I would have thought there were more George, Andrew, Patrick.etc

In middle school I was in (Philipa) Pearce, I wanted to be in (Roald) Dahl, still have no idea what (Alan) Garner wrote.

The Owl Service, The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen, The Moon Of Gomrath, Elidor, Red Shift, Boneland, and a couple based around Cheshire without the fantasy elements, Strandloper and Thursbitch.
The Owl Service is a modern interpretation of the old Welsh story of the mythical Welsh woman Blodeuwedd.

Let’s see:

Prep school:
Red
White

(Named after the houses of Lancaster and York)

School:
Crake
Egerton
Raymond
Seymour
Wilberforce
Wilson
Park Close (girls)
Stone Hill (girls)

(In order: Chaplain, founder, famous pupil, headmaster, “Soapy Sam”, former pupil/master/bursar who lived in the school for 70+ years)

University college:
Hollingside
Elvet
Oswald
Holgate

(In order: a listed property, a hill, a saint, a master)

Mine were named after those who gave their lives in the war of independence

Hughes
Sands
Hudson
Lynch

I quite like how the ‘working class hero’ narrative has moved towards “Actually, Daddy was really rather well-to-do”

Named after Popes, I fink

John
Paul
George
Ringo

In primary school ours were

Wrens
Owls
Robins
Kingfishers

My kids often ask me just to laugh at how lame my school was!

They have

Romans
Normas
Saxons
Something else I can’t remember (they’re not in it – and it’s the hufflepuff equivilent)

Ours were named after Midlands Castles:

Dudley (Blue)
Warwick (Yellow)
Kenilworth (Grey)
Ludlow (Red)

Shite primary had Fairfax, Priestly and a couple of others. Middle school didn’t do that sort of thing. Shite secondary had four, but I can’t remember what they were. Two of these schools have been demolished. Two no longer exist. Good thing too.

Town
Round
Steak
Work

ebygomm – Member
Local rivers* here too in primary school

Trent
Don
Ancholme
Humber

*one is technically an Estuary and the question about which of houses was not a river occurred in pretty much every school quiz.

I think you probably grew up near me. Humber is an estuary 😉

Northern Saints:

Aiden
Bede
Cuthbert
and I think Oswald

Farnworth Grammar School

Corinthians
Olympians
Athenians
Spartans

@chomp

The other house is Vikings. I learnt that on page 2. Or maybe 3!

technicallyinept – Member
Trees: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elm, Oak

South London prep school?

I really didn’t think there would be anyone on here that would say those four!

Thornden?

I had to google what they were. I almost posted griffin (too much Harry Potter!)

Left in 2001. Was in MF.

CharlieMungus – Member
Mine were named after those who gave their lives in the war of independence

Hughes
Sands
Hudson
Lynch

Good programme about them on the BBC iplayer at the moment- presumably this one’s not a South London Prep School then! 🙂

Savile, Glitter, Harris.

Savile is the odd one out, as it isn’t a synonym for the arse.

presumably this one’s not a South London Prep School then

Not south London, but it a preparatory in many ways