Welcome to the Belmont Abbey School Memorabilia site. © 2009

Belmont Abbey School closed in 1994. Here is what has been gathered together from many sources over the last couple of years of our days at Belmont Abbey School. More items are  added as they arrive, so please get those old photos, Belmont magazines and suchlike down from the attic, and send them over. Click here to email us  

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." L.P. Hartley 

This site is quite big, there are hundreds of pages, keep going, or use the search facility. 

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Links are everywhere, keep clicking, use your back button to return to get back to the main page. Oh, and  the faster your broadband speed the better..and if you wonder why the site is in dark blue and maroon, well those were the school colours in our day... Whatever, have fun, download by all means, and  do  stay in touch.

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..." Bob Dylan 

NEWS posted August 10, 2010 : Sad news, Dom Dominic Blaney and Dom Francis McKenna  died recently. Fr. Dominic Homily by Abbot Paul.

We have been busy backing up the Memorabilia site, and there are new items to be uploaded shortly. There maybe one or two missing links, if you come across any please let us know. 

 Read Alec O'Connor's fascinating memories here: Memories of Belmont 1939-1943 And here is: Geoff Garvey's fascinating history of life as a Belmont Boy 1939-47

 

 

Ted Leather's found some nuggets from the very early '50s.

 Belmont Memories, a DVD including some 8mm footage of BAS in the 60's-70's by G & S Nieman.  

To open or save click either link:   AVI    MV 

The Ethelbert's Magazine 1947

Desmond Byrne Ke 43-51 1935-1999 RIP

The earlier Bro. James Map 1946

NB This is a very large file, it would make a good colour photo.

Fr Christopher kept a fascinating scrapbook of 'Strop' notices that he had posted to noticeboards over the years. Here they are...

 

Thanks to Dermot O'Shea for these from the mid '50s

Kieran Duggan's collection of day to day life at BAS in the late seventies.

  The USA Reunion pics w/e 11th-12th October 2008 

The USA Reunion pics second lot w/e 11th-12th October 2008 

The USA Reunion pics w/e third lot11th-12th October 2008

Dom Illtyd Barrett 1934-2008 RIP

The Very Reverend Dom Hugh Menken 1910 - 2007 RIP

School Plans 1950

Thanks to Roger Carrington for these pics: "At the Wye 1970 we were killing time. In the picture Young was acting up for the camara but Davidson (I think) thought it was a bit real. At the Ca House party 1973 relaxed Taylor from Barbados is standing between Frs Bird and Christopher. If you look close Taylor has his hand draped on Fr Christopher's shoulder.  I don't remember who is the lone singer."

Preparing Foundations for the Bettington Block 1931 

John Dacoutros 56-58 has sent over these fascinating photos:

Juniors at lunch, 1956

Interior Chemistry Lab, 1956

Some BAS Rugby and Rome trip 1958

Winter term 1957

The Mikado 1958

 

Belmont Rugby's finest moment? National Schools Sevens 1974, Thirty two years ago, seems like yesterday!

We have located the original Winners Shield!

Thanks to Peter Kane for his programmes,  complete with the team autographs.

 

Was this the last ever School Photo 1992?

  Thanks to Mike O'Mara who has sent over some Memorabilia from his Alderwasley days.  

1st XI 1937

 

2nd XI 1937  

 

1st XI 1942

Pirates of Penzance  1952

 

School Photo 1966

  John Longsons Alderwasley Photos  

Here is a collection of photos from Fr David Bird's Collection '50s-'70's, wonderful!

Cards For Sale

  Thanks to Ray Murtagh for this fascinatingBelmont brochure from the late sixties.

  Sean O'Donovans pics of the Open Day 17/07/04

Francisco Gottlieb has sent over  these fine pics from his time at Llanarth

Llanarth 1972

Several new pics in the Teams Sections

Belmont Servers 1982

Belmont Servers 1983

 

 

What might have been...the Pugin plan for St Michaels Priory and Pro-Cathedral 187?

 

Some new/old views

 

Some names to faces please, who where why?

 

Links to Main Sections

The History of Belmont Abbey 
History of Belmont Abbey School  
The Headmasters and Abbots of Belmont Abbey

School  House, and Team photos

Cantilupe team and house pics
Kemble team and house pics
Kindersley team and house pics
Hedley team and house pics
Ethelbert team and house pics
Vaughan team and house pics
The Prep Schools
Views of Belmont Abbey and the School
Belmont  Drama  
School life
The New Building Works 1931

The Building Campaign 1964

The ACF and CCF  and DoE Awards

Geoff Garvey, Forties Memorabilia Pages
Geoff Garvey's fascinating history of life as a Belmont Boy 1939-47
Belmont and Alderwasley Hall Brochure 1957
The Grange becomes the Sports Pavilion 1958 
Please click this link help identify these Mystery Cricket team pics from '70s, '80s, '90s.
Belmont Vocations, the facts, A prophetic article penned by Fr Christopher Jenkins in 1966
Rosslyn Park Sevens in 1974
Hedley House 1971-76 Pauline King's Story 1988
The Last Belmont Magazine 1994
The School Closure 1994
Bro James's Poetry
Bro James's Map
Obituaries
Pics from the reunion June 23rd 2001
2002 Summer Reunion Pics are here! 
2002 November AGM  Reunion Pics are here! 
And Finally!
Links to Links
Please click here to email us
If you have an MP3 player, click here for the bells!
School Chronicles September to May from 1952, and from 1979.
Please visit the Memorabilia site guestbook
Nostalgia and the two tone turquoise Austin Cambridge.
  Try your hand at the Memorabilia Quiz!  

 

 

Special thanks to Sean Tyler, Rich Foster, Tif and Jenny Harris nee Ball  for loads of new photos from '74-'76, to Ben BoutinGraham Boyd for his pics of Alderwasley Hall 1970, and Belmont 1975. To Nick Briggs '62-' 66 for comments on  the long forgotten  three weekly periods! To Edward P Harding, Geoff GarveyRichard Jolley, Peter Riches, John Fenner, Mark WakeRay Murtagh, Stuart Stafford, Phil Taylor, Mark Wake, Israel Noko, Philomena Hearn nee Preston, D. Mark Jabale, D. Alan Rees,  Frank Grimmer, Tony Dinwiddy,   Richard Beith 51-55 , Denise Swart, Richard and Anne Griffiths Tim  Howell and James Wood for their support and for sending in their photos.

LINKS

  Link to Belmont Abbey   Link to Belmont Association  BB Link to the Belmont Association Site    Friends Reunited Site RETURN TO MAIN LINKS

  CASTLE HILL BOOKS They sometimes have copies of 'The History of Belmont Abbey' for sale.

Before you go please sign in to the Memorabilia site guestbook                          Click here to view the guestbook

Here are the old entries from the first two years of the Memorabilia site Guest book, 2001-2003

"It has all been very worthwhile..." D. Christopher 1994

Hope you have enjoyed the trip, and please help  this history site to grow! There are gaps: Up to 1939, the late sixties, early seventies, late seventies to the closure in 1994. So it's off up to the attic to dig out any photos, play bills, programmes, sports memorabilia, anything interesting, even slides and negatives. 

 Peace  Tony Aitken, Cantilupe, September 1959 to July 1964.  

 © 2009

 

 

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