May 2008 new
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/
A link to an article in The Founder (Royal Holloway College student newspaper) about the sale.
http://www.thefounder.co.uk/article.php?articleid=36
Oracle Homes' website where the plans and news will be shown.
http://www.runnymedecampus.co.uk
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.
December 2007
More new pages added: Contact Information; Sitemap; Remembering
This What's New page moved from the Home Page
New navigation menu added to pages
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
We have changed hosting of this web site for what is hopefully the last time. We ran out of space for all the photographs that are waiting to be uploaded!
The URL will remain http://www.shoreditchcollege.org
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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