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The memorial for David Emms will be held at Cranleigh on Sunday, June 5 at 2pm. David, who was headmaster between 1960 and 1970, died on December 21 at the age of 90. “It is fitting that Cranleigh should remember one of its great Headmasters,” said Martin Reader. “Pam, John and other representatives of David’s […]
The new history of Cranleigh School is published on April 21 and Old Cranleighans have until February 7 to order it at the special pre-publication price and have their name included inside […]
It is with great sadness we have learned that David Emms, who was Cranleigh’s headmaster between 1960 and 1970, died on December 21. He was 90. […]
Eighty years ago this month there was an exciting visit to the Village when the Cranleigh locomotive called in at the station for its official naming ceremony […]
He is one of the most powerful figures in British film, and Hollywood too, for that matter. Yet the low-key Eric Fellner (East 1977) is the polar opposite of the stereotype of the sharp-suited, fast-talking movie mogul. […]
Trevor Stephenson recalls his time at Cranleigh between 1929 and 1931, starting off with his arrival at the School […]
Motivated by food shortages during the war and a desire for self-sufficiency, Cranleigh School was an early adopter of the school farm […]
By September 1915 , World War One had been going on for a year and the stalemate which was to be abiding image of the conflict on the Western Front had become established. But the stark reality really hit home when the School returned for the Michaelmas Term to learn that the previous year’s Senior Prefect had been killed in battle. He was 20. […]
May 1915 proved to be one of the worst of the war with nine OCs killed, eight in the first ten days alone, including a pair of brothers who fell on the same day […]
As the Second World War ended in May 1945, millions tuned in to the BBC for the latest news and for reports from Berlin. The man they heard broadcasting from the ruined city was the corporation’s Paris correspondent, Thomas Cadett […]