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| 22 Jan 2021 | |
| In a nutshell |
Wartime Interlude
1939 - 1952
Forced to evacuate from Eastbourne at the start of the Second World War, the school lost its identity and dwindled. Dick’s son, Anthony, had run the school with his father before the war. When he returned from active service, the family-owned school had gone. However, in 1952, the encouragement of the Catholic Church led them to revive St. Anthony’s as a much needed additional Catholic boys’ prep school in North London.
The final part of the story sees the school under new ownership and a new direction under Head, Paul Keyte. The story ends as the school begins to build the foundations of an alumn… More...
As the times outran Tim, and he stepped down, it was his nephew, Nigel, his niece Sarah and her husband Phil who began t… More...
Tim was a huge character and an all-pervading infl uence in the school. A child of the 60s with a love of performance, h… More...
Anthony Patton and his wife had to overcome many obstacles in setting up the school but numbers reached nearly 200 in ju… More...
Starting in Eastbourne in 1893, St. Anthony's fi rst opened its doors to the community as a boarding prep school for the… More...
Last night we were delighted to welcome back to St. Anthony's a group of former pupils from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. More...
