Anniversary Event 2008

The Old Priceans Centenary Summer Luncheon at Ferneham Hall, Osborne Road, Fareham took place on Sunday 8th June. This was preceded by a walk from the site of the original school in West Street, Fareham followed by a service at SS Peter & Paul Church, Fareham led by old boys, Very Revd. Peter Hancock, Archdeacon of the Meon with an address from Revd. Canon Martin Seeley.

The Anniversary Event 2008 was very grateful for the dedicated efforts of David Williams who worked closely with Westbury Museum to produce the event.
Here is a pdf of the event details

Former English master, Tony Johnson was moved to pen this poem:

CLASSROOM EXAMINATION - 2a Price’s School 1966

 

These ageing men were boys I used to teach.

Now, rôle reversed, I listen and I learn,

For one boy’s now the canon come to preach

To attentive silence more than I could earn.

 

They were the cunning masters of mayhem,

Of artful doodle and of daring daydream.

Such fine bubbling brains!  No one could stop them

From acting like a loose anarchic team.

 

Memory draws a classroom castle in the air,

Where appear thirty brilliant pairs of eyes,

Which stalk the ether and begin to stare.

To scrutinise, assess, and analyse.

 

Are you weak?  Are you strong? You cannot bluff.

We can shave off a beard or rip off a mask.

Who are you?  Do you care? D’ya know your stuff?

Answer! Before you set us any task!

.

                                 Tony Johnson                


Tony wrote:

Canon Martin Seeley looked at me and said,”2a.”
He gave the address at St Peter and St Paul on 8th June 2008, in a ceremony to mark one hundred years after the move of Price’s School from West Street to Park Lane. He was in 2a and was one of several in that class who eventually went to Cambridge, the best class I ever taught.

Westbury Exhibition closed 21st June 2008

The Exhibition featured display panels and cabinets intended to provide visitors with an extensive view of Price’s and The William Price Charity through the years.