Did you know that Ouseley wrote the Festival Grace that was always sung in full at Commem? This edition was published for the Centenary in 1956, and here it is (complete with gravy stains): SMC Festival Grace 1956...
SMC Festival Grace
Centenary Badge Auction
As described in the 2023 Magazine, we invited bids for a rare SMCS Centenary Badge (from 1956). The auction was held at the 2023 Reunion, and the winning bid was £100! Thanks to all the bidders....
School List Lent Term 1977
Thanks to Peter Scott for bringing this gem to light. School List LENT TERM 1977 Are there any other school lists out there? Let’s see how far back we can go. Scan or photograph any that you have and send them to info@smcsociety.co.uk ...
Jenny Paxman 1931-2022
We are very sad to report that Jenny Paxman, former Warden’s wife, teacher and parent at St Michael’s, has died at the age of 91. Our thoughts and condolences are with Richard, James and Victoria and their families. Jenny’s funeral took place on Monday 19th September at 2.45pm at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium, Sheffield. A...
John Betjeman talks about SMC
Recorded on site, Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman tells us why St Michael’s College was so important....
Lucian Nethsingha 1936-2021
UPDATE Sept 21: Memorial Recital recording and tributes It is with great sadness that we report the death on Friday 12th February 2021 of Lucian Nethsingha, a former organist and choir master at St Michael’s. Lucian had been in poor health for a while, and latterly had been in a hospice in Cambridge.Born in Colombo, Ceylon, in...
Boys’ Paper
Have you seen the new Boys’ Paper collection? See under “Archive’ on the menu. These were published termly under the editorship of John Gray...
Magazine Archive
We are establishing an extensive on-line archive of SMC Magazines. Look under ‘Archive’ to see how far we have got, and keep coming back as we add more. Do you have any copies that you could scan as a pdf, for us to share?...
Celebrity Visitors
Do you remember occasions when the College played host to ‘celebrities’? John Craven, for example, in 1974, for BBC Radio 4’s ‘4th Dimension’ Listen again to the programme: 1970 – 1979...