Talk:Bablake School

message: I decided to remove the reference to the pornography scandal at Henry's because there was no reference for it, so I thought we should be careful about the verifiability.  Also, I've think (no proof) there have been a few similar scandals in Bablake's recent history as well. Terri G 14:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Scandal

message: The claim to have been founded in 1344 - which no serious historian entertains, e.g. VCH - should be treated more sceptically. Generally, attempts by sixteenth-century foundations to claim continuity with other, older schools are a bit of an embarrassment.
:If I remember in the Lion and the Stars, they admitted it could be seen as a little tenuous (as are many records around then), but that they didn't see any reason not to believe it either, one day I'll drag out the book again and quote the relevant passage here, so someone can check their reasoning. Either way, I think they've got more concrete evidence from only 100 years later though. In the later periods of history show it almost dissolved into nothing, with only something like 6 boys attending, but they seem to have pulled through. Terri G (talk) 17:24, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Foundation

message: to the schools project. Nice start to your page. Very old school???? Need to find a reference. I read the bit about what happened to old scholars.. ie they went into manufactring ... got a reference? Halfway between a stub and a start. Infobox maybe? Refs? Victuallers 12:51, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Welcome

message: Looking at the schools project page there are probably a few things that could be done to this page:
# Adding a picture of the present school rather than the buildings vacated hundreds of years ago
# Adding a section on architecture, I'd have thought the rather eclectic mix of victorian, sixties and modern architecture would be good, could then include the fire at the sports field.  I would have thought a school having it's own theatre is pretty notable
# I think a bit more about sport and other extra curricular activities should be possible, in particular the Edinburgh festival run
# Although listing teachers is generally frowned upon I think things like Mr Appleby's MBE should qualify him for listing
Terri G 18:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions for expansion

message: I was at Bablake in 1959–66, and agree with other contributors that there were no boarders then.
I was taught English by E. A. Seaborne in 1961–2,which I think was his last year as headmaster (as the table in the article says and contra one of the other contributors here).
Radavenport (talk) 15:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boarders / E. A. Seaborne 

message: Does anyone know anything about this supposed former headmaster that supposed served for a hundred years? It's an unusual name for the head of an English school at this date. I believe it is also a female name. And there is an Amazon profile of someone with this name who lives in Coventry and is/was about to attend Bablake.
Unless anyone can supply a verifiable reason not to, I propose to delete this name and report its insertion as vandalism.
Radavenport (talk) 09:18, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pro. Mehajbeen Farid (1634–1734)