CHARNEY HALL John Cranna’s Finds
The Hazelmere Café
I’m sure that this must have been here well before 1973
as it has a bakery attached
Credit : Google Earth
John has been in contact several times in the last few years. Indeed we met up about 2 years ago when he was visiting Grange and had an enjoyable morning over coffee and cakes, talking CH, in the Hazelmere Bakery and Teahouse which is tucked under the glazed arcade, opposite the Duck Pond.
Having checked through some of his emails I have extracted some of his ‘finds’ (and yes it does remind me of the processes normally associated with archeology and metal detecting!).
‘Schools in Grange-over-Sands and Kent’s Bank’ credit : Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society.
https://cplhs.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/peninsula-schools.pdf
Here is the entry for Charney Hall:
Letters from abroad…Roger Beaumont (abt 1957/60)
John’s Book Prize
John’s prize for winning the Charney Hall Junior Singing Competition in 1968. He says that it was the only prize that he ever got but he values it for the writing of the music teacher, Mr Fairlough and Maxwell Duncan’s signature. John has not divulged whether this talent progressed to even greater things after Charney…!
Mr Fairclough
A Book for Sale with an intriguing history
The Craig School, Windermere
We played them regularly at Cricket and Football
Charney Hall Notes
John has also sourced some early CH School Notes whose School Lists I have already included in our collection. I am now hoping to post the CH Notes as follows already in our possession:
CH 1929-30
CH 1930-31
CH 1931-32
CH Oct 1948
CH Nov1960
Tilak has also been in contact with John Ogden (CH and St Bees) who has the CH Notes scheduled below. Tilak has very kindly undertaken to have them copied this summer:
CH 1946
CH 1947
CH 1950
CH 1951
CH 1952
CH 1953
Comments
There is a wonderful and famous Welsh Hymn and Carol called “Ar Hyd y Nos” and the English Translation is “”All Through the Night”. The Chorus and Lyrics would end at the end of each verse with the words “All Through the Night”
As many Charney Hall Old Boys will be aware at that time we had a lovely Welsh Matron / Nurse called Mair or Myra Hughes and also Old Boys will be know of the Old English word for a Cow Shed is “Byre”
Accordingly we would all sing with gusto and as loud as possible when we sang the above Hymn / Carol in the Singing Lesson with Mr Fairclough and change the last two lyrics and lines of each verse to implicate the innocent John with a slanderous and untrue allegation as follows!
“John and Myra in the Byre
All Through the Night”
This would result in much mirth smiles laughter and amusement and sadly John’s face would turn a red beetroot colour with embarrassment as a result! Poor Boy.