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  1. Famous Old Girl serenades Withington

    Acclaimed mezzo-soprano and Old Girl Christine Rice returned to school to sing the O Don Fatale aria from Verdi’s opera Don Carlos to a full Arts Centre on June 23. Christine is the second illustrious visitor to grace the Arts …

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  2. Spotlight On… Sharon Markless (nee Freedman)

    I started at WGS in 1961 and the next seven years shaped my early career path. Miss Anderson, an inspirational History teacher I can still picture, was a role model. It is no accident that I studied History at Leeds …

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  3. 60’s Reunion a Swinging Success

    A sunny, breezy early summer day saw the return of more than 60 Withingtonians and 10 former members of staff to the gates of Withington Girls’ School last Saturday 16th May for a Swinging ‘60s Reunion.  Reminiscences were in abundance …

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  4. Jen wins TS Eliot Poetry Prize

    Warm congratulations go  to former Withington pupil, Jen Hadfield, who recently won the 2008 T.S. Eliot poetry prize.

    Jen left Withington – her sister Natasha is also a former pupil – in 1996 to study a degree in English Language …

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  5. ‘Withing10n’ Returns

    We were delighted to see former pupils who left Withington in the last 10 years return to school on Saturday March 21st 2009.  They were given a tour of the new extension and were welcomed over wine and canapes by …

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  6. School history lives on at Alumnae Reunion in Bath

    Thursday 26th March saw over 40 former pupils gather for afternoon tea followed by a luxurious dinner prepared especially for the Withington Alumnae event at Sally Lunn’s, Bath’s oldest house and home of the famous Sally Lunn bun.

    Clare Flynn, …

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