Talk:Soham Village College
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Of course not[edit]
"It has a wide catchment area which does not include Ely" Of course it doesn't include Ely...it's 5021.40 Miles away! Also I'm not sure whether residents of a small cow-town in rural Nevada,USA would even want to go to a British school. 66.214.218.24 (talk) 02:11, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
You obviously havent done your research, there are other places in the world called Ely, including the one 3 miles away from Soham Village College. 83.67.57.48 (talk) 19:37, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I have done my research but it seems you have a lot to learn about sarcasm. --Rpm2004 (talk) 06:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Emerald Tie[edit]
This is a new phrase currently circulating around the boys of the Year 11 Y-band top sets, especially English, German and Maths. It began because of one of the girls in these classes being awarded one of the first "emerald" ties for excelling in performing arts, such as Drama and Music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.111.95 (talk) 14:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
School Legends and Mythos[edit]
I started this section to collect the stories that school kids normally come up with (everyone knows them). If anyone remembers any from when they were at SVC, please add.
- lol. Yup, they sound like the stories I know of those two teachers... I know the "Photographer" (used to teach me English) and the "Vampire" (also taught me English and Latin)
- Sorry to spoil your fun, but the legends and myths section does not meet the verifiability standards, and I have removed it (again). I will keep doing so until the content is properly sourced. I'm not saying that I disbelieve those who claim to be (or to have been) pupils and to know what legends are doing the rounds, but the fact is that anyone can say these things, which is why there is a consensus for the verifiability standards. If there is some writeup of the story in the media, even just the Soham and Ely rag, then there is some material which we can meaningfully quote in the article. Arbitrary username 21:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'll see if I can dig up any sources, there might be a few in some of the local history books.
- Sorry to spoil your fun, but the legends and myths section does not meet the verifiability standards, and I have removed it (again). I will keep doing so until the content is properly sourced. I'm not saying that I disbelieve those who claim to be (or to have been) pupils and to know what legends are doing the rounds, but the fact is that anyone can say these things, which is why there is a consensus for the verifiability standards. If there is some writeup of the story in the media, even just the Soham and Ely rag, then there is some material which we can meaningfully quote in the article. Arbitrary username 21:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
LOL mr heffer apparently invented the phrase ol boy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.240.1.114 (talk) 19:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Neh, wasn't Heffer. It was Ricky Linton wasn't it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.19.58 (talk) 23:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Ian Huntley[edit]
It's frankly bizarre that there's nothing in this article about notorious Soham murderer Ian Huntley being the caretaker here, and that his employment here led to a nationwide debate and new legislation being introduced regarding school recruitment. It's practically the only thing the school is well known for (outside of Soham, that is). 217.155.20.163 (talk) 20:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)