Talk:St. Nicholas Grammar School
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[edit] Future of this article
There is no doubt that, as with pretty well all Grammar Schools, this one was notable. However, since it closed before the establishment of Google archives sourcing this would be an uphill battle. The suggested way forward is to move the page to Haydon School, to which it was renamed, and cover both old and new schools in the one article. The site for Haydon School can be found here, and its notability is apparent from the awards on the main page. TerriersFan 03:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rebuttal
Sorry there is no wish by former pupils of St Nicholas to subsume their highly successful alma mater to its successor. St Nicholas by dint of its spectacular academic and sporting acheivements owes nothing to its better funded and more politically acceptable successor.
There is an active history being written by a former master, and citations, references and sources will be forthcoming. There is a surprising amount of documentation including a lot of the school magazines retained by FP's
The former Headmaster has a family website and there is much source material there too.
St Nicholas indeed lives on through its Old Boys rugby establishment, a well supported and quite successful institution.
Recently a 50th anniversary dinner was held with over 300 former pupils in attendence.
St Nicholas had a short life and was a small school, yet the achievements of its alumni and its academic and sporting achievements beggar that of larger schools. stevejohnson 3 October 2007 (UTC)
You say of St. Nick's that "it became a Comprehensive School and was renamed Haydon School". This is not strictly accurate: St. Mary's Grammar School for Girls, which was next door, and St. Nicholas were merged to form Haydon.
Edincat 14:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What were the other the other larger and older established public schools in the area?
"...the school held its own against the larger and older established public schools in the area" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edincat (talk • contribs) 01:08, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
