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Welcome to the Apley Park School and Millichope School web site.

The Apley Estate

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2013 Reunion Photographs

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Hi my name is Graham Jackson and I was a student at Apley Park Boarding School between the years of 1975 and 1980. During my time at Apley I was known as Moriarty. As most of you know the original site was born in 1995 as a result of a project for my degree, and over the last sixteen years it has grown from a few pages to over two hundred pages - and is still growing! Over four hundred old boys and teachers have made contact with the site. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed material for the site.

Main Hall

Main Hall - Taken in March 2013

This site mainly consists of information on Apley Park  School. Any information on Millichope School can be found in the dedicated Millichope School, section which can be accessed from the main menu on the left, the Millichope School section also gives details on the transfer from Millichope School to Apley Park School in 1962.

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The last ten people who have contacted the site are: The most recent feedback left is: The most recent additions to the site are:
Chris Childs who attended Apley Park School between 1978 and 1984 contacted the site on: May 12, 2013
Nick Collins who attended Apley Park School between 1971 and 1976 contacted the site on: April 23, 2013
ian huband who attended Apley Park School between 1965 and 1969 contacted the site on: April 22, 2013
Andrew Metcalfe who attended Apley Park School between 1979 and 1984 contacted the site on: March 29, 2013
Dave Steed who attended Apley Park School between 1973 and 1979 contacted the site on: February 23, 2013
Howard Marshall who attended Apley Park School between 1972 and 1977 contacted the site on: February 21, 2013
Gerald Ward who attended Apley Park School between 1967 and 1967 contacted the site on: February 18, 2013
David Welsh who attended Apley Park School between 1968 and 1972 contacted the site on: January 26, 2013
David Beattie who attended Apley Park School between 1983 and 1985 contacted the site on: January 25, 2013
Derek Paton who attended Apley Park School between 1969 and 1974 contacted the site on: January 20, 2013
Sorry to hear of Mrs Shults passing away. Many fond memories of them both. On more than one occasion I was grateful for his and her counsel. Together again may they rest in peace , hope that some of the "old boys" can make her funeral at Stafford .

Submitted by: Peter George on: May 14, 2013

Sad news about Mrs Shults but what a good score! I'm sure that many colleagues and old students will have happy memories of her as a caring Matron, and a loyal wife to 'The Gaffer'. The funeral is at Stafford Crematorium on Friday 17th May at 4-00pm. Cheers, Bob Wagstaff.

Submitted by: Bob Wagstaff on: May 11, 2013

Hi Graham I thought that you and any of the other "older Millichope boys" would be interested to know that my mother Mrs Joan Shults, died peacefully this morning at the grand old age of 98 !!!!. I would be most grateful if you could pass this message on, especially to Bob Wagstaffe, who used to visit her. many thanks Anne Throup

Submitted by: Anne Throup on: May 9, 2013

I am pleased to see this site is still well used. I tend to post many of my comments on Facebook - it is the only way to keep up with my children's, and grand children's lives

Submitted by: Brian Dickin on: February 26, 2013

Nice site well done , just taking a look to see if Nick Morgan had been in touch , seems not. Keep up good work , would have liked to come to Ludlow for reunion but may be away in Brunei at that time.

Submitted by: David Steed on: February 23, 2013
Brian Dickin has supplied 5 photographs of a camping trip which have been added to the site. They can be viewed from the School Activities page in the Photograph Section They are the last five photographs. Thanks Brian.

Added: 08th March 2013
Alan Ventress has been in contact with the site again. He has submitted an extract from autobiography which can be found on his page in the Site Guestbook Section.

Added: 31st December 2012
Geoff Gwilt has sent me numerous article from the Millichope School magazine. The articles can be found on the School information, Articles and Email's page.

Added: 21st November 2012
Gerald Pritchard has added photographs which can be found on the Millichope photograph section page.

Added: 13th July 2012
Geoff Gwilt has sent me some photographs of his time at Millichope. They can be found on the The Geoff Gwilt Collection page, located in the Millichope School Photograph Section.

Added: 24th March 2012
Mike Hands has sent me some photographs of his time at Millichope. They can be found on the The Mike Hands Collection page, located in the Millichope School Photograph Section.

Added: 15th March 2012
Two photographs of Linley Station have been added to the site. They can be viewed from the Apley Park and Estate page in the Photograph Section They are the last two photographs. Thank you Lady Harriet Hamilton.

Added: 07th October 2011
Ian Haime has sent in two newspaper cuttings from the Express and Star published in 1960, visit the Millichope - Newspaper Cuttings section. The cutting are called 'A Remarkable School' and 'Ingestre Hall - Ideal for school'.

Added: 06th October 2011
Another great reunion, you can view the photographs on the newly created 2011 Reunion page. You can also put your names down for the 2013 reunion, see the Apley Reunion 2013 page.

Added: 15th May 2011
I have added the Millichope school song to the School information, Articles and Email's page. Thank you Bill Lewis.

Added: 3rd February 2011
I have added three newspaper cuttings to the Apley Newspaper Cuttings section. They are called 'Apley surge to final and keep record' , 'Apley stay in trim for county final' and 'Apley warm up'. They are shown at the bottom of the pull down list.

Added: 30th January 2011
Bill Lewis has sent in a newspaper cutting from the Shropshire Magazine published in 1950, visit the Millichope - Newspaper Cuttings section.

Added: 29th January 2011
Bill Thacker has sent in a newspaper cutting relating to Apley from the Shropshire Star, visit the Newspaper Cuttings section.

Added: 17th May 2010
Robert Oakley has added photographs to the Millichope Photograph Section. Robert has sent photographs of Skipol airport and the YFC, dated 1960/61.

Added: 11th January 2010
Bill Roger has added photographs to the Millichope Photograph Section

Added: 20th July 2009
Added more photographs taken by Jaz to the Charlton Arms 2009 Reunion page.

Added: 7th July 2009
There are 430 students or teachers who have registered with the site so far, to see their details, visit the Site Guestbook page. Can you please register your details with the web site, by filling in the Register with the site form, which can also be accessed from the Navigation Bar on the side of the page. There are 179 students who have left feedback with the site, to see other peoples feedback, visit the Site Feedback page. Please send me your thoughts on the site by filling out the Site Feedback form, which can also be accessed from the Navigation Bar on the side of the page. I am always after Apley memorabilia, if you have any Photographs, certificates, newspaper cuttings, or letters please send them on to me. Either Email Me, or Register with the site and I will send you my address. Everything will be returned!

Most of you when visiting the site will be searching for friends from your year; the quickest way to achieve this is to click on Site Guestbook button on the navigation bar at the side of the page. When the page opens enter your search criteria into the form and press 'Search database'. The page will be updated with the search results.

Please note that facebook now has an Apley Park School Old Boys group, and a May 2011 Reunion group which are both rapidly growing in size. The groups can be accessed by clicking on their icon below.

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Apley Old Boys May 2013 Reunion

Apley Park School was located near the villages of Norton, Stockton and Sutton Maddock, which are a few miles from the town of Bridgnorth in Shropshire.

Unfortunately due to Shropshire County Council education cuts in the eighties Apley Park School has now closed down. The last year of education was in 1987.

After Apley closed the building remained uninhabited for many years and suffered from horrendous damp problems and vandalism. The "Apley Hall Restoration Trust" then purchased Apley Hall and the surrounding buildings (Classrooms etc). The trust then started to restore the hall and surrounding buildings and eventually obtained planning permission to convert the hall into luxury flats.

In Feb 2004 the House went up for auction and was sold to developers Earlstone under the company name Apley Hall Restoration Ltd. Earlstone developed the Estate into 17 houses, apartments, and mews houses, with the House itself divided into five grand mansion houses, completed and sold in 2006-07 with the Apley Hall House incorporating the main entrance being the most expensive at £1.5 million, the others being the Library House, Georgian House, Garden House and Courtyard House. The surrounding 8,500-acre Apley Park estate is still owned, since 1868, by the Hamilton family's Apley Estate

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