The founding & development of Nonington College of Physical Education by Stephen Burke-Part 1:

A lady who had sudden and alarming acts of faith  or  How to found a college with no money  By the late 1920s St Alban’s Court was being rented out to Commander Arthur O’Brien and his wife  Marjorie. Carrying on the tradition of the Hammonds, the couple immediately took an active role in  local life, […]

1939 students with harvest

Nonington College during World War II by Stephen Burke, who has kindly allowed me to publish the following article which was originally published on the Nonington College Facebook Page.

Although the United Kingdom and France both declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, to begin with not a huge amount happened on the western front and the period was dubbed the Phoney War. Gladys and her students must have carried on as normal hopeful that the war would not touch them. To begin […]