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Intro
Photo of school within the above picture is thanks to Geoff Gillon

 

Welcome to the William Torbitt School Reunion Pages
THE place for former pupils and staff of William Torbitt School
The ultimate nostalgia! YOUR primary school.

site last updated 10 February 2011

This website was originally conceived simply to record the reunion held at the school on 20th June 1998 for former pupils of its 60 year's history. The website focused on a particular group of pupils since we were the ones who started it.

However, since that time, it has expanded to cover other age groups, other photos and some news. We now have pupils registered from eight decades!

This site is not yet a commercial undertaking but all information submitted is updated as soon as possible and treated with confidentiality (see the privacy policy).

So please feel free to send in your news, contact details or any memory of your time at William Torbitt. From the Post Bag or Memories pages you can input your own thoughts. The interest generated has been greater than we ever imagined so join us now to make this site a comprehensive record of William Torbitt School.

Many contributors think that Pauline and Geoff work side by side (literally) on this project. In fact Geoff is in Essex and Pauline is in Somerset! Although we act as a team, Geoff is the one who contacts former pupils/staff, putting them in touch with each other, collating information etc. and Pauline deals with the website. Please bear this in mind when you contact us.

Thank you
Google Earth has mounted a number of areas of imagery from 1946 and 1947. Greater London is included and so is Newbury Park. The school is quite clear and there are some interesting features, like AA emplacements in parks and some gaps where bomb sites persisted. The clarity is not up to the recent standards, of course, but the historical record is good to have so easily.

Thanks go to those who have sent in donations towards the hosting of this site. It is not, as so many think, funded by either by the school (click on image below to see their own website), the Local Education Authority or Friends Reunited - how nice if it were! The site is funded solely by the voluntary efforts of myself and Geoff Gillon, together with those who have sent in donations - see our Sponsors Page.

It actually does cost money to keep the site running - there is an annual web hosting fee plus all the time spent in keeping it updated - so ANY CONTRIBUTIONS, HOWEVER SMALL, TOWARDS THE WEB HOSTING COSTS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!! Even if it's just a pound coin in an envelope it would help! Click here to find contact details

Click below to make a donation
on-line. The address that will be shown is for
imagine-it.co.uk - don't worry - that's me!


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Link to William Torbitt School's own website

 		 

We now have registrations from EIGHT decades! 
Registration costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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Feel free to join our virtual reunion.

 

Registrations, memories and postbag and other updates are carried out by volunteers and may be delayed.
Thank you for your patience.

If you send email, please ensure that "WILLIAM TORBITT" is in the subject line so that your mail does not get caught in a spam trap.
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(former pupil of the school)