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Welcome to the Apley Park School and Millichope School web site.

The next reunion will take place on Saturday 11th May 2013 at the Charlton Arms Hotel, so far 16 students or teachers have registered an interest.

Hi my name is Graham Jackson and I was a student at Apley Park Boarding School between the years of 1975 and 1980. During my time at Apley I was known as Moriarty. As most of you know the original site was born in 1995 as a result of a project for my degree, and over the last sixteen years it has grown from a few pages to over two hundred pages - and is still growing! Over four hundred old boys and teachers have made contact with the site. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed material for the site.

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This site mainly consists of information on Apley Park  School. Any information on Millichope School can be found in the dedicated Millichope School, section which can be accessed from the main menu on the left, the Millichope School section also gives details on the transfer from Millichope School to Apley Park School in 1962.

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The last ten people who have contacted the site are: The most recent feedback left is: The most recent additions to the site are:
Peter Russell who attended Apley Park School between 1974 and 1979 contacted the site on: May 18, 2012
David Dormer who attended Millichope School between 1954 and 1957 contacted the site on: May 6, 2012
Richard Thirkill-Hobson who attended Apley Park School between 1981 and 1983 contacted the site on: April 20, 2012
William John Tevendale who attended Millichope School between 1975 and 1980 contacted the site on: April 11, 2012
Brian Mitchell who attended Apley Park School between 1963 and 1969 contacted the site on: April 5, 2012
Kelvin Poole who attended Apley Park School between 1975 and 1980 contacted the site on: April 1, 2012
andrew coggins who attended Millichope School between 1980 and 1985 contacted the site on: March 6, 2012
Graham Jackson who attended Apley Park School between 1975 and 1980 contacted the site on: February 17, 2012
Matthew Routledge who attended Apley Park School between 1983 and 1986 contacted the site on: February 10, 2012
Philip Hodgkinson who attended Millichope School between 1961 and 1963 contacted the site on: January 19, 2012
Site is brilliant, you have done an amazing job.

Submitted by: Pete Russell on: May 18, 2012

Looking thow site came across some names from Millichope the names are Arther Salt the late Peter Castell and John Castell how i have not seen 1965 when i worked for british railways.

Submitted by: William John Tevendale on: April 26, 2012

Visited the site again, first time in years and well the old place still holds so many memories, spent 5 yrs there but the influence of that time 30 odd years ago is still with me.

Submitted by: Tim Furber on: February 12, 2012

I have just registered with your Apley School website and I just wanted to say what an excellent site you have, it certainly brought a few old memories back. I hope you enjoy reading my entry and once again keep up the good work.

Submitted by: Matthew Routledge on: February 10, 2012

My dad went to this school in the 50's, (Alan Postings) I have a Official school photo from June'58 if youre interested in a copy?

Submitted by: Dan Postings on: February 1, 2012
Geoff Gwilt has sent me some photographs of his time at Millichope. They can be found on the The Geoff Gwilt Collection page, located in the Millichope School Photograph Section.

Added: 24th March 2012
Mike Hands has sent me some photographs of his time at Millichope. They can be found on the The Mike Hands Collection page, located in the Millichope School Photograph Section.

Added: 15th March 2012
Two photographs of Linley Station have been added to the site. They can be viewed from the Apley Park and Estate page in the Photograph Section They are the last two photographs. Thank you Lady Harriet Hamilton.

Added: 07th October 2011
Ian Haime has sent in two newspaper cuttings from the Express and Star published in 1960, visit the Millichope - Newspaper Cuttings section. The cutting are called 'A Remarkable School' and 'Ingestre Hall - Ideal for school'.

Added: 06th October 2011
Another great reunion, you can view the photographs on the newly created 2011 Reunion page. You can also put your names down for the 2013 reunion, see the Apley Reunion 2013 page.

Added: 15th May 2011
I have added the Millichope school song to the Millichope School Information page. Thank you Bill Lewis.

Added: 3rd February 2011
I have added three newspaper cuttings to the Apley Newspaper Cuttings section. They are called 'Apley surge to final and keep record' , 'Apley stay in trim for county final' and 'Apley warm up'. They are shown at the bottom of the pull down list.

Added: 30th January 2011
Bill Lewis has sent in a newspaper cutting from the Shropshire Magazine published in 1950, visit the Millichope - Newspaper Cuttings section.

Added: 29th January 2011
Bill Thacker has sent in a newspaper cutting relating to Apley from the Shropshire Star, visit the Newspaper Cuttings section.

Added: 17th May 2010
Robert Oakley has added photographs to the Millichope photograph section which can be found on the General Photographs page. Robert has sent photographs of Skipol airport and the YFC, dated 1960/61.

Added: 11th January 2010
Bill Roger has added photographs to the Millichope photograph section which can be found on the Bill Roger Collection page.

Added: 20th July 2009
Added more photographs taken by Jaz to the Charlton Arms 2009 Reunion page.

Added: 7th July 2009
There are 421 students or teachers who have registered with the site so far, to see their details, visit the Site Guestbook page. Can you please register your details with the web site, by filling in the Register with the site form, which can also be accessed from the Navigation Bar on the side of the page. There are 167 students who have left feedback with the site, to see other peoples feedback, visit the Site Feedback page. Please send me your thoughts on the site by filling out the Site Feedback form, which can also be accessed from the Navigation Bar on the side of the page. I am always after Apley memorabilia, if you have any Photographs, certificates, newspaper cuttings, or letters please send them on to me. Either Email Me, or Register with the site and I will send you my address. Everything will be returned!

Most of you when visiting the site will be searching for friends from your year; the quickest way to achieve this is to click on Site Guestbook button on the navigation bar at the side of the page. When the page opens enter your search criteria into the form and press 'Search database'. The page will be updated with the search results.

Please note that facebook now has an Apley Park School Old Boys group, and a May 2011 Reunion group which are both rapidly growing in size. The groups can be accessed by clicking on their icon below.

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Apley Old Boys May 2011 Reunion

Apley Park School was located near the villages of Norton, Stockton and Sutton Maddock, which are a few miles from the town of Bridgnorth in Shropshire.

Unfortunately due to Shropshire County Council education cuts in the eighties Apley Park School has now closed down. The last year of education was in 1987.

After Apley closed the building remained uninhabited for many years and suffered from horrendous damp problems and vandalism. The "Apley Hall Restoration Trust" then purchased Apley Hall and the surrounding buildings (Classrooms etc). The trust then started to restore the hall and surrounding buildings and eventually obtained planning permission to convert the hall into luxury flats.

In Feb 2004 the House went up for auction and was sold to developers Earlstone under the company name Apley Hall Restoration Ltd. Earlstone developed the Estate into 17 houses, apartments, and mews houses, with the House itself divided into five grand mansion houses, completed and sold in 2006-07 with the Apley Hall House incorporating the main entrance being the most expensive at £1.5 million, the others being the Library House, Georgian House, Garden House and Courtyard House. The surrounding 8,500-acre Apley Park estate is still owned, since 1868, by the Hamilton family's Apley Estate

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