Category Archives: Old Boys’ General News
MY EARLY YEARS AT MERCHANTS – Derek Rolinson (1949 – 54)
To escape the war damaged city centre of Liverpool and with my Father returning from active military service, my family moved to Maghull in 1946. I continued my primary education at Maghull Church of England Infants School and was fortunate
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Alumni Launch New Dating App – INSTNT
James Gee and Chris Seddon, who both left the school in 2005, are launching their own business and app early in 2016. The business was created as a side project with James working as an Equity Trader in the City
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My Life on ‘Top of the World’ as a Mountain Guide -Stuart MacDonald
After leaving Merchant Taylors’ I spent ten years in the Army. I traveled extensively including trips to Africa, the Balkans, Germany, Cyprus and North and South America. However, my passion for mountaineering was growing all the time and my appetite
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Gordon Glasgow Looks Back (Leaver 1944)
When Doreen Iddon, the Schools’ Development Officer, heard that, at the age of 87, I had been awarded a Ph.D. in History at the University of Cambridge, she suggested that I wrote an article for Merchants’ Tales explaining how and
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Memories of Harrison House
In 1947, following a successful interview with Ivan Butler-Wright (Bugs), I moved into Harrison House, on College Avenue one Saturday early in the autumn term, complete with all the items on the list provided by Bugs’, suitably marked to denote
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Clive Johnson, friends and a taste of Japan
Clive Johnson, a 1972 leaver, met up with school friends at a venue in Manchester in May 2015. Earlier in the day, he came to school with one of the group, Phil Clift, to have a tour, arranged by the
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1st XV Lancashire Plate Winners
Match report by Mr King: The 1st XV were scheduled to play the final of their Lancashire Plate competition on Wednesday 2nd March at Liverpool St Helens Rugby Club but this was postponed due to waterlogged pitches and the match
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Old Boy’s Sci-Fi Trilogy – John Standingford 1956-64
Do you remember Image? It was the School’s first magazine for creative writing, the brainchild of English teacher Chris Price. He joined the school in September 1961 and Issue No.1 was published in November 1962. Image was run by an
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Old Boys Reunite after 54 Years!
During a three week trip to Cape Town in January 2016, Michael Durham met up with old school friend Michael O’Neill for the first time in 54 years. Fellow 1960 leavers, both gentlemen played rugby together at school, in the
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U6 Student Ben Interviews Peter Hitchens
Q&A with Peter Hitchens by Ben Somervell (U6Sp) Peter Hitchens is a controversial columnist for the “Mail on Sunday”, focusing on religion and politics and he also has an online blog. He, like his late brother the famous atheist Christopher
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