The School in the War Years: By Messrs. Wills and Flynn   Geoff Wills writes: Preparations for war As early as 1938 measures were underway to prepare for war with the construction of air raid shelters adjacent to Kingsham Road (still in situ!) At the time of the Munich Crisis in Sept 1938 school was suspended for 4 days for …

During WW 2 the school was provided with brick air-raid shelters, sufficient to accommodate the whole school. These were in the playing fields, close to the main buildings. At first, whenever the sirens sounded, everybody adjourned to shelter until the “All-Clear”. This was a common occurrence and it soon became clear that it constituted an unacceptable waste of school time. To …