We may have found our oldest Reaseheath alumnus (former student), 94 year old Peter Plant! Originally from West Kirby, Peter came to Reaseheath as a ‘practical student’ in 1938, back when the college was known as the ‘Cheshire School of Agriculture’, Reaseheath. With no prior farming background aged 17, he spent a year at the School learning […]
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Brian Moore (agriculture student 1948-49) shares his recollections of traditional agriculture at the Cheshire School of Agriculture, Reaseheath “Before arriving at the Cheshire School of Agriculture as a student in 1948, I had experienced various aspects of farming as a young boy, having been brought up in the heart of the Cheshire countryside. I spent
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Members of the class of 1996-99 were welcomed back to Reaseheath last weekend for their 20th anniversary reunion of starting at college. Twenty-six former students met on campus to catch up on old times and see what’s changed since their time as students. The reunion was coordinated by 1996-99 agricultural mechanics student Adrian Dunn through
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Brian Pringle shares his memories and few anecdotes from his time as an agriculture student at the Cheshire School of Agriculture (Reaseheath), 1948-49 I was a resident student in 1948 and at that time there were 36 male students; 21 female and 5 or 6 students studying horticulture. Practical work was the priority and we
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Local parishioners and members of the agricultural community came together to celebrate the new farming year at a Plough Sunday service held at Reaseheath College, Nantwich. A packed congregation of almost 100 gathered at Reaseheath’s Centre for Horticulture, the Environment and Sustainable Technology to take part in the service and afterwards enjoyed a soup, bread and cake lunch
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This extract was found in the belongings of a lady called Miss Cash who was a student at Reaseheath in 1926-27. We are told that she had decided to write about her wonderful year at Reaseheath College, learning to be a dairymaid. I would like to write my story of Reaseheath. Why?! Because I think
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We were delighted to welcome back two of our National Certificate in Agriculture (NCA) graduates to the college in July! Alan Pumford and Peter Robinson studied with us as part of our 1960-61 cohort and lived on campus for the duration of their training days. They spent the morning exploring old haunts across campus and
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One of the oldest paintings housed at Reaseheath Hall has been sold to accommodate new artwork across the campus. Painted in the style of Hungarian artist Jacob Bogdani, (1660-1724) , a retired member of staff recalled being told the painting was created by one of the daughters of the Cotton Jodrell family. The painting under discussion (pictured
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