Rhubarb Issue 12: November 2023

The St Edward’s DIGITAL ARCHIVES

The St Edward’s Digital Archives, originally founded in 2017, have been upgraded!

The NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVES can be found on our website – enjoy exploring the site and see if you can spot yourself in the archive photos! Go to: www.stedwardsarchives.org or scan the QR code above.

WHATYOU CAN FIND INTHE NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVES:

The Roll of Honour, a list of pupils and OSE who have died in service.

A huge collection of photographs, from sports teams and house groups to drama productions and general school life, plus photos of the sports shields. Copies of all the Chronicles going back to the first ever edition in 1873, as well as all copies of Rhubarb , first published in 2010.

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Personalise your experience with our new interactive search facilities which enables you to look up your name, as well as special events and sports results.

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D elve into the newly launched Teddies Tales, a site dedicated to stories from our special heritage. Teddies Tales is an online memory board – a place to read, share and comment on aspects of life at Teddies, including personal recollections of School life and special events, as well as stories on our most cherished and fascinating archive items. Help us build a vibrant and vivid record of life at Teddies – visit the site to share and comment on your favourite stories. Do you have a memory or a story from your time at Teddies you would like to share with us? Get in touch, please contact: OSE @ stedwardsoxford.org with your tales. From images to memories, programmes to scrapbooks, help us preserve the wonderful history of your School. teddies tales

DO YOU KNOW...? Which Royal family member granted Teddies pupils an extra three days off school one summer holiday? What we keep in our 824 archive boxes? What’s the story of the cup and dagger? Who was the first woman to present prizes at prize-giving? Who set up the first archive in what is now Macnamara’s House?

To read stories, share memories and comment on the features go to the Teddies Tales website: www.teddiestales.org or scan the QR code here...

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