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Most of the bags in the shop are individual, one-off creations and many of them are made using upcycled fabrics in
order to keep a happy environment. A percentage of all sales will be donated to charity.
So please click HERE to take a look at my shop where purchases can be made via the secure PayPal system.
Alternatively, give me a ring on 01934 833648 to visit me and view the selection.
This website was originally conceived simply to record the reunion held
at the school on 20th June 1998 for former pupils of its 60 year's history.
The website focused on a particular group of pupils since we were the
ones who started it.
However, since that time, it has expanded and we now have pupils
registered from eight decades! The interest generated has been greater
than we ever imagined.
Many contributors have thought that Pauline and Geoff worked side by
side (literally) on this project. In fact Geoff was in Essex and Pauline is in
Somerset! Although we acted as a team, Geoff was the one who contacted former pupils/staff, putting them in touch with each other,
collating information etc. and Pauline dealt with the website.
Thanks go to those who have sent in donations towards the hosting of this site. It is not, as so many think, funded by either by the
school or the Local Education Authority - how nice if it were! The site has been funded solely by the voluntary efforts of Pauline and
Geoff, together with those who have sent in donations - see our Sponsors Page.
It actually does cost money to keep the site running - there is an annual web hosting fee plus all the time spent in keeping it updated -
so ANY CONTRIBUTIONS, HOWEVER SMALL, TOWARDS THE WEB HOSTING COSTS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!! Even if
it's just a pound coin in an envelope it would help! Scroll down to find contact details
Thank you
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Welcome
Welcome to the William Torbitt School
Reunion Pages. THE place for former
pupils and staff of William Torbitt School.
The ultimate nostalgia! YOUR primary
school.
For items for the website contact:
Pauline Leveret
8 Franklins Way
Claverham
Nr Yatton
Somerset
BS49 4ND
E-Mail: Click here to email Pauline
ANY CONTRIBUTIONS, TOWARDS THE COST OF WEB HOSTING, HOWEVER SMALL, ARE MUCH APPRECIATED!!
Even if it is just a pound coin in an envelope it helps!
Send to:
Pauline Leverett, 8 Franklins Way, Claverham, Somerset BS49 4ND
(cheques made payable to Pauline Leverett)
OR you can use PayPal by going to: https://www.paypal.me/PaulineLeverett and follow the instructions (the business
details show my handmade bags shop but it really is me!).
Thank you
PLEASE READ THIS!!
Hi all
I have been administering and hosting this website for the past 25 years(!) and it's been a pleasure. However, the time has
come for a younger person to take on the job.
I'm looking for a volunteer who is a web designer with their own server access. I say 'volunteer' since there is no payment
for the work (which takes up very little time) and the site is currently hosted on a server which is paid for by my commercial
hosting customers so there is no funding for hosting.
The site is currently built around an MS Access database which keeps tabs on the contact details of those registered and
the identifications in photos and the photo information. The database queries were built when I was a novice so may
appear clumsy but they work. There's nothing to say that this system is carved in stone so any system which will do the
same job would be fine.
So, if you think you would be interested and have the necessary skills then please get in touch. It's not that I don't want to
do it any more - just that I feel a younger person could take the website into the future. I'll be around to help if needed.
regards
Pauline
Google Earth has mounted a number of areas of imagery from 1946 and 1947. Greater London is included and so is Newbury Park.
The school is quite clear and there are some interesting features, like AA emplacements in parks and some gaps where bomb sites
persisted. The clarity is not up to the recent standards, of course, but the historical record is good to have so easily.
This site last updated February 2024
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devices, the site is best viewed on a laptop or desktop PC
as some of the photos are wider than a tablet or phone
screen.
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of Geoff Gillon in the
early part of June 2021. His death was unexpected although he had been suffering ill-
health for a number of years.
We lived on opposite sides of the country but it was a collaboration that worked and it
was his enthusiasm and zeal that made him the main driver of this website and I would
probably have given up a long time ago without his encouragement.
With this in mind, although I will keep the website live in his memory, I will not be
accepting any new registrations, photographs or additions. [If you are already on the
contact list and wish to amend your details then I will, of course, do that at least for the
foreseeable future.]
RIP Geoff
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