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2 unusual facts about Combermere School


Frank Collymore

Aside from being a student at Combermere School (from 1903 until 1910), he was also one of its staff members until his retirement in 1958, up to which point he was its Deputy Headmaster.

He also taught for 50 years at Combermere School, where he sought out and encouraged prospective writers in his classes, notably George Lamming.


Dawn-Marie Layne

She began playing cricket at the age of 10 at the Wesley Hall Primary School and went on to further her skills at the Combermere School under the coaching of Roddy Estwick.

She enrolled at the University of the West Indies in 2006 where she continued to play cricket leisurely but represented the University as a Track & Field Athlete specializing in the High Jump; she also represented the Combermere School as a 100 metre Hurdler for the time she was there.


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