ATV Today: 03.04.1969: City of Coventry Boarding School

Summary

The City of Coventry Boarding School at Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire.

Year:

1969

Duration:

0:10:18

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see boys at the school taking part in lessons, boarders getting out of bed in the morning, boys playing rugby and in the playground as well as scenes from a school performance of the musical 'Oliver'.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

The school was previously known as the Wyre Farm School Camp and it was opened as a safe location for boys evacuated from Coventry during the war hence its name. The school closed in 1982.