I started at ChiHi in September 1956 and left after “A” levels in 1964 when I had a year out before going to Brighton College of Technology to do a degree course in Pharmacy with a view to joining my father in his chemist shop, the Nyewood Pharmacy in Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis.By the end of my first year at …
The Old School Buildings
I have made a study of the school for my own interest, looking at the architecture, planning, the architects and other aspects of the site. I was wondering if you could tell me please, what happened to the 1933 plaque commemorating the opening of the extensions at that time and where was it originally located? Was there ever a similar …
The Old Cicestrians’ Association – Where it all began
Frank Haill joined the teaching staff of the School on his demobilisation from the Royal Air Force at the end of World War Two in which the majority of his service years were spent as a Flight Lieutenant. He had previously been on the staff of the Henry Thornton School who were evacuated to Chichester to share the Boys High …
David Dickens 1947-1953
From: Dickins, David <D.W.Dickins@liverpool.ac.uk> Sent: 04 July 2018 10:00 To: CHSB90@oldcicestrians.co.uk Subject: Old Boy emergence Dear Chi Hi, Having just sent an email of congratulation to an American friend, prompted by today’s news announcement about the copy of the Declaration which has turned up in CHICHESTER I looked on the web to confirm the authenticity of “Cicesstrian” and found your/our website. I was …
James Muckle
From James Muckle Dear All, I have heard from Mark Evans (Editor’s note: his son is a nearby neighbour of RDWK and I met his father there), my successor at CHSB, of the reunion on 20 October 2018. Although I am now over eighty and not in the best of health I should like very much to make the journey from …
Oxbridge Scholars 1967
Chichester High School for Boys had remarkable success in the 1967 university entrance examinations and this group of a dozen boys all won places at Oxford or Cambridge. Please click on the photograph to enlarge it. They are (left to right): Seated: N. A. Allen, of Earnley, exhibition at Brasenose, Oxford, to read medicine; J. M. Stant, of Earnley, exhibition …
The Scarlett Pimpernel November-December 1955
This is the cast list with just one query: Left to right Back Row: Dave Roberts, Tony Keating, Anthony Thompson, Jean Siviter, Gregory Sage, Hazel Turner, Peter Ansell, Frances Aistrop, Piers Stephens, Pamela Rowlands, Robert Rodney-Hudson, Dorothy Edwards, Geoffrey Plant, Norah Dyer, Colin White, David Storey Front Row: Anthony Geary, Robin Wills, James Joyce, Unknown, Terence Blanks, Keith Smith, Derek …
The Canals by Marcus Rumpus (CHSB 1954-1962)
I got seriously into canal restoration during my time as post graduate/lecturer at Oxford, specifically the Kennet and Avon. I ended up going to Australia before having fully completed it as a through route. However, I borrowed a friend’s boat and “did” the K&A a few years later but was most disappointed when I got to a lock where I …