This history was researched and written by John Bennett (BGS 1960-67) who is grateful to the following in order of appearance:
Ray Auvray, OBA President 2019-20 (for dragging me back into the fold and logistics)
Martin Fishleigh, OBA Past President (considerable moral support, advice and logistics)
Gary Knaggs, North Devon Heritage Officer (access to the North Devon Record Office archives)
Tyler Pollard, North Devon Heritage Assistant (scanning files in the North Devon Record Office)
Ginette Berry, Bideford Archive, (historic school photos)
Ivor Blight (biographical data on his great, great grandfather, a former maths teacher)
Mary Fisher (biographical data on Derek Johns, a former pupil c1937-1944)
Roger Hunkin (1956 School photo)
Ted Colegate (1964 School photo)
John Short (photos of demolition of 1935 school buildings)
Derek Staddon (OBA membership list)
Arthur Martin (loan of Bidefordian magazines & 1949 Athletic Team photo)
Mark Barham (Facilities Manager), Colin Nelson (Caretaker), Dr Claire Ankers (Head) & Sue Andrews (PA) (BGS wall boards at Bideford College)
Greg Smith (shooting trophies list)
Gorry Poole, Old Boy (DVD of OBA photos taken by Roy Budd)
Mike Evans (anecdote from 1955-60)
Fiona Colbert, Biographical Librarian, St John’s College Cambridge (biographical data from Venn’s ‘Alumni Cantabrigienses’ on Ebrey, Alfold, Fowler, Kitchen, Mathias, Fergusson & Dare)
Lucy Hughes, Archivist, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (biog. data Fergusson)
Nicholas Rogers, Archivist, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (biog. data Fowler)
Dr Tilda Watson, Archivist, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (biog. data Mathias)
Adam Green, Archivist, Trinity College Library, Cambridge (biog. data Fowler)
Claire Butlin, Library & Archive Assistant, Clare College, Cambridge (biog. data Dare)
Nick, Alumni Relations Team, University of Sheffield (biog. data Stephenson)
Chelsea Davey, Alumni Office, University of Reading (obituaries of Langford)
Donna O’Brien Lynch, Alumni Co-Ordinator, Trinity College Dublin (biog. data Faulkner)
Flora Chatt, Archives Assistant, Bodleian Library, Oxford (biog. data from Joseph Foster’s ‘Alumni Oxonienses’ on Hutton, Heath & Thompson)
Penny Baker, Archivist, (Marples’ rugby team photos) and Isabel Robinson, Archives and Records Assistant, Exeter College, Oxford
Many Old Boys for their biographies, anecdotes, sports team and Form photos, and fellow pupil names on School photos.
and finally:
Mike Darby, website developer (mike@kixx.co.uk)
