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| 22 Jan 2021 | |
| In a nutshell |
The School at Hampstead
1952 - 1963
Anthony Patton and his wife had to overcome many obstacles in setting up the school but numbers reached nearly 200 in just four years. To the original building in Fitzjohn’s Avenue, was quickly added a second in Arkwright Road. Anthony fell ill in the early 1960s and his son Tim returned from a teaching exchange in New York to take over the school shortly before his father’s death in 1963.
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...
Forced to evacuate from Eastbourne at the start of the Second World War, the school lost its identity and dwindled. Dick… 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...
