"Memories of Brighton College" Archive
Memories of BCJS
by Andrew "Tigger" Gray (BCJS. 1968-72, B.1972-75):
"I have just been led down memory lane by Martin D,J.Buss! I, too, went to BCJS 1968-72. The uncanny thing about reading his article is that many of the same teachers / Head Master were there when I arrived!"
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Memories of BCJS
by (Rev) Richard Thornburgh:
"I have just come across the article by Martin Buss regarding his memories of the old Junior School on the south side of Eastern Road. He asks what became of the handbell that used to be rung. As far as I know it was still in use in the "next generation" Junior School in the old Convent of the Blessed Sacrament in Walpole Road up until the time my father retired from teaching in the early 1980's..."
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Memories of Brighton College
by Ernest L French (C. 1939-44):
"In August 1939 I had already got my uniform to go to King's College, Wimbledon, when my parents decided that war was imminent and that I should become a boarder at a school not close to London..."
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Memories of Masters by Mike Senyard (A. 1950-53):
"I read with much enjoyment Pat Lyford’s affectionate recollections of his masters’ nicknames and mannerisms in issue 18 of the Pelican. I fully endorse Pat’s comment that he was very fortunate to have had the masters that he mentions. I would like to add my own very minor contribution to his list..."
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Memories of BCJS
Martin D. J. Buss (D. 1954-58) remembers fondly his days at the old JS building...
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Old Cheltonian John Comber writes about meeting Old Brightonian Tom Bruce (1920-23) in the small Rhodesian village of Chipinga in 1955.
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Tom Churcher (H. 1943-48)
Tom tells us about his first appointment with the then Headmaster, Walter Hett... and how he was never late for school again!
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Pat Lyford (C. 1949-55)
"Reading John Page's three pieces about his time at Brighton, makes me realise how fortunate I was to have had masters such as he mentions and it reminds me of some of their nicknames and peculiarities or mannerisms!"
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Rev W W Davidson (H. 1934-39)
The old term, ‘hatched, matched and despatched’, was, in fact, social formula religion. We went to Chapel every morning – a hymn, a lesson and prayers. Tommy Smart rang the slow bell, then the fast bell. As a school prefect I seem to recall ringing the bell by means of two cords, each with a toggle on the end. They were located in Tommy’s box just inside the main building entrance.
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EA Cory (D. 1924-29)
"Walter Hett was my house master in Durnford, which was across a lane next to the hospital, now demolished. I think I went to the College because Walter Hett was one of my god fathers (the other was the Red Dean of Canterbury) and the exams were not demanding in those days..."
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A Personal Jubilee 3
by John Page (Master, 1954-85)
"Many Old Brightonians I have met during my retirement have memories about their experiences in the CCF and I thought this third – and final – instalment of reminiscences over the last fifty years should deal with the Corps and why I became involved..."
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A Personal Jubilee 2
by John Page (Master, 1954-85)
"In the last issue of the Pelican I wrote about the Remembrance Service in November 2004 and the changes since my first in 1954..."
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A Personal Jubilee 1
by John Page (Master, 1954-85)
"While attending this year’s Remembrance Service, I realised it was more than fifty years since my first in 1954..."
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Picasso At The Theatre - Burstow Gallery, 1982
by Alex Bremer (R. 1979-83)
"I myself was a willing and eager conscript in the build-up to this exhibition – carefully hanging priceless sketches and designs directed by my father and Gavin Henderson..."
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S C Apps (H/A. 1942-46) writes that he was the guest of the Wardroom on HMS Ocean for a week on passage from Barcelona to Devonport.
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Memories of Brighton College, 1939 - 1943
by R.C. Stevens (L. 1939-43)
"I joined Brighton College in September 1939 just after the outbreak of World War II..."
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Memories of Chichester House, 1949 - 1955
by P S Lyford (C. 1949-55)
"Thursday 22nd September 1949 was the start of my, not very glorious, career in Chichester House..."
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