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Completed Census Requests / Re: Photographs of Shrewsbury / completed
« on: Sunday 15 November 20 11:44 GMT (UK) »
Hello J.J. many thanks for replying - I really appreciate it.
I started looking into the history of 27 & 28 Town Walls a couple of weeks ago as our junior department will be moving into those buildings next year and I thought it would be nice to see who lived there. I found T. P. Blunt on a number of censuses and I'd previously come across his name in the school log book; he was a regular judge on the school's annual bulb and flower shows, and he also gave botany lectures at the school.
I then did a bit of Googling and came across Tidwell's article about Blunt's discovery of free radicals with Downes. I shared all this information with our Headteacher and science department in school and they are all hugely excited about it! They teach about free radicals and I know they have already started sharing this information with their classes as it was such an important discovery. None of us can quite believe that their discovery was overlooked for so long, and we're all really surprised that Shrewsbury seems to have forgotten about it too.
From memory the three children who attended the school were Mildred Frances, Ethel Marion and Hubert Porter Blunt. I can give you the exact dates tomorrow when I'm back in school. Sometimes the admissions register says where they went afterwards so I'll check that for you too.
Many thanks again for replying - finding out about their discovery of free radicals and that the Blunt family not only lived so nearby but had connections to the school has really created a lot of interest and excitement at Shrewsbury High School. Alex
I started looking into the history of 27 & 28 Town Walls a couple of weeks ago as our junior department will be moving into those buildings next year and I thought it would be nice to see who lived there. I found T. P. Blunt on a number of censuses and I'd previously come across his name in the school log book; he was a regular judge on the school's annual bulb and flower shows, and he also gave botany lectures at the school.
I then did a bit of Googling and came across Tidwell's article about Blunt's discovery of free radicals with Downes. I shared all this information with our Headteacher and science department in school and they are all hugely excited about it! They teach about free radicals and I know they have already started sharing this information with their classes as it was such an important discovery. None of us can quite believe that their discovery was overlooked for so long, and we're all really surprised that Shrewsbury seems to have forgotten about it too.
From memory the three children who attended the school were Mildred Frances, Ethel Marion and Hubert Porter Blunt. I can give you the exact dates tomorrow when I'm back in school. Sometimes the admissions register says where they went afterwards so I'll check that for you too.
Many thanks again for replying - finding out about their discovery of free radicals and that the Blunt family not only lived so nearby but had connections to the school has really created a lot of interest and excitement at Shrewsbury High School. Alex