Talk:Victoria College, Jersey

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Contents 1 Houses 2 A.J. Dykes 3 Sir Galahad 4 Pics

[edit] Houses

Frank Falle mentioned to me on his history walks that all houses were named after recipients of the Victoria Cross. This is not so. Both the Register History 1852-1929, and Cottril's Victoria College both note that Braithewaite was NOT awared the Victoria Cross, but only mentioned in Despatches. Frank Falle checked and agreed that I was correct, but I suspect this false information is widespread.

[edit] A.J. Dykes

An anonymous entry was made and removed regarding accusations of the scandal of A.J. Dykes in the 1990s. While the tone was polemic and angry, the latter is historical fact, and I have reworded and reinserted a paragraph regarding that with a source to the legal case, which details out the facts of the matter, and is public domain. As this occured over a seven year period, that is substantial to require a note. --TonyinJersey 06:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sir Galahad

For your information, as an ex-pupil, please note that the statue of Sir Galahad is no longer outside the 6th form common room. The statue remains where it was, in the quadrangle, but the common room itself has been moved to the old Art Dept. building after the completion of the Joint Art, Design and Technology centre with Jersey College for Girls.

Regards,

AGS

Would you know the number / name of the room which was the common room, so this can be adjusted?

--TonyinJersey 07:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

The old common room was redesigned to become the Learning Resource Centre: a room with a large number of computers in which students could work independently during break times or during free periods. It was also colloquially referred to as the Early Learning Centre as students left there unsupervised had a tendency to misbehave. The changes occurred over the Summer break in 2000 (just before I started in the 6th form). So to answer the question, the room is called the Learning Resource Centre. krebbe 15:36, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I've changed the Wiki text accordingly. I love the anecdote!

--TonyinJersey 07:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

The WWII plaque is situated outside the new 6th form common room, so that part was correct. You can see the Statue of Sir Galahad from the windows of the Learning Resource Centre (the former 6th form common room), which look out over the quad, although I wouldn't say they were close enough to make it worth relating the location of the statue to the location of the Learning Resource Centre - why the article originally related the statue to the old 6th form common room (even when it was there) is a little bemusing. I fixed the article. Sorry for any confusion. krebbe 17:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pics

I took advantage of some rare Summer sun and an idle hour to take some pics and upload to Commons. I've also got Sir Galahad - I'll upload in due course. Man vyi 19:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)