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Xaverian School Trips

Phil Blinkhorn remembers …

11th March 202221st March 2017

Thanks to Phil Blinkhorn for his amazing memory dredge, the level of detail is stunning. I was on the junior trip and remember Phil and his brother from that time. The mystery departure of Bro Finbar is solved for once and for all and can only admire Phil’s gumption for managing a quick snog with the … Read more

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Trentham Gardens, circa 1963

24th December 201619th August 2016

Although we went to Trentham Gardens on several occasions, there is only one that I remember really well. That’s because I was 15 at the time complete with raging hormones and a pair of Chelsea boots which got me off on the wrong foot with my dad  before I’d got out of the garden gate … Read more

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School Trip to Paris – 1962

24th December 201618th August 2016

It was decided that a ten day trip to Paris would be a wonderful opportunity to help with our grasp of the French language. The fact that it meant that the luckier of the Xaverian Brothers would have a free holiday was obviously immaterial. It was decided that we would all spend the first night … Read more

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