by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1 April 1952
NPG x100487
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Anonymous
29 December 2017, 19:31
Before he became head at Bloxham he was a housemaster at Sherborne school. There are various appreciations of him connected with that school. Of interest is his connection with David Cornwell (John Le Carre) which is detailed in Adam Sisman's biography of Le Carre published by Bloomsbury.
Peter Jones
04 February 2016, 22:38
R.S.Thompson was the headmaster of All Saints School, Bloxham from 1952-65. His wife's name was Barbara and they had two children Alistair and Bridget.They retired to Clifton upon Teme, Worcs.
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Ben Knight
25 March 2018, 14:56
During my time as student at Bloxham, my mother was informed that the school fees were to increase. As a result she wrote to Mr. Thompson to inform him that she could not afford the increase and would therefore have to remove me from school. Mr. Thompson wrote back to tell mother that he would pay the difference until I left.