These latest additions include some limited memorabilia from several plays and a range of Guardian Newspaper Report about Markhouse School – including some very recently discovered ones relating to the Parents Petitioning the Council over the threatened closure of the school
September 2022 Newsletter
Along with the latest website additions, this Newsletter highlights the anticipated return to ‘home ground’ via a further CMMF project at Kelmscot School, Walthamstow, Guardian Reports about the Schools early ‘external’ examinations, some newly revealed non MDC activities at Markhouse and the parents reaction to the threatened closure in 1966 . There is also news of a number of our members and the Council’s ‘formal’ recognition of Stan Raynor on his retirement from the Marsh Street/Markhouse Youth Centres.
Website Additions – April 2022
This batch of newly found production memorabilia and photographs of former members are complemented with recently coloured photographs replacing the original black and white versions from a good number of MDC plays – as this photograph of the cast from the 1968 Aladdin Pantomime shows.
April 2022 MDC Newsletter – Extract
In contrast to the somewhat ‘limited’ size of the January edition, this latest Newsletter has a good deal more content and whilst it’s likely that most interest will be on the news of some ‘successes’ in ‘catching up’ with former members and school staff, the further development and changes to the website have dominated our work over the past few months
January 2022 MDC Newsletter – Extract
Along with conveying Festive Greetings this brief Newsletter confirms the results the recent Website Funding Appeal, the forthcoming memorabilia additions that will be detailed in the next ‘main’ Newsletter in April and, very sadly, the recent loss of John Jones – who will be fondly remembered as a very committted, friendly and supportive art teacher at Markhouse