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LENTEN CHARITIES Pupils raised an amazing £18,000 for charity this year during the Lent Term. They arranged cake sales, discos and sponsored swims and took part in the Set Run. Staff joined in as well, with an arm-wrestling competition and Mr Ashbridge shaved his head! Dr Pyle said: ‘Support for charities both in our local area and around the world is an important part of school life at LRGS. I am delighted to see our pupils taking the initiative in choosing suitable causes and raising thousands of pounds in so many creative ways! All of us have been struck by the amazing work of our seven charities this year. I hope that many of our pupils will be inspired by their involvement with them.’ The full list of charities receiving the £18,000 is: St John’s Hospice, Lancaster; Friends of Chernobyl’s Children, Lancaster; The Stroke Association; The Christie, Manchester; Sunshine Orphanage, Egypt; PhysioNET, which provides physiotherapy equipment to disabled children around the world, and MeDICT, which supports disabled children in Mexico. Rose Welshman 5
FROM THE LANCASTRIAN 100 years ago: 1913-1914 At his first Speech Day, the new Headmaster, Dr Shackleton-Bailey instituted a prize for useful service to the School. This is still presented annually, normally to the outgoing Head of School. Setting was introduced in Mathematics and French. The application to form a Contingent of the OTC (now the CCF) was initially turned down, but a second bid was successful; new cadets began training in the summer term. The Whewell Society rejected the forced feeding of imprisoned suffragettes but approved of compulsory games. The XV lost its only two school matches 0-18 to King Edward’s Lytham and 0-51 to Sedbergh – the lowest point on record. The Soccer XI won six and drew two of its twelve games, while bowlers in the Cricket XI secured three hat tricks. 75 years ago: 1938-39 Dr Shackleton-Bailey retired after twentyfive years, to become Vicar of St. Michaelson-Wyre. He was replaced as Headmaster at Easter by Mr RR Timberlake. Mr JH Roberts retired after thirty years as Senior Classics master. During that time, his pupils won thirty-three open awards at Oxford or Cambridge, eleven of them subsequently gaining first class honours degrees. The season was the XV’s best to date, with FWG Brodrick’s team enjoying an unbeaten season, with nine wins and two draws. Leeds GS, Bradford GS and Rossall School were among the sides defeated. The first inter-school crosscountry fixture was held, Blackpool GS winning by 35 points to 43. The Shooting VIII won the Derby Cup at Altcar for a fourth successive year. There were 551 pupils on roll, the largest number to date. Because of the crisis over Hitler’s demands from Czechoslovakia, they were issued with gas masks, which they were to carry daily in the event of war. 50 years ago: 1963-64 The demolition of the old Bay View Hospital took place during Michaelmas Term. It was reported that “the site will be used for a new classroom block, with a library, administrative offices and a masters’ common room.” Although plans were drawn up, they came to nothing, and two decades ware to elapse before the site began to see piecemeal development. The cross-country team, in its twentyfifth year won the Fylde inter-schools event and in the Northern School Championships the seniors were placed third and the Under-16 team second. The XI was undefeated with ten wins and three draws and the swimming team gained a third consecutive win in the Fylde championships. A thriving Scout troop, with eight patrols and two senior patrols, numbered 70, with five gaining the Queen’s Scout badge. Approval was given for the formation of a Royal Air Force section of the CCF. 25 years ago: 1988-89 Third Master Gordon Robinson retired after 39 years teaching mathematics, and 33 as an officer in the CCF. For 26 of those years he had served as Contingent Commander, during which the whole purpose of the CCF had changed. In the era of National Service it had been very much a pre-service body, but after 1962 the emphasis changed to leadership training. He was replaced as Third Master by John Lea and as a mathematics teacher by Mark Chambers. A ballot of parents led to an application for the new Grant Maintained status, but the outcome was not known until the following November. In association with LGGS, Sandy Wilson’s musical “The Boy Friend” and Anthony Minghella’s play “Two Planks and a Passion” were produced. A fourth-year quiz team reached the final of a revived “Top of the Form”, and a first year pupil, MD Snellgrove won the County final of the Mathematics Challenge. By winning a Rotary Club public speaking competition, sixth former J Kelly won a four-week visit to the USA. A wide range of holiday activities included a visit to Rendsburg, a Scottish Trek, a Scottish cruise, as well as ski trips and the CCF camps. The cross country and swimming teams had unbeaten seasons, while the Boat Club registered eleven regatta wins. Mr JW Fidler 6
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Page 5: ANDREW MACDONALD Andrew Macdonald p
Page 9 and 10: ALUMNI RELATIONS /continued... Just
Page 11 and 12: SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT John Gardyner’
Page 13 and 14: MARKETING In April 2014 we were del
Page 15 and 16: THE HOUSES /continued... On Monday
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Page 20 and 21: ART Out of ten students taking A-le
Page 22 and 23: A2 AND AS-LEVEL ART TW Underwood L6
Page 24 and 25: GCSE ART GCSE Exam WJ Daunt 5T GCSE
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Page 30 and 31: ENGLISH - WINNERS OF POETRY COMPETI
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Page 36 and 37: TWELVE ANGRY MEN Twelve Angry Men,
Page 38 and 39: ENSEMBLES CONCERTS AND FOUNDERS’
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Page 52 and 53: KENYA VOLUNTEERING TRIP For 11 days
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD Gold Ge
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GLENRIDDING On the water Unsuspecti
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turned out to cause them problems a
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SPORT 1ST XV RUGBY In the final ana
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number of opportunities to score bu
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3RD XV RUGBY The life of a 3rd XV c
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immense individual skills but they
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defence at full back. John Tobin (3
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twice his size as the last line of
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1ST XI CRICKET Opening the season w
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and ready to go out, the rain start
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U13A CRICKET The U13A Team enjoyed
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individual players of this squad. A
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CLIMBING Particularly fine weather
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ROWING The LRGS Boat Club has enjoy
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Results: Div 1 - J16 4x-: 1st Donca
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Results of Time Trial J14 4x+ A eve
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eginners. Two older wooden quads, w
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Cambridge, Linguistics; Dominic Ras
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SPEECH DAY PRIZE WINNERS 2014 RR Ti
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The German Prize: JG Swainson Prize
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Bronze: Benjamin Adams, Tom Atherto
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Silver: Suleman Adam, Oliver Burrow
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ENDOWED 1472 Lancaster Royal Gramma
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