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Hardback book charting the history of St. Michael's School from is foundation in 1872. Available through Sally Jones (Author). Please contact Sally via sally@kenttrainers.co.uk.
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St. Michael's School was founded in 1872 as an orphanage in Hatcham, New Cross. Its charismatic founder Father Arthur Tooth was famously imprisoned for his Anglo-Catholic church practices.
Since 1925, the home of St. Michael's School has been a large Victorian mansion in Otford, surrounded by 90 acres of beautiful Kentish countryside. For most of its existence it was a tiny prep boarding school with a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition, home to just 50 boys and a handful of staff. Today St. Michael's School is a very different place. It has more than 400 pupils and is a leading co-educational prep school.
This school history features the anecdotes of Old Michaelians and staff who give a vivid portrayal described as 'very bizarre'. There are tales of dares and misdemeanours; sporting triumphs and disasters; ghosts and dormitory pranks; ritualistic chapel services; dripping sandwiches and rabbit stew; sleeping in the cellars as German bombers flew overhead.
Price £ 20.00
