September and we add 1974 to our Panoramas

While we still lack a copy of 1947 Panorama, today I have added 1974 to our collection. Unfortunately it is not of the highest quality but nevertheless we must thank Stephen Wilkinson for generously lending us a copy. I do hope that in time we will acquire all the...

Labelling and naming old school photos

I have introduced a means of labelling and referencing the old school panoramas in what I have called ‘Close Up’ views. If you go to the Panoramic views under the Gallery headline you may get the idea. I have labelled staff names where I was able and you...

Keeping the website going…

Just occasionally something happens and I become aware of some error in the site; an incorrect name to a photo, an image not appearing because somehow a vital space got deleted or something plainly out of date. One tries to keep things moving on but some pages get...

Updating School Photos

I have finally added the School photo for 1947 to the Gallery and to the School Panoramas and would be glad if we could, over the course of the next few years, add names if possible. There are quite a few pictures over the years where we just do not know who we are...

Comments hard to register

I have just realised that it has been recently impossible to add any comments to these items. I, using the admin option, had been able to, but had not tried to comment as a reader. So my apologies and I will try to find a solution to this asap. I have tinkered and...

Almost June…..

Monitoring this website, I know precisely how many (few) visit here and wonder what can be done. It would be no great thing if it were visited by all and sundry but what of the members of the Ashcombe Dorkinian community? what are we missing? should we even bother to...