Bishop Llewellyn Gwynne - 1899
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Farewell to Dr Marina Hitchen: Principal of Unity High School from 2006-2011
As you are all aware, Dr Marina Hitchen, the Principal of Unity High School has been asked by the School Council to step down as Principal at the end of this school year. Dr Marina would of course have loved to have stayed at Unity for another academic year to ensure that the successes that she is responsible for and which are so obvious to the parents, teachers, students and even the Ministry of Education could have been built on and continued effectively by her successor. This is not to be however, and it is with great sadness that we are saying goodbye to Dr. Marina, her work here at Unity left incomplete. Although everyone associated with the school have great fears for the future of Unity, let at least this page on the Archive be a celebration of all that Dr. Marina has achieved in the time in which she has been Principal. Unity High School is currently enjoying success as never before: IGCSE results that continue to improve year by year and are the envy of every other school in S...
This photo looks like it was taken around the time that Llewellyn Gwynne was playing for Derby County FC. According to his biography, Pastor On The Nile, he was summoned by his bishop who strongly disapproved of the young curate playing football for a league side. Gwynne, however, was able to persuade his superior that the players' demeanor and language had improved with his presence!
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that this would have been about that time Muna. There are photos of Gwynne engaged in various activities in the UK and Sudan, including sitting with the students of Unity, in the CMS Archive at the University of Birmingham in the UK, but none seem to show him playing football sadly.
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