No less than 58 Old Cryptians in the 1914-18 and 80 in the 1939-45 conflicts, made the supreme sacrifice for King and Country. This 300 page book seeks to record their all too brief lives and what they achieved. It is a poignant story but one that deserves our respect and admiration, and a recognition that their sacrifice was not in vain.
The ‘Book Launch’ took place place at The Crypt School on Friday 17 March 2006. The book is priced at £9.99 each plus £1.99 p & p each [UK only, overseas on application]. Books can be collected in person to avoid postage costs. Cheques payable to ‘The Old Cryptians Club’ to Howard Allen, Penlan, Cheltenham Road, Pitchcombe, Stroud, GL6 6LZ. Tel : 01452 812638.
A kindle edition is available from Amazon.
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Dear Old Cryptians and friends,
I am very pleased to inform you of the programme for this unique day in the School’s calendar.
One of Gloucestershire’s most popular secondary schools has launched plans to open a new, feeder primary school.
The Crypt School in Gloucester has announced plans to create a primary school, linked to the secondary school, in Podsmead.
The new primary school would, unlike The Crypt School, which is a co-educational grammar, be unselective and would be a free school.
Nicholas Dyer, headteacher of The Crypt School, told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: “It will be a primary that recruits from our immediate area of Podsmead.
Full article from Gloucestershire Live (sorry about all the pop ups!)
Aiden Horsley has been dubbed a ‘medical miracle’ after breaking his neck and leaving doctors fearing he would be be paralysed for life.
The 14-year-old gymnast, who had qualified for the British Championships just days before his accident, broke his neck while training on a trampoline in his back garden in February 2017.
But the ‘inspirational’ boy made a remarkable recovery, with him walking just four days after the accident.
The gymnast, who attends the Crypt School and trains at Checkers Gym in Morelands Trading Estate, specialised in tumbling which combines gymnastics with the skill of trampolining.
The video game industry is booming, as our culture become more digitalised gaming has simply become more accepted. We live in a day and age where elderly people on buses are playing games on their phones while they ride the bus.
That’s where Digital Schoolhouse from UKIE come in. They regularly hold workshops and tournaments to educate schoolchildren on the potential jobs that exist within the gaming sphere. Every year, they host a gaming tournament for schools across the nation – the finals culminated at the Gfinity Arena earlier this week.
Out of all the teams that competed, it was the group ‘Cryptonite’ from the Crypt School in Gloucester that came out on top in the Overwatch tournament.
The team of 14 and 15 year-olds couldn’t believe their luck, taking home a trophy, medals, a PlayStation 4, a signed Overwatch poster in a frame and a limited edition Soldier 76 statue between them.
The win came as a big shock to them according to one of the winners, Beau Maguire: ‘It was very nerve-wracking and surprising because we didn’t expect to win at all. We didn’t expect to win regionals and we definitely didn’t expect to win the whole thing. We somehow didn’t even drop a map.’
The Digital Schoolhouse report
The Daily Mail Online report (including typos!)
Bob Timms recognises the funding milestone and thanks contributors to the project in a message published today
The Project Team are delighted to announce that a substantial grant of nearly £1.4M has been awarded to the Discover DeCrypt project. The renovation and regeneration of the ancient Crypt Schoolroom and St. Mary de Crypt church has thus taken a big step forward.
All subscribing Old Cryptians should recently have received a letter about the increase in the annual fee from £20 to £25. Please follow the link under the Membership tab for full details. Any query on the new arrangement should be directed to the Membership Secretary, Richard Briggs at membership@oldcryptians.org
The annual School Carol Service will take place at St. Barnabas, Tuffley on Wednesday, 14th December starting at 7.00 p.m. Old Cryptians are invited but places are limited so do please let Sue Wales know promptly if you intend to come – SWALES@crypt.gloucs.sch.uk or 01452 530291
Website supported by Cass Stephens:-
I am delighted to invite you to join us for our main fundraiser ahead of the tour; an evening with Johan Ackerman and Thinus Delport. The event is shaping up to be an excellent evening for any rugby fanatic as well as anyone with links to the school.
Friday 9 November 2018
The annual Remembrance Service will take place at the School
on Friday 9 November at 10.30am
All Old Cryptians are invited – please arrive by 10.15am
Please let Sue Wales know if you intend to come – you can email Sue at:
John Harris died on Sunday, 28 October 2018 in Toulouse a few weeks short of his 86th birthday.
After leaving the Crypt School he was apprenticed as a draughtsman at the Gloucester Aircraft Company. He subsequently moved to Europe and entered the space industry.