Any amendments to the Web Site should be able to be uploaded within 24 hours all being well. All we need is Lots of input for "The Mitre" Please send to the committee. Site Updated Sunday 7th January 2024 Treasured Memories St Michaels's School. Ingoldisthorpe, Brings back a host of lovely thoughts, A rectory set in the country grounds, Where Christian teaching did abound, Our headmaster the Rev Roger Pott, Spent years of dedication to the lot, The barouche was his favorite car, And marked his coming like a star, A church service to start the day, Then lessons were well on way, Mrs. Muzio was my forst teacher at the school, She was great and followed the rule, The lessons stand out in my mind, Where of the practical kind, Pottery, weaving and embroidery we did learn, As well as letter writing and a painting turn, Reading Pilgrim's Progress was the way, And studying famous artists made our day, Latin and French still recalled so clear, Even after 70 plus long years, Mother Nature study books did abound, With Nature walks to a chalk pit all so round, Picking daffodils in a field close by, And down to the forge to see sparks fly, Mid summer camp beds on which to rest, And then enjoy the flowers at their best, Saturday morning school went very fast, Rounded off with buttered roll and cheese at last, Memories of Dick Barton and his gang playing a game, Someone I cannot recall adopted this detective's name, Babes in the Woods was acted out at the headmaster's home, And I was a robin dressed in brown crepe paper and all alone, In 1947 deep snow drifts set the scene at will, Our school bus with chains on wheels could not make the hill, A slide appeared on the drive next day, So we all enjoyed the thrill of speed as you might say, It is wonderfull to recall these special moments as a child, When life was so full of peaceful abandonment and not so wild, To remember the names of so many friends was a real challenge to my mind, St Michael's certainly produced a special intellectual kind! A Poem Ernestine sizeland (nee Gill) Past pupil 1946 - 51. ------------------------------------------------------- An article from the Heacham Newsletter 8/10/14 HEACHAM PARK The current revival of interest in Heacham Park and the welcome movement to ensure its preservation as a perpetual amenity for the community, made me wonder when the people of Heacham last had access to these beautiful grounds. During a recent visit to Heacham to see my mother, Iris, we unearthed some old photographs which sparked memories of fetes held in the Park in the early 1950s. The 1953 Fete must have been held in the month following the Queen's Coronation on 2 June. I think it was a church fete because much of the organisation was carried out by our energetic vicar, the Reverend Roger Pott. As many readers will remember, the Reverend Pott also ran a school, based in Ingoldisthorpe, which attracted scholars from all over the world. This establishment, properly named St Michael's School, was more commonly known locally as “Pott's Academy” or just “Pott's” and many of its students were involved in the running of the various side shows. Pott's students always seemed so grown up and mature – some of them even used to drive the minibus which ferried boys to and from their accommodation in Heacham to the school. One sleekly groomed young man was in charge of a tent, displaying at its entrance a cinema poster for the film “The Great Caruso”. Impressionable as I was, I really did think he was Mario Lanza This “Barrow Boy” is me! I was selling fruit and vegetables from my parents' garden to raise money for the fete. Mr Ted Warner, who ran the local grocery store where the East of England Co-op now stands, lent me his wheelbarrow and gave me produce from his shop; he also lent me his grocer's stencils Apart from the numerous side shows, there was a procession and fancy dress parade. This photograph shows some of the participants, not all of whom we can identify. From the left, we think it is Brenda Callaby as “Jill” and her elder sister, Sheila as “Jack”; Susan Warner is the Welsh lady, my sister, Christine, is “An English Rose” - very fashionable in Coronation Year. I'm afraid we don't know the young lady on the right with, possibly, her younger sister as a dolly in a box – perhaps they or another Newsletter reader could let us know who they are? If anyone pictured here would like a copy of the photograph for their Memory Box, I would be pleased to e-mail higher resolution images to The Heacham Newsletter to pass on to you. to add a professional touch to the labelling of the goods. The wheelbarrow had a cast iron wheel with no tyre – I had to push it all the way from our house in Neville Road to the Park. Anyway, it was worth the effort – I won Second Prize! Does anyone remember who won First? Interestingly, the man behind me in the picture is wearing a uniform like that of a cinema commissionaire. I can't remember why he was there or what he did. Perhaps he was a bandsman? Did we have a brass band as well? One of the highlights of the late afternoon/early evening was an athletics match between a team from Pott's School and one from King Edward VII Grammar School in King's Lynn. There was an almost perfectly oval group of trees in the middle of the Park. The grass around this had been mown short and a reasonably passable 440 yards track had been marked out. The sprint and relay races were very competitive and generated great excitement among supporters of the two teams with chants of “Pott's, Pott's” and the initials “K–E-S, K–E-S”. I seem to remember that K-E-S won the competition overall. I'm not sure what happened after that. It was school the following day so I had to go home to bed. I had to push my barrow all the way, too. At least it was downhill! There was at least one other fete in the Park that I remember because that year my class from Heacham County Primary School gave a demonstration of country dancing. We had practised in the school playground, dancing to a tune called “Dargason”. (I had never seen this name written before so, to check the spelling, I searched for it on the internet; to my amazement I found a number of videos on You Tube showing modern dancers performing the same dance to the same tune).Q
Our rehearsals, under the supervision of our teacher, Miss Hume, with an ancient (even then!) wind-up gramophone, went well. On the day of the fete, it didn't go quite so well because the music was played over a public address system. This produced a pronounced echo which didn't help our timing as we were all hearing the tune at slightly different times! I think this must have been in the summer of 1952, my first year with Miss Hume. She taught two school years together and I clearly remember dancing with Wendy Frary who was a year ahead of me and would have been at King's Lynn High School in 1953. So we certainly used the Park to bring the community together sixty years ago. It would be a great asset to the people of the village and visitors to be able to use it and enjoy it again. Mike Trundle PS: Having written this in late August, I've just read, with great disappointment, that the Parish Council's offer to purchase the Park has been rejected by the vendor's agents because a prior offer from another buyer has been accepted. Surely, this is only “Round One” of a process which will continue as the purchaser's identity and intentions for the land become clear. I'm sure that the commitment and enthusiasm of the people of Heacham who have brought the Pocahontas Project thus far can prevail and that, hopefully, this is only a temporary disappointment. Friday 9th November 2023
Dearly departed,
Friday 3rd November 2023
Monday 14th August 2023 Wednesday 19th April 2023 It is with great
sadness to report a loss to the OMA.
Wednesday 3rd May at
2pm Monday 16th January 2023
More sad news received of tthe the passing of
Jonathan Russell at home on Saturday 7th January. Funeral of the late Rev Canon Jonathan Russell - YouTube Looks like the video will still play after the event, wind through to 3:55 start.
Monday 9th January 2023 It is with great sadness to report the
passing of Les Roberts on Friday 30th December. Saturday 22nd October 2022 Friday 12th August 2022 Sunday 13th May 2022 Sunday 10th April 2022 Clifford Wallington passed away peacefully on the 16 March 2022 at the Edgeworth Care Home in Williamsburg, Virginia USA and a little time afterwards I did promise all of you that I would publish details of the Memorial Service that has been planned.
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church has very kindly offered to
Janet and the family a Memorial Service on Friday 22 April 2022 (that
coincidently would have been Cliff's 82nd birthday) to be screened 'live'
on-line from Williamsburg beginning at 7pm (UK time). My understanding is
that the Memorial Service will be made available to view two days after if
required. Wednesday 16th Feruary 2022 Video of King George VI Sandringham and Rev. Roger
Pott Heacham Service. Wednesday 11th Feruary 2022 Message from Bob
Balshaw via daughter Pip. Wednesday
26th January 2022 Wednesday 15th December 2021 It is traditional that, at this
time of year, we make contact with as many Old Micharlian's as possible
all over the World via the OMA Web Site to send
Thursday 18th November 2021 Monday 1st November 2021 Friday 13th August 2021 It is with deep regret to hear of the passing of Martin Penny (457) who passed away from cancer at home under the care of Macmillan nurses on Tuesday 9th August 2021 Saturday 19th June 2021 Gallery 9, Panoramics 1956 have
been updated with names, thanks to Tony Toller. Tuesday
28th May 2021 Monday 21st December 2020 Dear Old Michaelians, 2020 has been a very difficult and challenging year
for us all wherever you may be in the World.
We
send our very best wishes to you all and your families and hope you have
a Very Happy Christmas and New Year and, Monday 26th October 2020
I
thought you’d like to know that Monica and I have made our own
pilgrimage to W Norfolk and are, at this moment, as you can see, Friday 16th October 2020 It is with enormous regret and sadness that we
report the passing of Richard George. Monday12th October 2020 Many of us had planned to get together over the weekend of 24/25
October at the Heacham Manor Hotel to attend the annual OMA Reunion
weekend. These are tough times for all of us in the UK and everywhere around the World but the OMA is nothing if not resilient and the OMA Committee is already planning an exceptional OMA Reunion weekend for October 2021 when we will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the opening of St. Michael's School by the Headmaster. The 2021 dates for our OMA Reunion weekend have been confirmed as 30/31 OCTOBER 2021. Loads of additional information will be made available to you all
together with all of the fine detail so that we can all meet again to
celebrate our unforgettable school, Keep safe, keep well and please keep in contact. Best wishes to you all Ian Dupont Saturday 5th
September 2020 I am sure that you can all imagine the amount of soul searching and debate that we have all been engaged in over recent weeks in attempting to find a way of avoiding this decision but in the end, although the Heacham Manor Hotel were very keen to welcome us all back to their venue, the number of restrictions imposed would have made the whole of the weekend so different and unacceptable we were placed in the unfortunate position to consider all of our Members together with their partners/friends who may have wanted to join us all. As far as I know, this is the first time that a OMA Reunion weekend has been postponed for almost 70 years so I am sure you can imagine how difficult this decision has been to make. However, 2021 is another year and the opportunity for us all to celebrate! We will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of St. Michael's School and we are all certain that many of you will want to help us celebrate this event in the Old Michaelian Association diary. We will, of course, keep you fully informed of our plans for next year and we really hope you will all be able to join us. Best wishes Saturday 2nd May 2020
It is with enormous
regret and sadness that we report the passing of Andrew Pott. Saturday 11th
April 2020 Saturday 2nd November 2019
As has been the case previously, when we ask the OMA Members to support a cause closely associated with St. Michael's School, we are always able to rely on that support being upheld and this year the OMA were asked by Mark Capron representing the Dersingham Benefice that includes Ingoldisthorpe Church, if we would consider supporting the Ingoldisthorpe Church Roof Restoration Fund and the OMA was able to immediately agree to this request. A collection box was made available at the OMA Reunion Dinner on Saturday 26 October 2019 and, together with the collection made at the OMA Reunion Eucharist held at Ingoldisthorpe Church on Sunday 27 October 2019 the OMA was able to support the Restoration Fund by £383. Mark Capron has asked us to accept his thanks and the thanks of the Dersingham Benefice PCC for this incredible contribution by the OMA. In addition, a formidable raffle took place during the OMA Reunion Dinner that raised £260 towards the Old Michaelian Association. Thank you. Monday 2nd September 2019
It is with much regret
that we find it necessary to record the passing of Rosina Oughton (Linn).
Tuesday 11th June 2019
Wednesday 5th June 2019 http://heachamheritage.co.uk/index.htm Saturday 27th January 2018 Friday 10th November 2017 Monday 2nd October 2017 Monday 24th April 2017 Thursday 16th February 2017 Tributes have been paid to King’s Lynn
Labour councillor Ian Gourlay, Tuesday 1st
November 2016
A word of Thanks to all
Old Michaelians, and their partners friends and family, We were asked to
contribute to the Ingoldisthorpe East Window Fund during the Anniversary
Dinner on Saturday evening
We were fortunate to have
loads of photographs taken during the weekend by Bill Cullin and David
Pleming. Once again, on behalf of the whole OMA Committee please accept my sincere thanks for making it such a successful Anniversary Reunion.
Best Wishes Sunday 18th September 2016 Tuesday 8th
December 2015
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 Friday 5th
June 2015 Marcus Ernest
Dixon Wortley, BSc Saturday 30th May 2015
"It is with much regret that we announce the sudden death
of Timothy Tooke on Sunday 24 May 2015. Monday 9th March 2015
Heacham Organ Saturday 7th February 2015
I received a telephone call this past week
and, as a result, it is with regret that I inform you that the husband
of Judith Polson (nee Boggis) sadly passed away last Tuesday. Saturday 15th November 2014 Friday 1st August 2014 Tuesday 24th June 2014
It is with enormous sadness that I received
an email this morning from Richard Munge in respect to our fellow Old
Michaelian and friend David Winter. Sunday 18th May 2014 www.oma.org.uk/Library_Links/Transport.htm Wednesday 9th April 2014 Some Photos Supplied
by Saturday 26th
October 2013 Wednesday 17th April 2013
Peter John
Mangan Has found the O.M.A. Wednesday 14th
November 2012 Tuesday 25th September 2012 Can anyone remember any more names of Staff and their
subjects. Thursday 23rd August 2012
I hope that you do not mind my contacting you but I wanted some help in
getting a few facts about a famous holiday with one of the double
deckers owned by St Michaels when a group including my late husband (he
was teaching at the school then I think) went around the north of
Scotland. He always talked about this and although we managed to get to
Scotland by train before Wednesday 23rd May 2012 Sad News.
I have
just had a phone call from Barbara to say that Martin died on Sunday at
3pm. Tuesday 1st March 2011 "It is with much sadness that we
report the sudden and unexpected death of our colleague and
Association Secretary John Worboys on Friday 25 February 2011. Thursday 11th November 2010 Saturday 24th July 2010 Saturday
3rd July 2010 I have
just had a call from Page's Wife Sarah who now tells me
Cremation will take place 1.45 pm Friday 16th July He will be missed by all Old Michaelians who knew him. Wednesday 21st April 2010 I
see from yesterday's Lynn News that John Tweedy Smith died on 7
April,
he was 71.
Sunday 3rd
January 2010 Wednesday 18th November 2009 Thursday 10th September 2009 It is with much regret that we announce the peaceful
passing on September 4th 2009 of Peterjohn Best in Sudbury, Saturday 10th January 2009 Lynn News January 9 2009 - Death of Princess
Di's former Headmistress
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