House Drama!! 1987 House Plays Bedroom Farce The House Drama Festival once again provided a very wide range of talent, and illustrated the importance of adjusting one's play to one's audience. Over the years the festiv… 0 1987 28/05/2023
Sensational Swimming from 1987! This year was one of the most successful seasons that Canford's swimmers have had. The Senior team won most of their matches, and the Junior team included a large number of Shells, which promises wel… 0 1987 28/05/2023
Sailing from 1987 We have gradually increased our 420 fleet, and the senior members have enjoyed some memorable sailing in the three new boats. The Fireflies continue to give good service, as our racing fleet, until w… 0 1987 28/05/2023
Cross-Country 1987 The beginning of the 1987 season saw the return of all the veteran members of the club. However, we lacked the additional numbers and consequently suffered against schools with large squads who were … 0 1987 28/05/2023
DofE at Canford in 1981 The D. of E. Award Scheme has been run inpast years by Mr. W. J. Ainsworth, and mostsuccessfully I hasten to add. Many boys at allages of their school lives, have benefitted fromthe scheme, and have … 0 1981 28/05/2023
Canoe Club 1981 This year has probably been the Canoe Club's most successful one for some time since we now have eight members who are in national divisions. This success is due to the construction of a permanent mi… 0 1981 28/05/2023
Tennis from 1987! During his final year Ivan Snell has achieved positions of about 30th. in the National Rankings (including all the British professionals) and close to 40th. inthe International Rankings, his national… 0 1987 28/05/2023
1941 Marvellous Music... ON February 21st we enjoyed a delightful recital given by Miss Eve Maxwell-Lyte. This singer is a true artist in every sense of the word in that all her effects are clear but never exaggerated. The S… 0 1941 22/05/2023
1941- Squash Notes THIS term we have been unable to have our usual fixtures on account of illness. A matchhowever was played against the Officers of the Middlesex Regt. The school won 5—0.Court House and Monteacute are… 0 1941 22/05/2023
1941- Terific Tennis! MEMBERS have continued to use the court regularly throughout the term. The old members have played enough to keep themselves well in practice, and it is encouraging to see that some of the youngest m… 0 1941 22/05/2023
Scout Notes 1933 The past year, and particularly the past term, has been the most important J_ in the annals of the Canford troop. Started three years ago with a handful of boys of varying deg… 0 1933 02/03/2023
Shooting Throwback 1933 On the whole, the shooting this term has been fairly successful though not unusually so. In our matches we did not do too badly, but the scores, unfortunately, fell off t… 0 1933 02/03/2023
Hockey Notes from 1933 Hockey Captain : M. D. Milman. Secretary : D. R. Sloan. RETROSPECT. Losing only one match out of th… 0 1933 23/02/2023
Swimming Season 1924 Owing to the epidemic of " 'flu "our promising batch of " Tad-poles " never had a fair chance of developing their swimming legs, but they managed to add a quite exciting event to… 0 1924 19/02/2023
Swimming Notes 1926 Rugby team 1923.pngGirls introduced 1970.pngGirls introduced 1970.pngGirls introduced 1970.pngGirls introduced 1970.pngGirls introduced 1970.pngswimmingh results.pngRugby team 1923.pngTHIS year bathi… 0 1924 19/02/2023
Rugby Notes Season 1923 We have had a very full fixture card this season, but have, unfortunately, been able to arrange only one 1st XV inter-school match, that against Clays more, but the second XV an… 0 1923 07/02/2023
Amazing Athletics Achievements 1923 Friday, June 29th, was in every respect a red-letter day in the history of the School, for, on that day, were held the inaugural Athletic Sports. Everything tend… 0 1923 07/02/2023
First Inter House Boxing Match 1924 On Monday, 7th April, was held the first Inter-House Boxing Competition at Canford. This new branch of sport was beginning the Winter Term, and the boxing classes, although not composed … 0 1924 07/02/2023
First Documented Concert 1923 The Concert A CONCERT, arranged by the Musical Society, was given in the Hall on the afternoon of December 17th (1923) The programme opened with as pirited rendering of the march from Handel's O… 0 1923 29/01/2023
New Girl's Boarding House ‘In the summer holidays, work began on clearing the site for new boarding accommodation for girls. The building, which replaces Oakley, will also house the new Sanatorium. It will be opened in Septem… 0 1991 29/01/2023
Girls Introduced to Canford-1970 These Entries are from 3/5 girls who joined 6th form in 1970, The section titled: '5 among so many'. 'I did not feel brave when I told people I was going to Canford: they stared at me as if my days … 0 1970 24/01/2023
The First Inter-house Swimming at Canford School in 1923 HAIL! Muse of high heroic song,To thy sole care these deedsbelong;When, by the cool, translucent wave,That soft the reedy bank doth laveWhere Canford's turrets proudl… 0 1923 21/01/2023
The Lovell Building It is an old adage that the keepers of pets start to adopt the characteristics of the animals in their possession, so that, gradually, owners and owned become perfectly suited toone another. The sam… 0 1985 27/10/2022
The wonder of Canford Sport I know I've said bad things in the past about the Canford sports department, (see article on cross country) but onlooking into it, I have come to realize just how wrong my impressions were. Canford i… 0 2005 27/10/2022
Friends of Canford Sport FOR new, current and past parents, as well as Old Canfordians, keeping in touch with the wide range of sport played at Canford can be bewildering. Friends of Canford Sport is a body that will help to… 0 2016 27/10/2022
Geography Trip Morocco "At the beginning of last summer holiday, twelve Canfordians left for a geography expedition to Morocco, not at all sure what we would find. On arriving at the airport we found out that the plane had… 0 2005 27/10/2022
First World War Battlefields Trip "The annual trip for GCSE History students from Canford to First and Second World War Battlefields in Belgium and France took place between 28th and 31st August. The trip was the perfect introduction… 0 2006 27/10/2022
Duke of York's Camp 1932 The Duke of York's Camp this year was held at Southwold, from Saturday, July 30th, until August 6th. This was only the second camp to be held at Southwold, all previous ones having been at New Romney… 0 1932 27/10/2022
Cricket Notes Season 1923 Although our first season at Canford has not been marked by any particular success, it has nevertheless been most enjoyable in every way. We did not have very many fixtures, but the matches were all … 0 1923 27/10/2022
An old spaniard separated by civil war from his only friends Tired of war, Tired of life, Tired of worries, Sick of generals and spies. Why should I care? Nobody cares for me. Here they come again— "I should move, sir" "There're trucks up there. "Why? Why? Why… 0 1966 27/10/2022
Pyrenees Trip 1996 "The twelve-strong team of intrepid Canford explorers assembled at 9:00 on a cold, Thursday morning in early July, ready to take on all challenges that would come their way in the following ten days,… 0 1996 27/10/2022
Layard Society Dinner The Layard Society’s legendary annual Historical Dress Dinner took place in late November. As usual, Canford School’s History A-level students put a great deal of effort into their costumes. Prizewi… 0 2012 27/10/2022
Matt Knott interviews Major Dan Culley Whilst making a film for an English project recently, my set considered using the archive footage of Canford's CCF in the 1930s as part of a satire on the public school Dulce et Decorum est attitude … 0 2003 27/10/2022
