Published Date:
29 May 2009
IN May 1997, former pupils and teachers went back to a Bicester school to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
They bridged the generation gap by meeting current pupils and staff at Glory Farm Primary School.
Teachers who were at the school when it opened in 1977 and who returned for the open day on Friday included Shirley Large, Sarah Foulkes and former deputy head Catherine Elliott, who was Catherine Hollows at the time.
Also among the guests were former school caretaker, Hector Cassidy and Brenda Clark, who was classroom assistant at the school.
The guests were each invited by a pupil, who them showed them around.
Also from the Advertiser & Review in 1997:
...ONE of the area's biggest fundraising shows is preparing to celebrate its coming of age. This year's North Bucks Show on Saturday, June 28, will be the 21st in its history.
...IT is big, it is black and it is back. Just when you thought it was safe to assume the Beast of Buckingham may have moved eleswhere, it has been sighted again. A gentleman from Winslow saw the large black cat-like creature when he was driving home along the Little Horwood Road.
...MORE than 110 Brackley people have just returned from a trip to their twin town of Pavilons sous Bois in France. The five-day trip was organised to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the town's twinning.
100 YEARS AGO
IN brilliant sunshine, Empire Day was celebrated in Buckingham Market Square, and the presence of the scholars from the various schools in the town, together with the flying Union Jacks from the Town Hall and residences, formed a pretty picture.
A CURIOUS scene was witnessed near the Ridgmont Fruit Farm last week, in which a turkey and a crow were principal figures. A watch was being kept to find out how the turkey's eggs had disappeared. The big bird had just laid an egg in its nest, made in a hedge, and was leaving, when a crow swooped down and took possession. In the same neighbourhood numerous hens eggs have also been stolen by the crow.
THE more rabid among teetotalers will find food for thought in the special Report on Beers contained in a recent issue of "The Hospital". The Hospital's commissioners declare that good beer is one of the best thirst quenchers, and far superior to mineral waters, which, though they tickle the palate for the moment, irritate the lining of the throat. Beer on the other hand, stimulates the secretion of saliva in a manner designed to keep the mouth and throat moist.
50 YEARS AGO
SINGLE line working was put into operation from 6.45am to 11.30am on the Banbury-Bletchley line on Saturday when an engine, coming out of the sidings of Swanbourne marshalling yard onto the main lines, was derailed on the points. Trains were delayed and passengers travelling from Buckingham to Bletchley were transferred to coaches at Winslow.
OVER 100 police officers from the Bletchley Division, Bucks Constabulary will be "on parade" in Buckingham next Sunday. Following an inspection by the Chief Constable of Bucks, Brigadier J N Cheney, in the Market Square at 10.15am, the assembly will march to the Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul for a special service.
25 YEARS AGO
STAFF at Whipsnade Park Zoo in Bedfordshire are on special duty at present, watching their new and very special baby - a dolphin which was born on the first Saturday afternoon in May, measuring three feet.
A GREAT honour for Buckingham Army Cadet force, five of its members travelled to Belgium at the weekend, to take part in a special Last Post ceremony in remembrance of 30,000 men who fell in the first world war.
BRACKLEY estate agent Mick Carney will realise a dream on Monday, when he stages his first auction at his own auction rooms and sales rooms, after buying the old Infant School fronting the town's Hill Street.
MORE than 200,000 workers in the general printing industry and printing staffs of provincial and London suburban newspapers are being instructed by ten trade unions to ban overtime from next Wednesday.
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Last Updated:
29 May 2009 10:16 AM
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Location:
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