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The Old St Beghian | |
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The case of the missing road sign.
“When I started at St Bees in 1955, there was a road sign near Foundation indicating the presence of a school; it consisted of the old ‘Torch of Learning’ symbol. Around 1957 the council replaced this with a new sign showing a young girl and boy running across the road. Naturally, this did not go down well in the all-male St Beghian community, and overnight it disappeared.
During the next weekly school assembly in the Memorial Hall, the Headmaster, James Wykes, referred to the disappearance of the sign, suggesting that it was an understandable gesture, but made it clear that such a gesture should not be repeated. The next day, the new sign had been reinstated. I never knew who was responsible; perhaps those involved would now reveal themselves?”
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