Born during this week in 1879, Sir Thomas Beecham (Fleur de Lys 1892-1897) was an English conductor and impresario, best known as founder of the London Philharmonic and the Royal...Read More

Robert Bernays came to Rossall as a scholar in 1916 and went on to study at Oxford in 1920. Politics had always been Robert’s aim in life and he spent...Read More

Peter Winterbottom was an England Rugby Union footballer who played as an openside flanker . He was England’s most capped openside (with 58 caps) until 2003. He made his England...Read More