STOURTON and GASPER HISTORY

Bonham Catholic School. Gasper Hill. circa 1908

Gene Keer (Teacher)
Back row: Molly Keevil, Bert Evil, Jim Wilmore, Frank Harcourt, ?, John Farthing, Bernard Keevil, Edward Harcourt, Fred Harcourt, Edward Farthing, Ambrose Farthing, Gertrude Keevil
Middle Row: Joseph Keevil, Wilfred Keevil, Elizabeth Farthing, Honora Farthing, ?, ?, ?, Hubert Keevil
Front Row: ?, Anthony Harcourt, ?, Alfred Storey, Kathlene Farthing, ?, Edward Farthing, Louisa Harcourt

Catherine Lucy Matthews Farthing 1912
"Sister St. Bonaventure - La Ratrait Convent, Anders, France"

Bonham Catholic School visit to Witham Friary.
Knitting for the troops awarded medal on green ribbon.

Children: Kathlene Farthing, Eugene Clack, Josephine Clack, Matthias Clack, Bertha Farthing
Priest stood at back: Father Donze (spanish)

Gasper School Girls. Bonham House
Miss Beatrice Smith entertains.

Back: Alice Board, Emily Board, Ada Pester, Irene Pester, Beatrice Smith, Lily Crumpler, Kathy Crumpler
Front: Doris Beresford, Josephine Clack, Kathleen Farthing, Vera Crumpler, Bertha Farthing, Eugenie Clack, Dick (Miss Smith's dog)

Sheppards Catholic School, Gasper.

Back: Teacher: Miss Gene Keer, ?, Ambrose Farthing, ?, ?, ?, Frank Harcourt, ?, ?
Centre: Elizabeth Farthing, Nora Farthing, ?, Bernard Farthing, ?, Bernard Farthing, ?, Wilferd Farthing, ?, ?
Front: Tony Harcourt, ?, Louisa Harcourt, Edward Farthing, Kathlene Farthing, ?, Alfred Storey
Father Tom Matthews

St Benedicts, Bonham.

Back: Percy Harcourt, John Wilmore, Wilfred Farthing, Joseph Keevil
Front: Jack Martin, Hilda Martin, Edward Farthing, Louisa Harcourt, Anthony Harcourt
Father Tom Matthews

Cross, Bonham Garden of Rememberance

‘Gasper, you see, was a Catholic village – from the Lake upwards was nearly all Catholic …’ Jim Gatehouse

‘At Gasper School we had various teachers and I remember one, Mrs. Alexander, and she was an MA and wore a mortar board hat – quite a character …’ Valerie Evill

Gasper School 1918

Bonham Manor 1930