tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post8828800350122685328..comments2024-03-19T00:13:22.599+00:00Comments on LETTERS FROM SHEPPEY: Elmley SchoolDerek Faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-26539450207637342852014-10-02T20:52:52.445+01:002014-10-02T20:52:52.445+01:00I think that May have been my grandmother.I think that May have been my grandmother.Mart'https://www.blogger.com/profile/03832914776101279133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-58232498353258704972013-12-28T09:26:46.718+00:002013-12-28T09:26:46.718+00:00That would certainly be the case, there are alread...That would certainly be the case, there are already owl boxes being occupied at Kingshill. I doubt any owls are currently using the school house though, its too open to the elements, a Little Owl perhaps.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-92113428475880487772013-12-28T09:14:41.890+00:002013-12-28T09:14:41.890+00:00More very interesting Sheppey history, many thanks...More very interesting Sheppey history, many thanks.<br /><br />I hope if the school has to be pulled down for safety reasons an owl box or two will be placed very close by to provide alternative nesting sites. There is at least one person on Sheppey making them at present, as you probably already know.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />BryanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16767422792841206879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-82568039828620164092013-12-27T22:29:13.053+00:002013-12-27T22:29:13.053+00:00Chinese whispers then but not too far off the mark...Chinese whispers then but not too far off the mark!Mike Woodcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660839577770854965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-69959407681871384232013-12-27T11:42:16.785+00:002013-12-27T11:42:16.785+00:00Mike,
I've just had it made known to me by a g...Mike,<br />I've just had it made known to me by a guy on the Kent History Forum that the Western Gazette 7th Feb 1919, reported that KEC were considering closing the smallest school in England because it only had 5 children on its books, 3 being children of the teacher.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-72226369632431938332013-12-27T10:53:52.767+00:002013-12-27T10:53:52.767+00:00It's a shame to see the schoolhouse in such a ...It's a shame to see the schoolhouse in such a state of dereliction now, once the chimney stack falls, as it must surely do soon, there will be virtually nothing left. I don't know where I got the information from but I did hear that at one time Elmley was the smallest school in England with an attendance of just three pupils, two of which were the offspring of the Vicar who was also the teacher there!?IMike Woodcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660839577770854965noreply@blogger.com