Talk:Bablake School
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Victuallers 22:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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Could be worthwhile adding to the history section seeing as there's a lot that happened between 1344 and the present.
Also, it might be nice to add that Baker and Billing were houses not so long ago.
Terri G 16:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Why is it vandalism to say that "No particularly famous person has attended Bablake" - the list given surely demonstrates that this is simply true. And the fact is surely noteworthy, in comparison with other similar school, etc.
OK, there are none, so I'm reverting. Simply name someome in the list if you disagree.
- The comment is pointless. Some may well think one of the people on the list is famous, which is an entirely subjective word. -- Necrothesp 17:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's no more subjective than "notable" - a virtual synonym, in fact. And it's a list of *two* people, neither of whom has a wikipedia entry. Compare this with the lists for other similar schools.
- The reason is that for much of the 20th century, at least after the war, Bablake tended to produce people who went into running and managing the local manufacturing industry. King Henry's was the more literary, academic school, partly because it had valuable closed scholarships at Oxford. Many, many "famous" Old Wheatleyans from industry could be listed, but in this country we have always tended to laud writers and academics more - alas!
- I'm not saying it's an invalid comment, but as it's not a complete article yet, it's probably a bit premature. Also, I went to this school and I certainly don't want to say I am famous, but the previous comment is true, in that plenty of people who went into positions of high responsibility went to Bablake, they just didn't end up being famous. I would also say that Bablake tends to look forward rather than backwards as well. I know at least one teacher that was there when I was, had been a Welsh rugby international, but I wouldn't dream of saying anything about it, because they never went on about it. Terri G 10:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- "Famous" and "notable" are not synonymous at all. One can be extremely notable in one's field and not at all famous, which implies that one is well-known to the populace at large. Both listed individuals have entries in the Dictionary of National Biography, so they are most certainly notable. -- Necrothesp 15:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- DNB entries for alumni of Warwick Group schools:
- King Edward's School, Birmingham: 50+
- Nottingham High School: 18
- King Henry VIII School, Coventry: 17
- Wolverhampton Grammar School: 13
- Warwick School: 7
- Solihull School: 5
- Bablake: 2
- DNB entries for alumni of Warwick Group schools:
In response to the above (sorry, I can't seem to figure out how the indenting of responses works) the thing about the DNB is that you have to be dead to get into it, so a brilliant Bablake generation that has yet to pop its clogs could alter this balance. But I think it's unlikely: Who's Who and Who Was Who list 29 people educated at Bablake (only a couple of whom mean anything to me, for what that's worth) and 53 from Henry VIII (rather more of whom I have heard of). Radavenport (talk) 06:47, 26 August 2009 (UTC)