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The Rose & Portcullis Emanuel School Alumni Magazine 2020
ARCHIVE M AT T E R S Every year our Archivist,Tony Jones, selects a number of items from the school archive to share with you. If you have any items you would like to contribute to the Archive, please email oe@emanuel.org.uk
DOUGLAS ‘SAMMY’ HOARE’S (OE1929–35) PERSONAL COPY OF THE HISTORY OF EMANUEL SCHOOL To the best of our knowledge this is the only copy of our school history which spent time in a German prison camp! The book was sent to him by his parents around Christmas 1940 to help lift his spirits. The inscription reads: “To Douglas, with the happiest of wishes for Xmas 1940 and the New Year, from Mum and Dad. ‘Faithful we began: so shall we abide’”. Dougie was a Flight Officer in the RAF and after being shot down spent four long years being transferred around 11 POW camps. His parents and family were incredibly loyal in sending packages, often books, some for the University of London Intermediate Examination in Science course, which he passed whilst in Stalag Luft-III. Dougie was repatriated to England in September 1944. By December 1944 he was once again flying and remained in the RAF beyond the war, eventually retiring as Group Captain. Dougie died in 2007.
DR IAIN REID’S 1966 WINNING MEDAL FROM HENLEY
CAMERA BELONGING TO AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF EMANUEL SCHOOL Mr Charles Wilfrid Scott-Giles OBE (OE1902–11), author of The History of Emanuel School, was also a highly respected journalist, historian and expert on heraldry, a subject on which he wrote several books. The importance of his services to the popularisation of heraldry was recognised by his appointment as an Extraordinary Pursuivant in 1957. He taught briefly at the school in the early 1920s and wrote the Emanuel School song, Pour Bien Desirer, which was first sung on Founders’ Day in 1916 and written during the First World War. During the war, Charles edited all the OE Letters from the Trenches published in The Portcullis. We were delighted to receive this lovely camera, which belonged to Charles, from Mr Ron Williamson (OE1942–48) who is a collector of vintage models and a Petersfield evacuee.
One of our most prized rowing possessions is a medal which celebrates the 1st VIII winning the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley in 1966. Dr Iain Reid (OE1959-67) donated this beautiful item and rowed in what is widely regarded as the finest ever Emanuel rowing squad. This solid gold medal is exceptionally rare and is highly sought after by rowing collectors as a very limited number are presented every year. Iain’s crew also won the Schools’ Head for the fourth time in five years as well as many other major regattas. This beautiful object reminds us of one of the proudest moments in school history and one of the school’s finest ever sporting triumphs. Other medals in the collection include Henley Senior Pairs (1967), London Rowing Club (1965) and three from the Marlowe Regatta.
