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The MGB Quilt 2004
Please contribute
Find out:
who was Margaret Glen-Bott?
Read the
Quilt
Read
the article about the closure
in the Nottingham Evening Post (17th June 2004)
List
of attendees at the FInal Fling Picnic (and their year of leaving)
About this
site
The idea for
the website came from a wish to recognise the achievements of
the Margaret Glen-Bott School, both students and staff. When the
school faced closure in 2004 it was necessary to maintain a positive
dynamic in order to survive the final months. To this end a pantomime
was written called “Botty Glen Lives On” performed
by current staff. The story told of a glen which was to be taken
over by a nearby glen, the Blue Glen. The people of Botty Glen
were given notice to quit and they had to find other Glens or
Woods to go to at short notice. Before the end of the panto the
people of Botty Glen decided to keep in touch through a website
in cyberspace maintained by Prince Eavesdropping (Ms Cheston)
and Umbrella (Ms Bloor), the happy couple, hence the birth of
www.mgbschool.com.
The exploration of Feelings,
Facts and Friends in relation to a closing community is one which
many people will identify with and many will have had to face.
Through the medium of writing and the ability to cover vast spaces,
the net is providing us with a vehicle to open doors and windows,
which are needed in order to move on to new schools, early retirement
and other pursuits.
Hopefully contributions from
across the globe will be forthcoming to enrich the appeal of this
project. Selected pages from the website will form a book which
will be presented to current staff and students as a permanent
record of MGB’s memories.
(Sue Byrne,
March 2004)
More
about the book
PLEASE
CONTRIBUTE
Facts -
Friends - Feelings
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Can you remember your
first day at Margaret Glen-Bott?
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What was the funniest
thing that happened during your time at MGB?
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Do you remember an event
which happened at MGB?
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Who do you remember from
MGB?
To the
Contribution form
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site ][ The book
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Margaret Glen-Bott? ][ Evening
Post article
Credits
Thanks to Sue Byrne & Rachael Phelps at MGB for inspiration
and Bob McArthur for helping with writing facilitation
Web Design
& Concept by Helen Whitehead for Kids
on the Net
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