Introduction
The Old Lewesians are former pupils and staff of the Lewes County Grammar Schools in Lewes, East Sussex, UK. In 1913 the County Council opened the Lewes County Grammar School for Girls (LCGSG). It quickly won recognition for its high standards. Notable among the early headmistresses were Miss Vobes and Miss Moss. The boys grammar school LCGSB was opened in 1930 to rectify the lack of a similar grammar school for boys. For the first thirty years Mr Neville Bradshaw was headmaster and he created a school noted for its high academic and sporting standards and for building its own war memorial chapel. He established the original "Old Lewesians Association", a social body and charity for his former pupils and staff. The girls school had a similar association and both organised reunions from time to time.
In 1969 both grammar schools, which had selected the brightest pupils from primary schools in Lewes and surrounding rural areas, became part of Priory School - a comprehensive for the Lewes area only and the other secondary schools in the catchment area also became comprehensives.
However, the associations continued to hold reunions in Lewes until 2000 for their ex-pupils. With the advent of the internet, the Old Lewesians Organisation was founded in 2000 to provide a focus for Old Lewesians and has created this website with panoramic photos, school magazines, tales, forums, members list and reunion news. Over 900 former pupils and staff of these schools are members and can use their website to contact former school-friends.
We have recently been plagued by 'hackers' trying desperately to inject their malware into our site. To counteract these attacks, we have copied pages which we consider to be of general interest to non-members into a new set of pages from which there is no access to the main site. That alas means that our members are unable to use this area to request a password reminder and prospective applicants will not find a membership registration form here. If either of those cases was your reason for visiting today, please
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