Talk:Hymers College
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Woah. Major work needed here! I've inserted the table and corrected the intro. I'll upload a picture later and see if I can dig up some more historical facts. I'm sure there's load of stuff we can say. Wiki-Ed 15:20, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
- It does need major work. Just posting to tell you all that Hymers revamped it's website and has significantly improved content over the past few months so go have a look, there might be useful stuff.
www.hymerscollege.co.uk/
- If any photos are required of any part of the site, including the newly built areas, I could take some, I'm not sure if permission would be required first though.
The Guy From Ipanema 23:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Too much information on ACF detachment?
Does anyone else think that this has got way too much information on the cadets? All the information makes it look like Hymers is a military school. All that is needed is the single sentence that is already under the 'Hymers today' section:
Unlike most independent schools who have a CCF (Combined Cadet Force) unit, Hymers has its own ACF (Army Cadet Force) detachment (Hymers College ACF Detachment).' Who's up for a deletion of this topic? RocketRocketRocketShip 17:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
- If I recall correctly from my "Hymers - The First 100 Years" book, up until the 1970s the CCF was compulsory. You could edit the topic quite a bit, but I think deleting it as a sub-heading would be taking it too far. The real problem is the comparative lack of detail on the school in general. Wiki-Ed 09:48, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, I agree, it seems like a major chunk of the article - could at least move below the Hymers today section, and IMHO could do with a little shortening. I have a copy of First 100, but it's packed in a box...will have to dig it out sometime to confirm the Wiki-Ed comment. --Fraz 09:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
When I was at Hymers in 1945-53, the Cadet Force was about 130 strong, with a signals group and a 25-pounder field gun. I was surprised to mention of "40" as the current size. I have photos of all the pupils over several years. A neighbour here in Sydney is from the 1942-51 period. I doubt Gore was the first Headmaster; in my time Dr Cavell was quite famous apart from his Headmastership. [User: TBWright] 6 october 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.210.0.73 (talk) 02:01, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Charles H. Gore was indeed the first headmaster, I have The First Hundred Years book in front of me now. I can't confirm your comment Wiki-Ed, the book is annoyingly set out in a way that makes this fact difficult to pin down without an extensive read through. The Guy From Ipanema 23:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of a comment
The comment about 40% of Hymers pupils being gay is absolute bollocks (I am a former Hymers pupil - I would know) and so has been removed
- Thank you. The sentence previously said that 40% of students are female. I have no idea if this is true so will not be putting it back. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks former Hymers pupil, it fooled me as a current Hymers pupil. :P The Guy From Ipanema 23:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
