‘Warden’s Assembly’
Very stormy last night. It seemed as if the windows would be blown in. The Warden addressed the boys after Morning Chapel on Sins of the Flesh, sending out in turns (a) the boys under 12 (b) those under 16 (c) those above. He shewed  great skill and tact in his remarks.

William Wood’s Diary 1855-1861, ed. by Mark Spurrell, is available from Oxfordshire Record Society. These excerpts are presented to give a flavour of life at Radley in the 1850s