Miscellaneous Rendcombiana
For those interested in trawling the internet at large, there is various 'Rendcombiana' to be found:-
The college has an official web site.
There is an interesting tale regarding some missing works of art, some of which had been loaned to the college.
The Independent Schools Inspectorate have published their 2008 report on Rendcomb here.
Listings in various school directories, can be found, for example here.
An aerial view can be found here...
Been 'balustraded'? Not quite sure what to do in Q.P.? Nigel Powell has kindly contributed a copy of the Rendcomb Rule Book (from around 1967). Just be careful where you wear those loud socks and don't forget to blow your nose and use the lavatory before leaving the building... infringement can only result in restriction of privilege.
Thanks to Nigel Powell, a copy of the school prospectus from around 1966 can now be found here.
There are Rendcombian groups to be found on a couple of social networking sites, notably Facebook where there is a large group and quite a few recent photographs, and a small but growing group on LinkedIn.
Mark Evans has created a web site hosting audio recordings of his father, Trevor John Evans, describing his memories. This includes an interesting section describing his time as a pupil at Rendcomb during the 1920's. The site can be found here.
Most Rendcombians of the 1970s and 80s will probably remember participating in at least one of the 20 mile sponsored walks which took place roughly biennially in that era. Should anyone wish to revisit, or perhaps even retread the (22 mile!) route, it has been posted here, and a transposition of John Willson's original route guide with current map segments can be downloaded here.
Des Knox has posted some video recordings made during a recent visit on YouTube. They can be found here:
Park House
Inside main building
Up Top
Stable Block
Little Hell
Approach to College
The Bridge
Old Rectory
Looking for somebody? There are a few general 'white pages' directories available on the internet for several countries including the U.K. This page has a few useful pointers, British Telecom's directory is on line, and 192.Com. A steadily increasing number of O.R.'s can be found in the email list, and Friends Reunited also have a sizeable list.
New - Have a look around:-
Map
If you know of any more material on the internet which may be of interest to O.R.'s at large - please let me know and I can add links to it here.