If you need inspiration to spend more time at the gym then look no further than John Newman Taylor who served as Gymnastic Instructor at Sherborne School for 26 years from 1886 to 1912. Find out more about John Newman Taylor & Sherborne School’s first gymnasium. Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from … Read more
As many boys prepare to depart Sherborne for the Exeat weekend on board the ‘Sherborne Special’ to Waterloo, we thought it might be fun to remember the ‘Schools’ class of locomotives introduced by Southern Railway in 1930, and in particular locomotive 30906 ‘Sherborne’. Find out more about locomotive 30906 ‘Sherborne’. Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more … Read more
Congratulations to Sir Richard Eyre CBE (Westcott 56-61) who has been made a Companion of Honour in the New Years Honours list. Find out more about Sir Richard Eyre’s achievements: Sherborne School and the Oscars Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from the archives. Posted 6 January 2017 by Sherborne School Archives. Follow Sherborne … Read more
Adam Crick, who died on 2 March 2016, taught English at Sherborne School for two terms in 2002, having previously taught at Tonbridge School and Winchester College. Obituaries for Adam Crick are available in the November 2016 issue of The Trusty Servant and also online at Totham 1821. In January 2017, Winchester College will be displaying in their … Read more
Since the first broadcast in 1942 of the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, twelve Old Shirburnians have been castaway and one has been castaway twice! The castaways’ music selections reveal that J.S. Bach and Mozart are Shirburnians classical composers of choice. As for their luxury item, musical instruments were chosen by three of the castaways … Read more
On 6 April 1918, nine days after he had been captured by the German army, 2nd Lieutenant Alec Waugh wrote a postcard from Mainz POW Camp to a schoolmaster at Sherborne School. Follow the link to find out what Alec wrote on his postcard from Mainz. Information about Alec Waugh’s time at Sherborne School is … Read more
Today, 31 October 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the death of Robert Bagster Wilson Vinter who died from the result of injuries received at the Somme. Robert Vinter attended Sherborne School from 1909 to 1914, during which time he was Head of the School, Head of Abbey House, and had secured a Scholarship to … Read more
Find out how an incident during a history lesson at Sherborne School became the inspiration for Ian Messiter’s radio panel-game, Just a Minute. Just a Minute & Mr Parry-Jones Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from the archives. Follow Sherborne School Archives on Twitter.
On 1 July 2016, Sherborne School will commemorate eight of its former pupils who died in the fighting on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. To discover their stories visit The First Day of the Battle of the Somme: We Will Remember Them. All eight Old Shirburnians will also be commemorated at … Read more
On 1 July 2016, Sherborne School will commemorate eight of its former pupils who died in the fighting on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Henry Robinson King, a Classics teacher at Sherborne School, described the 1 July 1916 in his diary as ‘Cold and objectionable till 4, then fine. Watched some … Read more