2012年5月10日 · This is a follow-up to the post from BVH on 9 March about the Bisley Boys (Shaftesbury) School in Surrey. Since the event on 29 April mentioned in that post Bisley Village Hall's Heritage Project has made acquired artefacts, photos, documents and other memorabilia relating to the School.

2010年11月17日 · Read I Was At Bisley Boys School With My Brother John, From 1954 1959 - a nostalgic memory of Bisley in our Share Your Memories online community. Add your own comments and get in touch with contributors. Find long-lost friends and reconnect to reminisce.

A few mates whose names I remember 'Ned' Kelly, John Clark (from Southend) 'Granny' Green, Roy Potts & Angus (from Brighton). Plus an old 'Bisley' boy, known as Pot Farrow (stuck in my memory) as he visited at weekends to play table tennis with the pupils. He was also very popular...see more

2008年10月6日 · Anyone have any records/photos of the above school which was part of the SHAFTESBURY HOMES. You are able to search on-line for references of the records etc they hold there. I am not sure if you would be able to access individuals names etc if they were in Care. However, photos may be a possibility.

Bisley Village Hall was built in 1874 and was originally the chapel to the Farm School & Shaftesbury Schools which later amalgamated to become Bisley Boys School. Bisley Boys School closed down at the end of the Summer Term July 1959.

I went to Shaftesbury school as a day boy, along with Syd Binstead, David Collyer, John Lucas etc, my father Stan Burdett was the school engineer and we lived at No 1 The Firs in Bisley. As a lot of you probably know the school is now Coldingly prison.

This book tells the story of how Royston Hertfordshire, Fortescue House Twickenham, and Bisley Schools were founded in Victorian Times for destitute children by William Williams & Lord Ashley, who became the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury.

The new windows are in place of ones installed after WW1 in memory of 89 Old Boys of the Shaftesbury Society Schools in Bisley, who died in that war. Those windows disappeared when the School closed in 1959. The new ones commemorate all who have died in conflicts and the rich heritage of our Hall.

Schools. The Bisley Refuge Farm School, erected in 1868, was for the reception of 150 homeless and destitute boys; the estate comprised about 120 acres; the boys were taught various useful trades. The Shaftesbury School, an addition, was erected in 1873, also for 150 boys, and a chapel, seating 400, was built in 1874.

2011年2月18日 · Hi, Anyone from or about The Shaftesbury Homes @ Bisley, Surrey, UK. I find this site a bit confusing as it also runs into Geneology, but would love to have ongoing communication with any Old Boys from Bisley, Juniors or Seniors. Please feel free to Email me direct, I do not send out circular Jokes etc, just reply to Friends & Family.