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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote][quote]The four houses named after Derbyshire Dales were only started about 1962, shortly after Dr Farmer-Little became Headmaster. Before that there were six houses. Two I can remember are: Cheshire (red)[named after Leonard Cheshire]. Castle Oriel (Yellow)[/quote] The full list of the original house names (taken from the Sheppards' book, Aldercar - The Story of a School) is: White - Hillary Brown - Chatsworth Yellow - Castle Oriole Red - Cheshire Blue - Wyvern Green - Lincoln The houses were renamed, and reduced to just four, in 1963. The house system was finally discontinued in the early 1990's.[/quote]
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This message was updated on 6/21/2007 10:07:13 AM by RMMee

Langley Mill/Aldercar School Teachers
replied on: 6/21/2007 10:03:38 AM

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The four houses named after Derbyshire Dales were only started about 1962, shortly after Dr Farmer-Little became Headmaster. Before that there were six houses. Two I can remember are:
Cheshire (red)[named after Leonard Cheshire].
Castle Oriel (Yellow)

The full list of the original house names (taken from the Sheppards' book, Aldercar - The Story of a School) is:
White - Hillary
Brown - Chatsworth
Yellow - Castle Oriole
Red - Cheshire
Blue - Wyvern
Green - Lincoln

The houses were renamed, and reduced to just four, in 1963. The house system was finally discontinued in the early 1990's.

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