More 1970+ Year photos added, including names of many of the students in the photos.
Brunel University Archives and Special Collections holds the archives of Shoreditch College - see Archives and Special Collections | Brunel University London for more information.
We encourage you to pay them a visit.
Profiles of the Shoreditch College students who fell in WW1 and WW2
Search the list here: World War profiles | Brunel University London
An urgent message from Stephen John Nicholson, 73 Year, regarding Honorary Degree Awards for Cert Ed graduates.
On the News and Views page, here.
Stewart Roney has kindly sent us the 1980 merger year photos. You can see them here.
John visited with Hayley Robinson, Local Marketing Manager for Audley Retirement recently, to take a look at plans for the new development at Coopers Hill. She also showed him some scale models of the building. We have some of their photos on our site and also a couple of links to Audley showing what the final interior should look like. There will even be an indoor swimming pool in the old Pillar Hall for the lucky residents! www.shoreditchcollege.org/pages/sold.html
Clifford (Cliff) Jones 1945-47 has kindly shared his memories of his time at Shoreditch with us, see the Reminiscences page. He also provided a 1947 Final Year Photograph, plus a photo of his College badge.
More photos of the beautiful "Quartet" have been uploaded and linked from the Craft page.
Here is a direct link to the new Quartet photos page.
May 2014
Jill has changed her email address to: jill.sandwell@rogers.com
February 2012
Many of you will be interested to know about and to explore a new website based on a comprehensive panoramic photographic tour of the Cooper's Hill/Runnymede Campus: http://www.runnymedecampus.com/
This website has been created by Tom Hostler, a former Brunel student, who has spent hours photographing the campus in great detail using equipment enabling him to capture 360 degree views, and he has also done a tremendous job of work putting it all together in a website, as much for Shoreditch as for Brunel folk. If you have time, do take a look - it's well worth it.
January 2012
Ray Rappel is organising a Reunion for '65 Year. Tentative date: April 27-29, 2012
More information on the News and Views page.
January 2010
Some more reminiscences, from 1957 Year, and from the Brunel years in the early 1990s
September 2009
69 Year 40th Anniversary Reunion September 12, 2009
Photograph and report on the day, see the News and Views page
April 2009
A photo of the Nissen Huts
April 2009
Quentin (Joe) Lyons has sent us a copy of the 1964 Pass List
Also take a look at the photos he has provided - Coopers Hill 1950s, early 1960s, a Spring Fair, National Willy Bobs Week!
March 2009
A glimpse into the past - memories of the 1940's from John Akhurst, on the Reminiscences Page.
August 2008
Don Spencer, 1959 year, is visiting the UK in September and will be in London from September 17-21.He hopes to visit the college on one of those days. If anyone from 1959 Year would like to join him please contact him by email:
Don Spencer, email: sec55@xtra.co.nz (new email address November 2017)
July 2008
If you attended Shoreditch Technical Institute Cabinet making school you will be interested in a message from Fred Connington who would love to reminisce about
old times.
May 2008
A link to Mike Marsh's Picasa album from our Albums page. This album contains photos from the Final Goodbye Tour on April 19, 2008
March 2008
John Bailey is hoping to organise a reunion on the day of the Goodbye Tour, for 1960 Year
"It is the 50th anniversary this year for my student year, 1960, to arrive at Shoreditch. I would like to make every effort to find as many as possible to attend the visit on April 19th. At the moment about half
a dozen look possible."
email: John Bailey jhelides7b@onetel.com
October 2007
We have a new section called "After the Goodbye Tour" where people can share their memories and photos from the tour. John has taken quite a few photos of the buildings and campus that you might like to look at.
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Dear Sir, Naturally I am interested in local developments but, in particular, those in Coopers Hill Lane due to the existence of the Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial. In May, 2007 the college site was sold by Brunel for £46.6m to Oracle Homes who have yet to decide on future plans. Currently the Campus is rented by Royal Holloway College as student accommodation and other industrial tenants who, I understand, have been given notice to quit by October, 2007. There is already an approved planning application for extension to the Campus and was passed approximately 3 years ago but only includes land occupied by existing buildings. The remainder is Green Belt land so if Oracle plan to erect homes on the site as expected they will need to apply to have this status changed as well as the use. In fact, with demolition of all existing buildings, it has been estimated that approximately 800 homes could be erected on the site. Developments are currently being monitored closely by the Englefield Green Village Residents Association and the local authority representatives. Obviously they have strong support from the membership but I think it would be helpful if this were assisted by former students and others with past interests in the site. Should you be interested, those responsible can be contacted by email on http://www.englefieldgreen.org.uk/ & englefieldgreen@hotmail.com Yours faithfully, MR. M.S. WELLS |
Some more information on the sale of the College buildings:
A link to a web site containing the first in a series of articles about Brunel's Runnymede Campus, with lots of photos and history of the campus. Scroll down the article to see links to many photos. This is an interesting web site, very well worth a visit.
http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/05/29/runnymede-memorial-part-1/
We have added a new page – Royal Indian Engineering College – containing a biography of General Sir Alexander Taylor (the Chapter on Coopers Hill), and some internet links that John has
found relating to
the RIEC. This page is also linked from the History page. Lots of background information indicating the importance of the site.
November 2007
1960 and 1972 Shoreditch Training College (and A French Mistress) A collection of 42 photographs taken by Mike Marsh, 61 Yr. Some great pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Mikeg4ggc
Thanks Mike for sharing them with us!
August 2007
Added to the News Page — an article on the Radio Telescope Project (1961 - 1963)
written by Neville Webb (1961-64)
August 2007
1975 Year Formal and Informal photographs, submitted by John Cross
1968 Year Men photograph, submitted by Colin Cory
1975 Valedictory Menu, submitted by John Cross
September 2006
Your assistance is requested!
The Shoreditch College Archives are currently being catalogued as part of the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Heritage Builds Bridges Project’
Please visit the News and Views page for more information ...
April 2006
You might like to check out
the News and Views page.
There is a message from Chris Salt (1979 year), with a photo
of Elton John in the Chapel in 1978.
June 2004
Please go to
the News
and Views
page to read a letter from Maurice Hann (1960) regarding the recent reunion at Coopers Hill. There is a list of ex-Shoreditch
students who attended, plus some photos.
May 2004
Alf White (1940 yr) has kindly
forwarded us a list of ex-Shoreditch students killed during WW2.
This list was found by Pip Shrives, and written by Avigdor Cannon. See the News and Views
page
Nov. 2003
Please visit the News
and Views page. A current student at Brunel is hoping
to organise a collection of images from around the campus and would like your
input.
Sept. 2003
For many wonderful photographs
of the college and grounds, please see Lost
Touch Page 4 for a link to Tom Hostler's web site. He has very kindly forwarded links
to his photo albums. Thank you Tom!
March 2003
Additions to the following
pages -
Several entries on the new
Lost Touch Page 4.
Photographs of Year
1962-1965
We now have a special page in the "Lost Touch" series for the old Shoreditch Technical Institute and the Coopers Hill Emergency Training College
January 2002
There is another alumni organisation
that should be worth looking at, www.alumni.net.
Alumni Net has over 2.2 million members and is a free
service.
August 2001
Two people have drawn our attention
to an interesting site you can join. The idea is that you look
up your old school (or schools), enter your name etc. and see
if anyone you know has also signed up. The section for Shoreditch
includes several names. Check it out at ....... http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/
Thanks to Graham Lison
('69 year) graham@hglmotors.co.uk
Steve Knight (1973-76) steveknight@skab.co.uk
and Barry Thomas (79 year) barry@quartet.co.uk
April 6 2000
Does anyone remember the building of the replacement capstan
for HMS Foudroyant?
See the notice on the News & Views page
There's a section for e-mails we've received on the News & Views page
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