Former Chipping Norton School pupils

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1940 to 1949

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Mike Moore 1940-1949 Login or Register to view email address. Now Mike Grinnell-Moore.
Was known often as "Mopsy"! Joined army as NS signed on as a regular, then got a regular commission and finished up as a Lieutenant Colonel. After leaving the army worked for central government Lives in Ratley near Banbury and would welcome contact from past friends.
18/05/02
John Randall 1940-1945 Not supplied I left Chippy in 1945 for the Birmingham area. Obtained a BSc Mech.& EE at Aston Uni.and worked until 1994. I am still walking and cycling and have lived in Solihull for nearly 50 years. B90 3HX.
09/06/07
Dian Sumpter 1940-1947 Login or Register to view email address. Now Dian Hicks
I was at Chipping Norton Grammar during the forties. Although we are a little long in the tooth now. Perhaps there is someone who remembers me.
26/11/04
Heather Burden 1942-1946 Login or Register to view email address. Now Heather Gardner.
28/12/01
Eileen Burford 1942-1947 Login or Register to view email address. Now Eileen Watts.
Lived in Chippy.Married and moved to Enstone. Now living in Banbury.
Two grow up daughters. One of whom has lent me her email address.
Please get in touch if you remember me.
26/01/02
Evelyn Moulder 1942-1952 Login or Register to view email address. Now Evelyn Warner
I attended New Street British School, Burford Road Girls School and Chipping Norton Secondary Modern. I am married with 4 children and have 10 grand children. I would love to hear from anyone who went to the same schools.
24/08/03
Kenneth Wellman 1942-1945 Login or Register to view email address. Sadly Ken passed away in July 2003. His youngest daughter, Ruth, may be contacted at the email address on the left.
26/04/04
Nancy Townsend 1943-1949 Login or Register to view email address. Now Nancy Catling.
Have lived in Chadlington all my life.Took a secretarial course with Miss Sprules in Oxford.
Worked as secretary for Chief Veterinary Officer at Min of Ag, Oxford and then worked as a secretary to the Rural Industries Organiser of the Rural Community Council (Oxford).
Played tennis for an Oxford club.

Married Terry Sims in 1954 and brought up four sons while doing secretarial work in Chadlington.
After Terry's death, met and married John Catling and had two more sons.

Have taken an active part in all village activities.
07/07/02

Gill Brackebury 1944-1950 Login or Register to view email address. Now Gill Callaby.
08/03/02

Georgina Guy 1944-1954 Login or Register to view email address. Now Georgina Savage.
I went to British School, New Street, Chipping Norton and then St. Marys Girls School, Burford Road and then The Green, Hailey secondary Modern.
My younger sister Peggy Guy also went to the school. My parents Wally and Ida Guy, Distons Lane.
29/03/03
Mary Middleton 1944-1950 Login or Register to view email address. Now Mary McIsaac.
Now Mary McIsaac, lived at Dean. Joined W.R.N.S. 1952, married a sailor (a Scot) moved around Britain and settled in a small village on the west coast of Scotland (Kintyre). One son and three grandsons. Retired from accountnancy work and currently doing a computer course at Argyll College. Where are you Pauline Stickley, Gladys Prew, Margaret Warner et all.
10/05/02
Owen Rose 1944-1948 Login or Register to view email address. Joined RAF on leaving school and served until retirement in 1992. Now living in New Waltham NE Lincs
11/01/02
Brenda Shadbolt 1944-1949 Login or Register to view email address. Now Brenda Morris
Attended school in Grammar School times. Twelve years with Barclays Bank in Chipping Norton, eight years looking after three children, then back to school for another twenty-eight years in the school office. Retired three years ago but still sell the school clothing every day!
09/07/01
Margaret Warner 1944-1949 Login or Register to view email address. Now Margaret Wearing.
Recently moved to Witney, after living at Enstone for over 70 years.Would welcome contact with other girls from my year.
29/10/06
Dudley Cox
1945-1947 Login or Register to view email address. most anxious to correspond with persons familiar with events and situations in Chippy and "over the common' during 40's.
18/09/05
Janet Joye 1945-1950 Login or Register to view email address. Now Janet Day.
Now living in Oxford, widowed, three children, five grandchildren. Main interests now are making silver jewellery and doing the garden. I would like to contact anyone in my years at Chippy (1945-50)
30/03/07
Michael Oliver 1945-1951 Login or Register to view email address. Went to school at "The Green". Played in Chipping Norton Silver Band until moving to Oxford in 1953.
I used to be called "Ollie". Father kept the Blue Anchor pub for a few years until we moved to Rock Hill. Have been a proffesional pianist most of my life. David Hicks was one of my best friends. Getting old now but would love to hear from anyone who has a long memory and can remember me.
Thanks.
17/01/02
John Berry
1946-1953 Login or Register to view email address. Formerly of 7 Middle Row, Chipping Norton. Sister Janice, still residing in Chippy, and brother Ken also pupils. I am now retired and live near Littlehampton, West Sussex.
27/01/01
Ann Cummings 1946-52 Login or Register to view email address.

Now Ann Reyher.
Moved to U.S.A. after marriage, came back to Woodstock in 1990,in touch with a few ex class mates
16/02/02

Hugh Edginton 1947-1954 Login or Register to view email address. No e mail address - mail care of Wendy Wearing
29/01/05
Wendy Edginton 1947-1954 Login or Register to view email address. Now Wendy Hugh
29/01/05
George Lines 1948-1953 Login or Register to view email address. Attended in 'Grammar school' days, travelling from Glympton. Elder sister Doreen attended 1943-48.Now retired and living in Bristol
8/03/02
John Grantham 1949 - 1954 Login or Register to view email address. 25/04/01
Ray Bryant 1949-1954 Login or Register to view email address. Now living in ottawa canada 2 wives and 13 kids later! i buy and sell antiques on ebay. refinish furniture etc. classmates were eric dix "spotty" watts michael mason mavis parsons daphne widdows etc. etc. can you get me the 1949 pic they took with a clockwork camera? feel free to drop an email if you remember the little kid in short britches they called lofty!!
17/10/01
John Burden 1949-1954 Login or Register to view email address. Born at Chadlington. Left School in 1954 and worked at Coop for two years then to Horton General Hospital to study Nursing. Qualified in 1959 and subsequently studied Orthopaedics. Qualified as Nursing Lecturer in 1974 and worked at Royal Free Hospital and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals until 1995. Although partially retired I am still in demand for teaching and Mental Heal;th Work. Would love to communicate with anyone about that time. I still have family living in the area. 
14/05/04
Christina Dunbar 1949-1952 Login or Register to view email address. Now Christina Eppard.
08/02/03
David Holford 1949-1954 Login or Register to view email address. I'm the last student (second last person) on the right hand end of line 3 of the 1952 school photograph, next to Michael Short.
When I found the ex-chippy site I dug out some old photographs and have a class photo from probably 1950 or 51, although I am not certain that I have correctly matched all of the names with the faces.
I emigrated to Canada in 1956, and have been here ever since.
I would be delighted to hear from any of my classmates.
26/06/04
Peter Johnson 1949-1951 Login or Register to view email address. Retired in 2002 after working at English Electric / GEC / Alstom at Stafford and Rugby. Married in 1970. We live in Rugby, Warwickshire, and have two sons and two grandsons. I lived in Chippy from 1947 to 1951, initially in a cottage 'Over The Common' and later in the School House in New Street. My mother, Olive Padley, was born in Chippy in 1904 and she lived there until 1935. We moved to Chippy in 1947, and my father was a schoolteacher at a school in Charlbury. I went on a school trip with some of the children from Charlbury School to the Festival of Britain in 1951.
09/03/08
Coral Peters 1949-1954 Login or Register to view email address. Now Coral Hopkins
29/12/03
Anthony Williams 1949-1954 Login or Register to view email address. Originally from Chadlington now living near Hereford.Have been divorced for some 16 years now.
After an initial career in banking I have for the past 12 years run my own business in Hereford mainly as a Master Shoe Repairer and Keymaster.Live on my own with my German Shepherd dog,although two of my children live nearby and I have a daughter in London who is a teacher.Still retain an interest in football,I did represent the school as a goalkeeperalbeit not that good.As the years go by am trying to find as many as my old school friends as possible. Would love to hear from anyone who may remember me.
16/02/02