60 years younger!
a website by Jeremy Cooper (oliomedia.co.uk)
NEW – January 2026!!
David Charman has been in touch and sent some photos:
1. 6th Form Schooldays
2. 25th Anniversary Reunion
This 25 years Anniversary Reunion started at the School and ended with an evening do down in Newport.
School photograph, July 1966
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… This is me zoomed in.
(Actually, I still look serious most of the time!)
School Photograph July 1962
(from Niall Munro – see his Catch Up too)
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For lots more about Carisbrooke Grammar join the Isle of Wight Heritage Group on Facebook and search for “Carisbrooke Grammar”. This page is listed there thanks to Jason Smart.
Somewhere in that group I found a September 2017 video which explores the school during its demolition – Carisbrooke College is building an entirely new school on the site! The new buildings are due to be ready by Easter 2019. On the Carisbrooke College website, the Executive Headteacher says that “at last” they will have a building “fit for purpose”!
Check out Google Street View: the images are from 2011 and show the school more or less as I remember it.