“Ad majora vocati”
Walton Lodge Preparatory School, Clevedon (1963)
In 2013 I re-discovered a small collection of Walton Lodge memorabilia, consisting mainly of paperwork which had somehow escaped the waste bin decades earlier, at a time when its loss would probably have been considered as of no great consequence.
Based on these few items, I first posted some information on this website in 2016. Soon afterwards, others began to take an interest and offer contributions, so that it has now become something of an archive of information regarding Walton Lodge, available under the following headings:
- Official School Photographs
- Official Team Photographs
- Photographs by Other Contributors
- Aspects of School Life
- History of the School
Laurence Latham age 13 (from the 1964 school photo)
I was a pupil from September 1958 until July 1964. During those six years there were many changes to the positioning of classrooms, the seniority of dormitories and the structure of the competing Sets.
Fortunately, none of these modifications matched the sweeping alterations which began in the autumn of 1964 with the demise of the playing fields and ended in July 1971 with the closure of the school.
While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in the documents published on this site, information based upon personal memory can only be “to the best of my knowledge and belief” and, of course, remains open to amendment.
Further contributions from ex-pupils or other interested parties will always be welcome. You can reach me at laurencevlatham@outlook.com.
Please note: When compiling and configuring the PDF documents on this website, it has been necessary to include the site address at the foot of each one. This is because each presents as an individual document in search engine results, listed independently of their host site. As some of them contain cross-references to others, it has been deemed helpful for the site address to be supplied on every such occasion to facilitate such cross-referencing.
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