archivists. nearly all from OCs offering Canfordiana.

Letters to WS Strain

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Various letters often connected with archive material. All with Canford associations.

War letters to WS Strain from OCs

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21 letters from 13 former pupils (Ardley (3), Bleichroder (2), Cable (2), Campbell, Munsey (2), Newman, Rowell (2), Shrimpton, Thompson, van Dulken (3), Walker, Wetherall, Young

Letters from William Hine-Haycock (F36)

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Several letters to and from Hine-Haycock about donating his collection of Canfordiana to the school

Letter re Andrew Blair

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Letter (1987) from Allan Blair asking about his father - Andrew Hunter Blair - who had been at Clarence School from 1920-8.+ Martin Marriott's reply

Embossers

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Four embossers of various vintage used to impress paper with a distinctive mark 1. 'Wimborne 11'. This was the telephone number for the Guest family (and later the Canford Headmaster) so was probably bought by them to put theie number at the top of letters 2. 'Canford School Limited'. Used by the bursary. A new embossing head has been fixed to a Victorian embosser decorated with gold flowers 3 'Canford School Society Limited' A more recent embosser: plain, heavy and black 4 'Cheneford Limited' Much smaller, more modern silver and bright blue embosser, Numbers 2, 3 and 4 were donated by Tim Brown in 2022, the Director of Finance

School notices

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Large scrapbook filled with notices during Canning's headmastership, often signed by the HM himself. Topics cover the range of quotidian school life, giving a good representation of the life of boarders at that time.

Cricket scorebook for 1945

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(Too large to fit with other scorebooks) This is the one that contains Iain Campbell's double century against Downside

Pre-war CCF equipment

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A selection of army equipment of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to a pupil but more likely to have been owned by a member of staff. 1938 French Mucel gas mask with detachable air filter Rucksack inscribed 22358569 Cpl Smith W B Coy Water bottle 1944 map case made inscribed W & C Ltd Cloth sharpshooter badge (rifle + white star) 1942 belt with two bags attached

Macnutt personal memorabilia

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The box itself is black, metallic and lockable. It has 'J.S.MACNUTT' painted in white on the side and includes family photos, his birth and marriage certificate, his degree from Trinity College Dublin, his ordination certificate and two inscribed metal plaques taken off unknown objects. One is from his congregation in Weston-Super-Mare and one is from the boys of Seaford College.. Also includes a short family tree and correspondence between Frank Ahern and Hugh Hayward, great-nephew to JSM, who donated the items.