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Old Cliftonian Society

Founded in 1862 as a school for boys, Clifton College is a major public school, now co-educational, in Clifton, Bristol, England. There are currently around 720 pupils in the upper school - about one third of whom are girls.

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The Old Cliftonian Society (OCS) is the Society for the alumni of Clifton College (both pupils and staff) and organises regular reunions at the school and publishes a regular newsletter for alumni.

The Society publishes an annual magazine for alumni called "The Cliftonian".

Clifton College Register

The register's motto:

The Clifton College Register is the definitive set of records held for Clifton College in Bristol. The Register is kept and manintained by the Old Cliftonian Society.

The record has been maintained unbroken from the start of the school in 1862 and lists every pupil, master and headmaster. Each person is allocated a unique and consecutive school number - and for masters and headmasters the number is prefixed with either an M or HM as appropriate. The Register also maintains a record of the school roll in numbers, the Heads of School and summarises the major sporting records for each year.

The Register is periodically published by the Old Cliftonian Society; at present there are three available volumes:

  • 1862 - 1947
  • 1948 - 1977
  • 1978 - 1994

    • A new edition is currently being prepared (2010).

    School slang and terms

  • 'Coal Up'- an old expression, meaning 'hurry up'.
  • Big School - The school canteen
  • Big Side - 1st and 2nd XV rugby pitches
  • Congers - (short for congregation) school congregational hymn singing
  • Exeat - 'Let him go out' (Latin) - permission for boarders to go home at the weekend or for longer periods
  • Head Man - the headmaster
  • Holder of the Big Side Bags - Captain of the School Cross Country Team
  • HoM - used in conversation to mean housemaster or mistress
  • Little Side - all other rugby pitches
  • Praepostor (Praep)- school prefect
  • Rustication - a milder form of suspension that isn't listed on a student's permanent record
  • Terriers - an activity programme for the 3rd form (year 9) where they learn life skills, such as table manners.
  • The Close - the grass in front of the school (inc. big and little side pitches)
  • The Grubber - the school stationers (historically, the school tuck shop)
  • The Huntsman - Vice Captain of the School Cross Country Team
  • The Pens - School cross country races (long pen and short pen)
  • The Percy - the (Percival) library
  • Yearlings - the youngest year in the (upper) school

    • List of Headmasters from the register

    Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed HM

  • HM1 - John Percival - Lord Bishop of Hereford
  • HM2 - Canon James Maurice Wilson (1879–1890)
  • HM3 - Canon Michael George Glazebrook
  • HM4 - Rev. Albert Augustus David
  • HM5 - Dr John David King
  • HM6 - Norman Whatley
  • HM7 - Bertrand Leslie Hallward
  • HM8 - Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee
  • HM9 - Nicholas Geoffrey Lempriere Hammond
  • HM10 - Steve John McWatters
  • HM11 - Stuart Morrison Andrew
  • HM12 - Andrew Hugh Monro
  • HM13 - Dr Stephen Spurr
  • HM14 - Mark Moore

    • Old Cliftonians

    See List of Old Cliftonians

    First entries in the Register

    Pupils Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed P

  • P1. Sept 1862 - Francis Charles Anderson (b 14 Nov 1846 - d 1881)

    • Masters Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed M

  • M1. Sept 1862 - Rev. Dr. Thomas Henry Stokoe. (Educated at Uppingham; Exhibition at Lincoln College Oxford. Left - 1863. d 1903)

    • Headmasters Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed HM

  • HM1 - John Percival - Lord Bishop of Hereford

    • The early years

  • Numbers of pupils in the school
  • Heads of School

    • References

    Old Cliftonian Society Wikipedia
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