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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]"Mr Rodway- Barnes, who was 78, will perhaps best be remembered as art master at Heanor Grammer School from 1898 to 1931. His interest in art, however, was not confined to painting alone, for he possessed an extensive knowledge of wood carving, and one of his favourite hobbies was the collecting of swords, sabres, claymores and dirks. A man of many parts, Mr Rodway-Barnes served as a mounted policeman under Cecil Rhodes, the English statesman, in South Africa, after studying art at the Colarossi Academie, Paris, and visiting art centres in Europe. He led a life of adventure before returning to this country in 1896, when he became second master at Bideford Municipal School of Art and Design, where he remained until he joined the teaching staff at Heanor School. Chief mourners were members of the family" (no names) He died in Ripley Hospital and lived at 51 Denby Lane, Codnor [/quote]
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This message was updated on 11/4/2006 1:06:55 PM by Jennypeg

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replied on: 11/4/2006 12:57:13 PM

"Mr Rodway- Barnes, who was 78, will perhaps best be remembered as art master at Heanor Grammer School from 1898 to 1931. His interest in art, however, was not confined to painting alone, for he possessed an extensive knowledge of wood carving, and one of his favourite hobbies was the collecting of swords, sabres, claymores and dirks.
A man of many parts, Mr Rodway-Barnes served as a mounted policeman under Cecil Rhodes, the English statesman, in South Africa, after studying art at the Colarossi Academie, Paris, and visiting art centres in Europe.
He led a life of adventure before returning to this country in 1896, when he became second master at Bideford Municipal School of Art and Design, where he remained until he joined the teaching staff at Heanor School.
Chief mourners were members of the family" (no names)
He died in Ripley Hospital and lived at 51 Denby Lane, Codnor

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