Durnford School
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durnford-school-190-7303457
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Durnford School
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Durnford School was an English preparatory school for boys which opened in 1894 on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The school occupied Durnford House, in the High Street of the village of Langton Matravers near Swanage, and was notoriously spartan and uncomfortable. Ben Macintyre described Durnford as "a traditionally brutal prep school [which] epitomised the strange British faith in bad food, plenty of Latin and beatings from an early age". "Strip and swim" was the morning ritual for the boys –
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Former English preparatory school
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durnford_School
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2024-04-04T01:26:54Z
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