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Start of Year
GB 2014 WS-02-ABY-01-01-01 · File · 2010 - 2022 [gaps]
Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Orders of service for the annual Start of Year service for Westminster School, held in Westminster Abbey at the beginning of the academic year.
Start of Term
GB 2014 WS-02-ABY-01-01-12 · File · 2006-2020
Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Orders of service from Westminster School's Start of Term services, held in Westminster Abbey at the start of the Play, Lent and Election terms,

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Star Chamber Doorway
Star Chamber Doorway
GB 2014 WS-02-POS-01-06 · Item · c.1911
Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

One copy annotated on reverse by R.S. Chalk, as follows:
'The (reputed) Star Chamber Doorway (see L.E.T. pp 44-5), another casualty of the Blitz.
View from interior of Etheridge’s Room, past the Rod Table (no rods visible, so out of School hours) to Liddell’s Room (C.R. later C.Sh2)
In the the Under School we knew little of the Star Chamber of James I, but had a saying: “People used to go through that door to be tortured-and they still do!” The reference was to the fearsome W.G. Etheridge, dreaded by all.
He was a brilliant teacher both of French and of History, but a ruthless slave-driver and with a streak of cruelty. (He was known by K.SS in his History Set as “The Man of Blood” – back-handed reference to his detestation of King Charles I)
I spent many a gruelling period in this room, first in the Under School, later in C. Upper Shell (School Certificate Form). I owe much to W.G.E.’s teaching, but was not sorry when, having passed School Cert. and attained to C VI, I no longer had to enter Star Chamber!'