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Dover College at War

by Gerald Williams June 20, 2011 school
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Through illness I flipped the competitive entry exam to Dartmouth – the normal way to a naval commission which was taken at 13 in those days. I had however already secured an Astor Scholarship to Dover, still then with a strong military tradition.  The fees were also discounted for the sons of Colonial Servants – [...]

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Memories…

by Leslie Fox August 7, 2010 school

As both The Priory House and The School House were the first houses of Dover College, it was required that they be referred to as THE. The HM and The Priory House master, A D F Dale were insistant upon this. It has always been thus as far as the intake to The Priory House [...]

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Dover College History – Priory House

by Old Dovorian August 7, 2010 school

By A.F.R Dale, former Housemaster of Priory House. Priory House had to be pulled down when internal works caused the building to become unsafe. When the House was completed in 1877, the Headmaster (Canon Bell) moved from St. Martin’s House and occupied it for four years until the School House, built on similar lines with [...]

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School House Revisited

by Old Dovorian August 6, 2010 school

SCHOOL HOUSE REVISITED BUT THE MELODY LINGERS ON . . . I lean back against the deck-rail of the Ostend-Dover packetboat, watch the harbour slowly diminish in the lazy February sunshine and wonder. How much would everything have changed? Could I still enjoy the reminiscence without destroying the illusion? A whole decade had passed since [...]

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The College Arms – a History

by Old Dovorian August 6, 2010 school

The College was granted arms on January 20th, 1931. SHIELD: Sable, a Cross Argent between four Leopard’s Faces Or, on a Chief of the last, the Castle with two Towers of the field  between two open Books Argent, edged gold, bound Gules. CREST: On a wreath of the colours, a  Demi-man (representing St. Martin) habited [...]

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Dover College Woodcut from Illustrated London News 1891

by Old Dovorian July 19, 2010 school

Below is an article scanned in by Guy Nickalls from the Illustrated London News, 1891. You can get a close-up view of it by clicking on it (and then clicking again to get the larger picture). The woodcut is quite beautiful, you need to get close-up to appreciate it!

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Tales from 1948: Ranks! The Fag

by Leslie Fox July 5, 2010 school

Ranks! The Fag There were several grades – or ranks – of boys in 1948.  These were The Fag , The Prep Room Boy, The Study Boy,  The House-Prefect, and finally – The School Prefect. Each level held a duty or responsibility, and each was denoted by the tie that he wore. So, welcome, new [...]

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Initiations and fire-drills, 1948-style

by Leslie Fox July 2, 2010 school

I was one of a very large intake to the College in 1948. There were twelve of us who entered The Priory House that autumn, with dear old A.D.F.Dale, otherwise known as “Auntie”, or “The Aunt”. I still do not know why! In The Priory House, which was a purpose-built boarding house, we had a [...]

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Dover College in 1975 – THE FIRST GIRLS

by Old Dovorian June 25, 2010 school

A parent’s story My wife and I were living in 1975 some 7000 miles from England and we had two daughters part-way through their education at a girls’ school in Folkestone, Brampton Down. So we were somewhat put out at the end of 1974 when informed that their school was closing without further notice. Somewhat [...]

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Dover College – in the aftermath of WWII

by Old Dovorian June 24, 2010 school

By an Old Dovorian Dover College moved back from Poltimore to Dover at the end of the war.   The Normandy landings had taken place on the 6th of May, 1944 and the Pas de Calais, across the Straits of Dover, was cleared by Canadian troops in September 1944 when the era of German shelling, air [...]

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