Another Quick Message

Occasionally I receive comments as to how out of date this site has become, how some pages have not changed, been revised, updated. Unfortunately much of that is true. One dreams of new members...

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ADA 2013 AGM & Reunion

There will be the AGM in Reigate on 12th October. We can expect just 40 members to show up and only three Committee menbers including myself. If this does not make you concerned for the health of...

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Website Developments

Further to the 1947 Dorkinian recently added., you may now also view the 1950 Dorkinian in ' The Archives' at: http://ashcombedorkinian.com/docs/Mag1950/1950_00.htm. Click here to view. There is a...

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Keeping the website going..

I probably mentioned that occasionally one has to update software - something I try to avoid unless what one has is not working well. Updates invariably cause things that used to work to fail or...

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Onwards and upwards

In the struggle to keep nhings moving on, upgrading when I must but not before, I have upgraded this website to PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.1 (which is probably good and about time) and this Blog to...

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We will remember them..

This time of the year and in November especially we remember those who died in the wars serving their country,and especially those who went to the school in Ashcombe Road. For World War 2 we have...

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Revised news about 1974 Panorama Names

The latest Aurumn 2011 Newsletter has brought a renewed interest in the website Panoramas and stimulated me to finally get round to producing the Tool for the 1974 panorama which I had put to the...

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Latest newsletter and 1974 Panorama

The latest Aurumn 2011 Newsletter has brought a renewed interest in the website Panoramas and stimulated me to finally get round to producing the Tool for the 1974 panorama which I had put to the...

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One Robert Oakeshott

Those of us at School in the late 1950s will remember an English teacher Mr Oak(e)shott who lasted only a few months, presumably filling a gap, but whose personal details were not known to us. There...

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July and the Year half done

We had the Bursary Panel meet when there were generally no students on site. The results are posted elsewhere. It was strange; somehow I could not imagine any such issue closing down the Grammar...

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Slow Progress on the Names Front

It has been a slack time on the Naming of faces in Panoramas Front. No new names added since early December but the Ouyang twins have identified themselves in the 1964 photo. Christopher Smith and...

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Inside 2011 – what next?

We are safely arrived in to 2011. One cold spell gone and presumably another before long and before Spring arrives. I had been hoping for a few more names to enter into our Panorama lists, but it...

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