SMC is up for sale

Time moves on. The historic Grade 2* listed College “Old Building”, other buildings and grounds are now up for sale. Full details can be found here Agent’s sale brochure (If any Old Boy can raise the £3.5 million, the Society Committee would like to hear from them!) There is also some drone footage on...

Willis Organ – update

You will recall our appeal to fund a new set of blowers for the Willis Organ in the Chapel. Members responded magnificently to the appeal, and after a few false sarts (mainly due to the pandemic) the blowers were ordered. The latest news (as of 18th Oct) is that the blowers have arrived at...

Believe it or not?

Scenario: It’s Autumn 2000.  Former S.M.C.S member Derrik Jenkyns is visiting the National Railway Museum in York to undertake some research on the Bishop’s Castle Railway, using the extensive archives at the museum. Whilst looking through some documents, he comes across some jottings about the railway, and decides that one in particular would be...

Scroll to top