The year as President has p aced rne n:r post ion to obscrve the severat intcractnq largeorganlsat ons. t h:rs been a pr vi eq€ to be in contact w th the Schoo dt i ts l j r€ensitearound Aldenham House, to s€e the fac 1$ afforded by thr pafents for the I boys ardto r€a se lhal yel again the HaberdasheIS Company hr5 appo nted r wofdcrfulheadmanef, Jeremy Gould nq. He is to b,r foLrnd lead nq rhe Schoo, cirr jng for theteach ng staf l i rnd ncrt ing other hrads at the Headmaners Conferrnce. During thc yearhe has been sern p ayinq th€ cel lo ln the Srhoo orchestra, and help ng of Otd Boys, Dny:5 !mpire. Wilh lsobel, he has attcnded ouf evenrs ar0 0 fne|s.

The Wo6h pful Company oi Haberdashe6 once aga n hirve sent the l ,4aner anl l ot f cersto vis t the I seven educat io|al insr l tut ions, r fd fourd thesc to be qood. As part of theCompanys Vl enn urn:rppeir thefc was a concert at thc Brfbican H: n tvt ;ry 1999 thenusic prov ded by thc E stree schools. N/ lr N4ike Jeans, fer;red Chairmirn of Lhc coverno|sol the Boys School spokr with ertenslvc know edge, at the Annuat 0.f D nnc in N4ayo f t h e r e b u i l d i g o f t h e H a b e r d : s h e . s H a o n i t s n e w s i t e n W e s t S m i t h U c d .

The f ve acl ive sports c ubs have ront inred to srow enierprtse. lhe off icers of each c uberc c0rqratLr i r t€d on thc rdevot ion, pe|sisLcnce and leadefsh p be i t n rugby assoc :r t oflootba cf ckr l go f soclely or r i f e clubs Please conL nue to qive support to yoLrf sportsclubs and membe15 of the execLrt vr committee

The quest on of returning the sports g ourd tand ir t Croxda e Roa{1, ro th€ or irHertsnere p an, hrs been superulstd by d p arning s!b cornm ttee of an cxpcrlencei l O.H.cons! iant prnncr, chartefed nrrvryo, so clor and acmunranl. Thr 0.H.A. wefefepresefted at the heir f ng oi 8th lune 1999 by a connr t i rnt p anncr rnd coun5e. Inl t alnrDrrssions are of a cons derrble step forward, with i rn inspcctor fepoft ng laLcr in the

year. V\ le hope oncr aqa n thir l the and wou d tre nradc avaitrble for devclopnent an. lwe wolr d l l rer hrve the oppoftuf i ty to choose 3 spods gfound or a nrorr su tnb e s tenearby i r the county. We need 10 avo d os ng p 3y ng days because of poo drainirqe. nconnect ion !1, th lhe hearing must exDress qfat i tude Ior the eftof t mirde i fund fa si fg,and for nrenrbels sparing thei f vr uahle t lme to r t tend the heaf n( l and fof cart inucdadv ce prov ded by ski l led mrnbers of ihe subcommlttee.

The f nal f inancia po f t is the pfe nr nary sett i fg !p of an nvenmefL s!bcomnri t te€whirh, wlth adv ce from th€ schoo, is intended 10 safeguard the membcrsh p fees andO.H. funds.

irm del ighted ! / th the soc al events at the C Lrb Housc thanks to the evcnt orq:niseEand mrnagrrs, and to the newards. The outside sor al .ct lv t ies, such rs the East and theWest ol Ergland dinnr6 and the Annuir D nncr at the Honourablc Art i l lery Conrpany,wcnt we dre to good manaqementirnd an qratefu to the musicirns from the Schootor pfovid ng entert i r nrneni in ihe courtroon of the H.adquaftels Sh p "Wel l inqion, aithe forthcoming Ladies N ght Fr idry 3rd Sept. t999.

lhe ret fed m!s c rnaster N4f. A :n Taylor, s now fegistrar of the O.H.A. afd hopes toco l i rbofate wlth school computersat ion and produce a un fed dir tabase and he wit lencolrrage mcrnbership i rnd socir act iv i ty. He hopes to have a presence rt the Schoo.Thc Schoo web page address is i rs fol lo\"rs: ht tp: / /wwwhabsherts.sch.Lk. please act onAlan s i r f i c e intend€d for the $,hole, nterested inembelship.

Thank you for the pr iv i lege oi th s year, and please cont nue to enjoy takinq part in thisAssociat on for years to conrc

I-'r , , . ( ] \ l ' rAlan E. N40RR 5

Prcsident: Dr. A.E. MoRRIS Vice-President: A.M. NEWToN Esq.

0ld Boys' Notes 1998-99 Number I 88

Honorary Secrelary:R.B. LYIF Esq.Beechcroft7 Upper Ho l l i sGreat Missenden8ucks . HPI6 9HPTelephone: 01 494 8621 96

P.J. EGAN Esq.17a Lexden Road, ColchesterEssex C03 3PNTe lephone : 01206 767288

A.J. TAYI0R Esq.33 Ellenbrook Lane, Hatf ieldHerts AL]0 9RWTelephone: 01 707 266420

S.H. GELBER Esq.26 St. Augustines RoadLondon NWl gRNTe lephone : 0171 428 9431

Croxdale Road, BorehamwoodHerts. WDG 4PYTe lephone : 0181 953 1987

http://wv\rw.habs.herts.sch.uk

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The not the end of the mil enn unr' cdit on of the 0 d Boys Notes offers theopportunlty fof ref lect on of the past, present and what the 21st century fnayho d .

The past s reflected by a thoughtful and i luf i i iat irq essay by Ken B ess ey whohas taken the trouble to note down hls memorrs ofthe School i l lH!mpsteadsone three generatons ago. The at.-st chapter of the history of the Schooheadmas te rs i s p rov ded by Joh r W iq ley and we a re g ra te fu tobo tho f themfo rt lre r contribution to the magazine.

The contrast between lfe ln the 1920s and 1930s, wher the fhythrr of the Schoowas urdoubtedly of a differert pace and emphasis or academ c success lesspronounced to that of the ate 1970s and 1980s, is strking and raakes arnteresting coLrrterpolnt to league tab es ard Oxbr dge entrance.

The present s the usua reports of soc a ard sport;ng activ t ies undeftaken bytheClLrb and the future is a report by N/ikr leans on the developrnent of theHaberdashers' Ha I wh ch wrs the basis of hls speech to the Annual D nrer in May.

As for the m lennium there s i t t le doubt that the natLrre of the Club schanging. With the possib e re ocation of the ground some t me ln t lre rext fewyears the actua requirements of home base vi I need to be analysed. As has beendemonstrated w th the East and West of Erq and dinners thrre is a need to takethe Assoc atior to the menrbers in the pfovinces.

The magazlne is an open fofum for any contrl lent or polnts of v ew that may arise.There must be many disparate views as to where the 0.H.A. should focus ir thecomirg decades. A m nority have ever suqgested that the Assoclat on should doaway w th the C ub House ard sport ng act vit ies and shou d simp y interact L\r l ththe School as the €ad organisatlon. To do th s wi I surely destroy many of theasting fr lerdshlps and companionshlps that have been forged in post school

years. The 0ld Haberdeshers'Association must retair ts jndependerce but at thesa r ie t ime adap t t o the va ry lng demards o f t he membersh ip o r t may we lwh l the r on the v ine .

0ld Haberdashers ' Associat ion Benevolent FundThis fund exists for the purpose of rendering f inancial rssistance not on y to 0ldBoys who may f ind themse ves ir necessjtous c rcumstarces but also to widowsor chidren or other dependents of Old Boy!-

An income of e300 - €400 a year s current y evai abie from the fund.

The Secretary wi I be !J ad to hear n conf dence of any e igible and necessitousperson that lre may be ab e to help.

Honorary Secretary: M.J. BOVINGTON Esq.1 Green Lan€, Croxley GreenRickmansworth, Herts. WD3 3HRTelephone: 01923 772443

Haberdashers ' Aske's Lodge No. 3362The Lodge, formed in 1909 is a'London Lodge meet rg in Stlames'sStreet, London.In 1998 hstory was r.ade as ihe Lodge met fur thr frst t ime at the Schoo inElstree. The occasion !,ras a very specia event as a new banner !\ras presented anddedlcated rt that meeting. There were some 50 rnembcfs rnd guests present tor,,, , i tress the cerernony. The Lodge thanks the Schoo for a owinq us to use thefacl i t ies and it s hoped that future meetifgs may also be hrld there.

The Lodge ho ds i ts forma meetlngs four t imes a ycar on a Saturday:rfternoon inF€bruary, Apr l , october and December A adles urcheof is a so he d at r LotrdonhoteL in lune or luly of each year.

Th s yerr we shal be once aqain break nl j new ground as \,re host the Federatlon ofSchool Lodges ir September. Thls very large assemb y of Lodges wi I be held at rheSchool and is a very prestig ous occasion.

The Haberdashers' Askes Lodge is open to a I o d boys over the age of 2i years,members ofstaff thelr felat lves, fr iends and othc6 connected with the Schoo . Thefees are modest and the nembers €njoy the companionship of people who supporttradlt onal va ues such as charity, ne ghbour iress and lnteqr ty. l f anyone wishesmore intormation they can contact thc secretary either at his horne address or atthe School at Elstree.

Honorary Secretary: D,E. Tremaine Esq.'l SunnyviewTingewick RoadBuckingham MKI I 1STTelephone: 01280 816805 (Home)

0' l81 266 1728 lwork)

The School ShopI t ls appafrntly genera ly not knowr that O.H.A.,0.H.R.F.C. and 0.H.C.C. |es areobtalnab e at the Schoo Shop. There are a so avai able a few 0.H.A. centenary t jesand sweaters.

The School Shop, The Haberdashers'Aske's School,Butterf ly Lane, Elstree, Herts. WD6 3AF

Enquiries to:

To All 0ld HaberdashersYou may have heard thrt I have accept€d your comm tteet invi tat lon to become theHonorary Reg strrr of the Associat lon. Fol lowinq the inimitable Nobb y Tanner isi fdeed a great chalenge and even \ \ , l th todays techro oglcal a ds I doubt thatanyone could match the vast knowedqe and network of contacts that Nobbydeveloped ovef the many years he served the Associat lon. I can but try th.rugh todo the job n any way sat lsfactor i ly I shal need a great dea of he p from you al l .There are many aspects to ray ro c as out ined by yo!r comm ttee - one of wh ch islo majntain c ose l lnks wlth the School. Havinq beef on the staff for just over 35y e a r s , t h i n k c a n f u l f i l t h a t . 0 n m y v s i t s t o E l s t r e e s l n c e m y a p p o n t r r r e n t , l h : r v ea ready rec€ived much he p and encourageraent l rom the Headmaster, Bursar, DougYeabs ey and al the off ce staff , for which .m immens€ y grateful .

N4eet ing a qood number of 0 d Boys ovrr lhe yea15, I have gaired the mpressionthat one of the th ngs valLred hiqh y through membelshlp of the Assoclat lon, ishaving current ne, i rs of the Schoo. At preselr t this comes mairy throLr!h thissplendid magaz ne, edi ted and produced annua ly by Simon Gelber. Ner 's of past andpresent members of staff is a so rece ved with i r terest but at the heart of i t a I s theopportunlty through the Assocj:r t on to ma ntr i f and renew frendships withcontemporaries.

I t seems to me that onc word ! \ rhich sums up my job as Req strar is CoNTACT andthir t is where I need your he p. l t is essent ia to keep records up to date and asaccurate as possib e, espec aly as we afe currert y workirg or a prcject to comblneour own database with the Schoo s. Please let r .e krow of any chanqe of:ddress,teephone nrmber (honre or busnest, f :x number, e-mai l address, and any othcrvi tal information which enables us to keep n touch r, ! i th you. l t wou d a so beinterest ing and useiul to have ir formation and n€r, \ 's of a more persoJral rature$rhich I $rolr d g adly pass on t{r Simon G€ ber shou d you so wish, fof ncLuslon nthe Persona Sect jon of the 0 d Boys' Notes le.g. b r ths, marr iages, news of yourprof€sslon, career achievernents, i f terrsts and act v t es [cul tura] ; rnd sport ingl etc.I t mlght be possible to crcate n the magi lz ine r sect ion ("Memory St ir '??l withnostalgic Lales and anecdotes (preferably truel) of events and prople dur nlJ yourI me at sclrool .

0n a more ser ioLrs eve, your co[nm tt€e ]s aware of the need to encourage formerpupi ls to joir the Assoc ir t on, especial y those from the more distant past who havenot had the ldvantage of subscr binq to mer.bersh p whi lst st i l l at school !s haver€ceft leavers. Ar€ you in touch $r l th anyonc who was at school wlth you but whois not a mernber? f so p ease encourage them to join. You yourself \ r l I know of ihemany th ngs the Associat lon offers, renewed contact wth the Schoo ardcontemporaries, th€ annua publ lcat ion of this substart iaL magazine plus the regulargatherings of 0 d Boys in part icular wa ks of i fe, decade and region:r l dlnners, aconsiderable n!mber of oth€r socia events and of coursr the i lour ishing sportsclubs. i t may be poss ble to deve op yet more socia , sport i rg and cu tural act iv i t iesi f the future. Let us knour your interests ard we $, i I see what can be done. l \ r i Ip a \ . o r l o ' L e . o - 1 l e e d r y ( . g g F . . , , 1 5 .

Soon I hope to have my ou,n e ma address but for the present please send a Icommunicatons ei ther to the School or to my home address. l f you wsh totelephone you wi l probab y l i rd i t easier to reach me at home but further hop€s arethat soon I shal have a coTner n the School Off ice w th a te ephor€ and answeringmachine. Either way, wi l do my best to respond rs quicky as possible. ookforrrard to hearing from you

A an Tay of

Alan and Svlvia MoBRls

Philp and ressa ALTEBN4AN'Ro. and Daphne BENGEGwef 3nd Ken BLESSLEY'Anne BLESSLEY

Pat CoOKrvllchael and olqt DICHLIANErc and Hdgd ESC0FFEYSimon GELBEF add Suc PRYKTBian an.l Corinne Go0Dl\4AN'

Johf PARKER rid Glests (31

David REID (Schoolj

Peter and Patf cia VACHER'Geoiifey and Brenda WHEArlohn W GLEY (School)

lam6 and fiosemary WIoZELLKeef WlL50N ls.hoo llohn and Hi ary WH LIIEN BURY'lere y and l {belGoULDING

Friday.October 2nd, 1998 -The Club House, Borehamwood.

There s somethlng about the combinatior of Wine and Cheese which seems to bequite unbeatabe as far as Old Haberdashers are concerned and once again, aqood y cross-sect on of 0.H.A. membefs and thelr partne|S were pfesent at theClub l- louse to enjoy another selectlon of f ire wines and mouth watering cheeses.

oL]l Presidert, Alan [\4orris and hs wife Sylvia, were on hand to greet thoseattenal rg-!swereVlce-PresidentAlar Newton and hiswife Pat. lr al therewereover forty enthusiastic inbibers ready to sample the wines carefu lY select€d byS lmon Ge lb€ f and the marve l l oL l s a r ray o f cheeses , u , i t h su i tab leaccornpaniments, prepared for us by l \4el and Pau ine.

We were de ighted to we corl le leremy and sobe Gou d ng, who broke theirjourney to be wlth us. In add t ion, L!e were especial ly pleased to see Karen Wi son,Davld Re d ard iohn W g ey from the School staff, toq€ther with Alan Tay or' ournew BegistraL lt was good to observe that they a I seerned to be enjoyinqth€mselves am d the new y re furblshed splendours of the Club House and wehope that they ard their Staff co leagues rr Ll continue to support our 0-H Afunctions.

In a departure from our usua routlne for th 5 event, Simon gave a short talk onthe wines wh ch he had chosen for us, cor.ment ng on thelr provenance andpasslng on sori€ of his extenslve knowledge about wlnes and their consumptionHls inslcle lnformation was much apprec ated by us al and we ful ly expect Simonto offer a slmllar talk when we meet next october for mole Wine and Cheese

As a remlnder ofas enloyed

Wh l te Bu rgundy

New Zealand

Red Rhone

AUStTa la

Austral la

Peter Vacher

good things past {and to come?), we reprirt the choice of $rlnes

l\,4ortaqny, Caves de BuxY 1996

Goldwater Chardonnay, lMarlborough 1993

St.loseph, Cave de Saint Des rat 1995

Penfolds Bln 2, Shiraz Mourvedre 1995

Bfown Brothefs Late Harvest N/luscat 1996

Saturday. october 17th, 1998 - Thaxted, Essex

We chose one of the populaf towns of Essex for our return to 0.H. East of Eng ancldinners - not Halstead, for Dunmow, but Thaxted_ This town les south of SaffronWalden, and was once knowr for l ts c oth, then, cutlery. The medieva appearanceof i ts ff teerth century Gu ldha I is showr in the picture, aird the garden aspectof Clarance House, where we d ned, is shown. The house s an example of 0ueenAnne architecture.

0id Habefdash€rs and their partners met at 7p.m. over drinks ard had no troubleraising the declbe level. We dlned we I, sefved by a loca caterer, lan Barnard. Anaburdarce of gifts were donated for a successful raff le - an ofental box forartef:cts, chocolates, wires and spir l ts. [ / ]r. Laurence Brodeflck former art masterand now fTee- ance, brought some of h s sculpture and spoke of his exhjbit onsn Lordor and the isle of Skye. He brought a prlnt of otters, which he offered to

the raff e.

The whole evening was acc aimed as a most convivla and happy occasion. Somehad prepared theif overnight stay ln Thaxted beforehand, an{j i t was my gooclfortune to be the guest of Jan ard Duncan l\4cLaren at thelf farmhouse in GreatSaniford.

Those who wou d wish another dlnner in a year or two suggestecl the even morehistoric and romantic location, Cambrldge. This caf be reached by ral lway, and bemore accessib e to many, includlng the sage of Cunobe ln.

0f ir terest were some of our frends who sent their apooqies - l \ , lL JohnDudderidge, N4r. Geoff Hickman, N/r. John Blackbufr, N/lr. Tony Beaumont, N4L Bi Ivan We€de, N4r. Ardfew Keenleyside, lvlr. Alex Buchanan, lvlr M ke Bovington, ]\ ,4r.Mike Davies and [/]r. Christopher St.John.

Aian E. N4orris

Prcsident: A A M6. S. [4oRRiS 155)

Guests: Mr €tl,46 L IRODERICK {Aft

M( ir M6. (. C|EYNEY (Archivist)Mr €t Mrs HOSIBIERG

[4r M. ANDREWs ( 50]r\4, ft i\46. G BICG f5€)[,1r €t l\4n. M. BROWN (59M, N. GRAY { 57}Mr it l,4E J. HAA5 { al)ML ft lflK n. IAKE|\4AN {611Mt tt N16. E. LA(ELAND {'58)Mr & M6. D. MCLAEEN {'s5)Mr tt l\46. A. NEI4TON {531l\4r C. 0GDEN ('561Mr tt llu. G. RAIP/ {'551The R& e stLsToN (60)ihe Rey A. SHFIMPION {'541N4r. €r 1"46 H. S[4|TH (',s7)M. €i [4r P SIEED (57)Mr & [,46.I.WALKER { 54]Mr tt NrlE D. WEBSTEF {'57)Mr tt M6. L WHITTENBURY (56)

rt{i.t?nt Aloh Montrmdhit t

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Presidenr: A.l. PHIPPS f68j

S. CHARLW0OD (Hals. Schoo ltl. DAVIEs [Nabs. sdrool)

H AHI/AD (93]

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B FOLEY {'98]S.D. FRIEND l'73 Decl5 H OELBER I73Jl,/l GREG0BI (H.1. Gu6t)] D.M. GRIFFLTH5I32JR.N. HABRIS I84)R.B ]AKEMAN ('68)D. MPADIA I91)A.H. KERSW LL f4r)R M K|PPS (5 'D. KENDAL (R-H. Gust)H.P. LANCAsIEF IglJJ5.A. LE\f' fso)D. NIADDoCKS (K M- 0!$rJK.E. MADDoC(S f4-tAE. t408B 5 l55JAG. NEWIIAN I81)A t\4. NEWT0N f53jP PENFoLD [K.8. Guest]

w. BUsSttL (92)D. sEcAL (A.W Guen)PC SN|ELLS (s2)F.fl SN'l TH ( 81)['].1 tAYLo8 f93l

Tuesday 27th October 1998 -Lords Cricket Ground

A wet and windy late october r iqht andthe historic sett ing of Lord's CricketGrou rd p layed hos t t o t he 0 ldHaberdashers ' C r cke t C lub annua ldtn ner.

Fo low lnq the success o f t he qodenjubilee dinner the previous year i t wasthe unanirnous cho ce to return thefe ln1998. For an h storic sett ing there can be none better rdded to which the foodand w ne are of exceptiona qual ty and va ue Lord's js an automatic choice . Asan addcd attraction the Pav lon is a rnuscum of cricket histofy and for thosenever havinq been ir the Lonq Roorn before there is the chance to tread wherethe mmortals have walked.

And so the noisy gathering ate their carapes and drank ther drinks in theCommlttee Roonr at the top of the Pavil ion relvlng the past season anddiscussing the prospects for the Ashes serles in Austra ia.

Fol owlnq the f ne four course mea accompanied by nruch noise and la!ghter thePresident of the Cr cket Club Alar Phipps rose for the only formal speech of theeven ng. He began by mentjoring the playlng record of the C ub with the lst Xlf r ish ng a respectab c 7th in the Herts. League which was a most credltableeffort after thr tenm had been stor€ last after s x weeks of the season.

The 2 rd X l hadno t f : redsowe f l n i shng i n the reega ton zone and woud beplay rg r Divis on 3 n 1999. Thcy w€re som€ what unfortunate n that they werebadly affected by the poor ava lab I ty ir both teams at the start of the year.

Howevcr on the posit ivc slde Alan was p eased to report on the huge success ofthe Zlnbab!^re tour hed over the New Year where the Club had encounteredsome immensey shong rcprcscntativc sidcs including current Zimbabwe testnalch and onc day internat ona p ayers. But ihe twenty peop e who went on thetf lp r l l ! r€ver forget the sights and sounds of a wonderfu country where thewelcorae frora the hosts was ncvef anythinql ess than overwhe m ng.

The huqe contribution of NobblyTannrr to the Club ovrr f i f tyyears had been marked by thecornm ssioring of a trophy to bep ayed for on 0 d Boys' Daybetween the three Xls of theSchoo and the 0 d Boys. l t ls ahandsome trophy and a f i t t inqtTtoure,

Turn ng to the Club awards, A anmen t oned the ove ra l ldisappo nting batt ing ln 1998 butonce aga n the bow ng wasdominaled by the veteran Nlike

frorr r.ij(.ir, Chrm, fttr l?.he4 rlrdtf -/ol.&n6e r f f L i r h .d / i , d r r d r , o r

D nor kartrt Bt.rdrr r.Er trtt Ahnd Arol

Filer who had been njured forthe whole of the f irst half ofthe season but his return hadan inmed ia te i npac t and hadhelped the C ub s r ise up theleaque tab e to i ts successfufinal poslt on.

Continuing Alan was pleasedto make the award for theyounq payer of the year toAhad Afza for what had beena most encouraging srason culminatinq in his nraden century for the 2nd Xldurlng the tour f ixtufe against Upottery n August. t was hoped that he would

go from strength to strength.

lrM.n,born rd,5fii.rr, 8ob Lrodl

Flna y the Donaid Blessley Memof a Trophy whichs in the g ft of thc Pres dert of the Cf cket Clubwas to go to one of the unsung heroes of the C ub.Not to a lst Xl p aycr ror cvcn a reqular 2nd Xraember but to Someore who s always aval ab eto play, score and ever or occasions to umpire. Tosomeone who had capta red thr 3rd X for twoyears rrd who was incidentaly one of thc thrcebrave [or idiot icJ sou s who had bunqee juripedfrom the Victorla Fa ls bridge on the Zinbabwetour. The descfved a\,\rard went to Simor Le\

kar Bhsl?r nnlt t. sr,h t(r

With that Alair thankedeveryone for attending, hopedthat the rest of the eveningwou d be enjoyed by al andsat down to eave al thosepresen t con temp la te theforthcoming Ashes tour andan t l c pa te by how manymatches the Test series wouldbe wor l

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Alar E. filoFRIS (55)

Alan M. NEWI0N i'53)

Rogrr B. LYLE { 55)

P John EGAN [56]

m=rcff' w 7d,)

s nion BOYES (Srund i,4ster, Scieic)slepher D. CHARLWO0D {l,4aths, i/c

l emyW.R C0UIDING {HeadmAtef)hobelG0ULDlNCFrank H HANBRIoGE {EnglshlStuaft I4OOAE (Fei red)Ph ip H PARR {Ck$k' Chalfman ai

David FEID {Ecoiohicsl4r* LLoYD-W||L|AMS (F. Cc.F. Arny)

Karen F. \llLSoN (Scien€ €t C.C.F F.A.F)SteFhen WILSoN (Head ofJu.ior Scboll1Douglas.l. WHITTAKEF [Mdthemat]cs,C.C.t Nalyl

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Friday. 13th November 1998 - The Club House, Borehamwood

The second 0.H.A./Common Room Dinner took place at the Club House on13thNovember 1998. A respectab e muster assembled: thirteen fepresentatives fronlthe Common Room and twenty ofe from the o.H.A. t was interesting to notethat the guest ist paced fofmer Comr.on RooTn mernbers Keith Cheyney andAlan Tay or anrong the old Boys; these gert lerner have a foot in both camps soit is a moot poirt for the constitut iona ists but a happy i lustration of thatqrow ng support bet!,reen 0ld Boys and Staff that this happy occasion celebrated.

l,4el and Pauline worked thejf cu nary miraces and an excel ent mea wasenjoyed. After the sp erd d repast dinefs were entertained by sty ish and wittyspeeches fror. both Common Roonr and O.H.A. Dr Stuart Moore, for the School,speak irg as ar h storian, observed what a priv lege it was to encounter the " jvingh story" that the 0 d Boys represented (a sentimert that more sen or nemberspresent may have thought a tr f le two-ed9edll.

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Friday. 5th February 1999 -The Club House, Borehamwood

Th rty people accepted the President'sinvitat lon to attend the third successiveanniversary of this revived event.Regfettably Geoff Benge was struck downwi th b ronch t i s a t t he as t m inu te ,however 29 is st l l l a record.

Aan l\4orris welcomed the f l lembers tothe Club House who had started to gatherfrom 7.30p.m- and the company sat down to enjoy an excelent mealaccompanied by wines, fol low€d by lqueurs and coffee. Speeches were kept toar absolute nainimum but the Pr€s dent did draw our attention to some notab estatist ics. Rex Harris managirg once agaif to ' table' a fu I house of three sons.Douglas Cohen with his son N/ichael and grandson Robert who had just left theSchool became the f lrst ever three gereration/representatives to attend th."event. lohn Pafker's son Andfew could not nrake the tr p from Scot and so theChairman of the 0.H.R.F.C., lan IVlccarthy stood in as proxyl

A an part icularly welcomed f rst t lmers to the evenirg and hoped that apart fronlthe assembled company al l those who received irvltat ions this year could makeit next year pushing the nurabers even hlgher. l f you would I ke your name to beadded to the invitat ion ist please rlng Rodney B. Jak€man on 01 923 BS5t23. l t isnot essential for both part les to have attended the Schoo and you are prornisedan enjoyable evenlng as wel as beirg made very we come.

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Friday. 16th Apri l 1999 - Trul l ,Somerset

0ur second dinner was held in the verycentre of the reqion, at Tru I rearTaun ton , and th i s may havecontributed to the very grati fylngattendance which at forty-twoexceeded the stated capacity of thefestaurant by twol We werehonoured by the presence of not orly

nodney lakeman a.d GillianJohn Whitienbury and son, stephe.

Roberi and Vrfonica c6bblUmberleighllljchre Dae fauitof]lsry rnd Wefldy Field {Starcfos)loh. and Anqela Foster {Axmo!th)Stephei rnd \4ary Gruier (Yeov lGmham and [,,Tary ]on6 (Axmlmterllohn and Prmrla Knowles Browntsldmouth)Everett and Afrbra Lateland(Wer$me visitoE iofr Edqware)David Langmead and 1,4u. Raye

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Bob and 5hifty Milriqaf {PooLe)David and Ga odell {FalnouthlAlan aid liz Reeve (TruntonlR.qer and Maqg ie S imons

John andloyee 5late {Exmouth)leff afd Jan Warei {Trurc)

our Presidert and hls wife Sylvia, but the Vice-Pres dent, three past presidents,one former Headrnaster and two forfaer Schoo Captainsl We sat down to anexcel entmea after a very active pre-prandial aper t ive sessior dur n! which oldacq!airtarces were renewed and some new ones made. After dinner PresidentAlan gave us his assessment of the cufrent state of t lre Association and theExecutive Conrmittee's plans for the future.

t uras very encouraging to see a number of new West Country O.H.A. faces at thisenjoyabie occasion, p:rt icular y as r,\re missed sofae of our rnerabers who wou dnormally have been regarded as certaintes for this event, had not othercommitments prevented their attendarce. The presenc€ of our dist inguishedg!ests from other reg ofs of the Assoclation added considerab y to our erjoymertand they wi I knor! how welcone they were and how gratefu we are that theyrnade the effort of trave I ng to the West Country.

The Executive Comm ttee of the Assoc atior have decreed that ln future, regionaldirners wl I be held evefy second year, urhlch w I make ouf next assemb y n 2001.f ary W€st Country member has any representat ons to make or this point or any0ther comrnents or suggest ons, please contact

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Friday, 7th lMay, 1999 - The HonourableArti l lery Company

A l though the sp i r i t ua ho r .e o f t he 0 ldHab€rdashers' Annual Dinner lemalns at theHaberdashers' Hall i ts current tempolary verueof the Honourab e Art i lery Cornpany in FinsburySquare i s a h igh y su i tab e and a t t rac t i vea ternative. l t ls always a surprLse to walk. - ' o t g f t r e oa .e , d rd 5ee t t e \ d ( t o tee r o lav :10fields arnongst the off ice bulldings. The sight ofthe Terri toras settng out on ffan0euvles astrange cortfast to the hiqh rlse capitalsm thatsurr0unds rt,

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The l01st dlrner and the thlrd at the H.A.C., on Fflday 7th [\ ,4ay 1999 was a f ineevening with again excel ent food and wine and the Lonq Room a !reat sett ingand it was good to see some old facts who had been unable to aitend for a fe\,!years,

The €ven rg is a showcase for the old Boys, the School as wel as the Cornpanyand the chance for a bit of self-conqralulation durlng the speeches. Th s year thetriple toast to the Wo|shipful Company of Haberdashers, the School Governors'afd the School was proposed by the Vlce-President of the Assocaton' AanNewton who noted that there had been a presence in the City of London of thegreat twe ve Companies for the past 600 years The charitab e support of theCompany to al the schoo s was huge y important and the academlc ach evementof the E stree school was absolute y outstand nq

In response the N/aster of the Company, Drvld Inglefield also paid tr ibute to thewonderful scholastlc record of the School over the years and w th that he wasdel ghted to highlght the preserce of the two resting ard one seNingnea0maste15,

The School Captain, David Ha|t as is a ways the casc at this occasior gave theaudience an erudite summary of the Schoo 's events and achievements du ring theyears. Such e oquence now appears to be the trait of current Haberdashersl

Finaly Jeremy Gou ding, the headmaster during his sperch paid tr ibute to thethree recent y retired long standing members of staff-John Carlton, Ke ih Talbotand Derek 5wann. In part icular hls admiration of John Carlton,s abil i ty toorgan se ai l events, inc udirg that of a royal vis t on the back of an envelope, newno bounds.

As in the prev ous years leremy outl ired the ranqe of activ t ies that the Schoolhad once again been nvo ved n h ghlighting the winners of the Engl sh SchoolsPubllc Speaking competit on out of an entry of 500 and the outstandlnq seasonthat both Dean Wilsor and l inesh Amin had had for the crlcket 1st X in 1998with Dean scorlng more runs than any other schoo batsman in the country anclJ nesh taking the second h ghest number of wickets. The water po o tear. a sohad continuinq success and the Schoo team in the Physjcs 0lympiad had won t 2awaI0s.

I\4ore importantly thouqh was theSchool 's awareness of i tscommunity spir i t and the heart thatbeats within i t that makes it such avibrant irst i tut ion.

The toast to the old Haberdashers'Associat on was made by Mike Jeanswho prefaced his remarks by ett ingthose present know that he was anhonorary od boy bul on€ whopaid a subscript ion and as a guest atthe dirner had somewhat foo ish y

volunteered to talk a boutthe progress of the newHab€rdashers' Ha I and itwas a daunting task tofeate the history as heuras ln the presence of arex-headmasteT, ex-headof history and exPresident of theAssociation, Keith Dawsonwho was sure to te I him ifhe got the story wrong.

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t he Ha l was conpe tedthe Anfua Dinrer would return there and that the Company, School and theAssociation could work as a three way entity. He toasted the continu ng successof the old Boys'Association. [A ful l transcript of [ / l ike J€ans remarks regardingthe Habefdashe|S'Hall appears on page 22 in the maqazineJ.

In response the Pfesident, A an lvlorr is thanked l\ ,4 ke Jeans for his thoughts ardthe update on the Hal . In his speech he made special rnention of the work ofRoger Lyle and John Egan as secretary and treasuref of the o.H.A. who did somuch to ensure the contlnuirg success cf the Assoc at on. He welcomed al thosepresent to this the h ghpo nt of the year ard brief ly summarised the latestposit ion regarding the projected sa e of the ground and the cort inuing appeaagainst the loca authority decision.

Alar was also pleased to be able to we corne Alan Tay or who had aqreed to f l lthe posit on of registrar and wou d now have ar off ice at the Schoo .

With that the President thanked al those presert for attending the dinrer andr0pe0 €veryonewou d en joy therest of the eveningat t lr is prestlg ousoccasion.

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As you wil l see from this array of pictures by ourresident camera ace Kelvin Pke, our lunches for'ret ired' 0.H. invafiably attract a cons derab e array ofthe great and the good, not to say, the revered and thereadi y avallab e.

We've been rurning these lunches for six yturs rowand lt 's been our pleasure to attract many 0dHaberdashers to these events who might otherwiseonly vislt E stfee on rare occasiors. l t just goes to showhow far 0.H. wil l travel for !n exce lent, value-formoney lunch arnid the riqht kind of companyl As f toemphasse th i s , Ken Bessey o f ten l ons us f romChichester and our other 'reguars' include DavidCogqins who comes down from Cambridge, Johh Egarwho drives across from Colchester, John Gibson !^rho nips over from Chelmsforcland lohn Bustard who trave s up (via public trarsport) froin Croydon. l t 's also ourp leasu re to we lco rne occasona l ' speca 'gues ts a Id we g rea ty e r j oyed thespriqhtly presence in Apri l of John Dudderldge, who remains easly the mostenergetic 92 year-old that you're ever ikelytomeet.

Fof a I that, and howeverconviv a the occason, i t 'sthe quali ty of the unchesthemselves, usua ly preparedby Pau ine [and son]etimesby N4el which attracts themost consistent p audits. Weowe them (and their manyhe persl a considerab e voteof thanks. t was Eric Purcelwho had the i n i t a i dea fo rthe lunches six years agoandweverun the rneve rs rce l ra i sngause fu sum fo r 0 .N .A . f u rds a long the\ray whie thorouqhly enjoyirg ourselves ir easy-going fashior. Our numbersusual y run to 25 or more per sit t nq ard we meet s x or seven t irnes a yeaf.

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BackgroundIt,r!as the even n9 of 29th December 1940 wher the f ires started by the bombsln the City of London spread to Haberdashers' Hal on the Compary's hlstor c siter Sla nifg Lane. l t l \ ,as effectively dcstroyed, thoLrgh interest rg y the ron gatesr,\ 'h]ch provided security to the froft doors survivtd and have found the I way tothe Habefdashers School ln N4onnlouth \, ,rhere theY c!n st i bt seen on the walof the School.

After the \f lar thefe was ff endly competit lon bet$reen the Cofrpanies t lho hadost Ha ls to sce who cou d bc up and blr l ding f irst. Tlre Company !\ras not r ichand coud not jLrst pul out ts cheqLre book. But t teamtd up wth Lega! andGenera AssL[ance \]ho wefe g ven the lease of the s te n Sta ning Lane to bui dan off ce b ock, on cond t ion that on part of the s te a new Hal \/ou d bepfov ded for thr Conpany. That bu lding l, \ 'as ca led Garrard Horse and wil havtmemof es for rnany menbers of the Assoclatlon. The CompanY thus created a newholne for l tself whi e i t recovered ts f inanc a and other equ lbr ums after theW:r and got back to ts r l la I nterest ofsupport lng the Schools and the Chafit esfor which t stafds Trustee.

Ho!,rcvef, al off ce blocks have a f ln te conmtrcial I fe. Firms n the CitY now lookfor arge dea lnq f oofs !\r th a]ts of lnformaton Tcchnology, qLrick constructiofend smpe me in tenance . Lega and G tne ra l , as head essee , app roac led theHaberdashe5 Company to set or what terms they urou d be pernrit ted toredeve op Garfard House. The Colnpany, mindfu thet t feeded the nloney' wasnot averse to redeve opnlent b!t was not:]rxlous to set a new Ha I put up andknocked dowr every 40 yea s in the future. We therefore nagotlated that, for aprlce, the Company ,or d nrake the brave decis on to rer.ovt the Ha fronr i tshlstoric site - (but rctaln the ffeeholdl - and bu ld a Ha I e sewhere in the Cityof Lofdon that was free standln! and barr rg f i le f lood, accldent or war' cou dprovicJe a onq ternr home for the Company. This dec sior was made in 1996 TheCompary left the old Ha I ater that yeaf and set up tempolaly resdencc nBartholomev/ Closc whi e t started lts search lol a ne,r\r slte

The SiteA suitabk s te was found in an ancient and interestinq part of the C ty. 0pposltt5 t . Ba f thoomev !s Hosp l ta l and jus tsou th o fSmi th fe ld mea t r l l a r ke t nas t re t tca Led West Smlthf e d, was a turn of tht centurY e ght storey brick off lce blockca lecl \ ' !eddel House wh ch had bcen home and headquafters to the Vtsteyq roup . Beh ind tha t hy a l a rge s i t e r , ^ rhose ance f t t i t e i nc luded G feyhound lnniard and George Yard. That []as bought from the Specla Trustees of BartsHospital. The site had not changed hands slnce 1547 when it was granted byHenryV to Barts. Hospital after he had acqulred t n the Refornration

The s tr i tsel l was bigger than we needed fof the Ha I and after ong reqotiat ionr,\re successfu ly reached an aqreerl lent with a residtft ial developer to turnWeddel House from a defurct off ice block irto modeln apartraents wh st \ \rebuil t a Ha I beh nd that deve opmert. Hav ng bouqlrt the s te ard dec ded wherethe Hal was go ng to go, we now needed a desi!r to take the process further'

The DesignThe archltect selected to Lrndedake thekfown for the ne$r bui dinl i at Emanuel0pera House.

design was Sir IVl lchae Hopkins, welCo lege Cambr dqe and Glyndebourne

The deslgr is very simple. You wi I enter off West Smithfield through an entrancethat qoes urder Weddel House on ground f oor level and then step lnto an opencourtyard surfounded by colonnades bearing the new Ha land associated off iceson two f loor5 al l looking inwards to this courtyard and garden area. lr essen{:e, i twil be a secret open space in the middle of the City of London. As you stand atthe entrance of the courtyard, on your left :nd opposite wi L be the off lces of theClerk and Company Staff. 0n your I ght wil l be the entrairce to the Hal with anenclosed 0rangery that looks out over the garders, cloakrooms and the staircaseto the upper evel whefe most of the public rooms w I be. When you afr ive at thetop of the staircase - or i f t according to yolrr energy there wi I be a argereception ga lery on one side of the courtyard on the lst f loor and the CourtRoom, Committee and Lurcheon Rooms wll be accessible from that gallery. W thlarge w ndows looking over the courtyard, panel inq ard the royal portraits, tshou d be an impressive space. At the end of the reception ga lery and turningleft you wi I enter the Livery Ha I i tse f Thls again wi I have arge w ndowsoverook lnq the cou r t ya rd and w l l bepane led nc lud ing the p i t ched roo f . Fa tsfor the Master and Bead e wi I also be provided on the 1st f loor. Th€ fourth s dewil l prov de a disp ay area for the Company plate and treasures, a snra I ibrarywhere people nray work quietly, and a drawlng roorl l for use by Companymenbers.

The s ides o f t he Ha l bu i d i rg wh ich w i I ook l nwards i n to the ga rden w i l beo fbrick wlth a ead roof and, although it wi I be overshadowed by the residentlastories of Wedde House, l t wl be an attfactlve and prvate space with aninteresting design that ref ects a Compary whlch looks to i ts future as we I as tspast.

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The futureThe close and continued involvemert with a I the Haberdashers'schools is afimportant way of keep ng the Company face to face with reali ty and the future.When the new Hall is completed in 2001 or, perhaps more diplomaticaly,sometirne in the next I\ ,4l lenniurf, we hope that you wil l enloy the opportunityto hold your dinners there ard take prlde in your school, the old Haberdashers,Association ard their involvement with the Company.

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Mr. B.H. McGowan M.A.

B.H. MCGOWAN, 1973-1987Although Mr Mccowan told Skylark that "a headrnastef s not anautocrat u, th tota power" a headmasterand his staff often behaveas ifhe is. When an od headmaster leaves and a new head arrives mostteachers wart to get " n" with the ne!\r man. To do so some te I hln whatthey think he wants to hear, others idert i fy their own interests with thoseof the schoo , and advise him accordlngly. Confused by these court ers ahead, part icularly one coirf idert ir his own judgemeft ard f irm ln hsprinciples, can take dec sions which make or marr any pupil 's educationand any teachefs career.

Born in 1924, Mr. N4cGowan attended Kng Ed\\rafd Vl 's Schoo],B i rm ingham, where h i s zea l as schoo l cap ta in ea rned h lm the n i ckname"Nimrod" [the mighty huntef]. Between 1945 and ]946 he was with theRoyal Art i lery in ndia and Burma, and in 1947 took h s B.A. at JesusCollege, Cambridge. From 1949 he taught history and lat in at Kinq'sSchoo, Rochester, and in 1953 becrme head of History at Wrl aseyGrafl lmar Schoo . lr 1957 he was promoted to be headmaster of De AstonSchoo, N4afket Rasen, and ln 1964 moved on to be head of Solih! lSchoo l . F rom 1968 to '1970 he was a l so a r . e r .be r o f the Pub l i c SchoosCommission.

Thus when N4r. Mccowan left Sol hu I and arr ved at Habefdashers' n September1975 he had a werlth of experience at his disposa, but faced a pecullarlycomplex irst i tut lon. N4ost heads of department were younger men who had beenappointed by Dr Tay or and they r^rere s ow to accept his successor. 0rly two leftin Mr. N/ccowan's t ime, so he found it dlf f icult to exefcise his fu I authority overd€partments. l \4ost housenasters ard the head of lower schoo were of a s ightlyolder generation, but thcir posit ior had been eroded by Dai Bar inq, the forcefulSecond Master, who had qathered discip inary and pastora responsibi l i ty into hisown hands. Hefe I\4r. lvlccowan had more success: l i t t le by l t te he appointedyounger houser.asters, and when Dai Barl irg retired ln 1982 some of the Secondl\4aster's many duties were devo ved to the rew post of Head of Midd e School,which was intended to coordinate ard support the efforts of hard-pressed formteachers.

N4r. I \4ccowan enjoyed patronage. Clever Soihull old boys were apponted toteach engllsh, history, and rel gious studies. Ab e Jesus men were promoted to behead of careers, and of Lower and Middle School. At lelst three of his oth€rappoint€€s have eventua ly become headmasters themse ves, one at Adams'Grammar School - another Haberdashers' school - aga nst whlch the E streeSchool has competed at fugby sirce the highly successfu annual Fraser BirdRugby Vll Tournanrent was lnaugurated in 1974.

The Haberdashers'staff changed in character and style. Seventeen new teachersafrived at the same tlme as Mr. Mcco\,!an, and neither their ideas ror theirpeEona it les Viefe easily absorbed. David Scott, the charisraat c new chap air,alarmed sorne estab ished teachers but achieved dist lnctlon by wnning theSunday Times national poetfy competiton. The School lost a unique fund ofabil i ty and wisdom as men who had fought in the Second World War retlred"TEC" Carrington, Nck Clarke Lowes, Tomny Sanderson, Frank 5mith, and"Auntie" Wil att. The nurl lber of women teachefs in the maln school (one n 1973)s ow y rose.

The boys changed too. The cultural upheav:ls of theiete 1960s had run their course by the late 1970s:ong hair and oud music htd been asslm lated intoconventronal suburban l i fe. As l\ ,4rs. Thatcher ral iedthr Conservat ve Party ard led i t to vlctory in 1979r F , \ ^ . t l f o m d d . d i w ! r e o v e t d l p l e 0 o y 1 6 (

hard headed va lues o f Gran tha r . and F inch ley .Continu ty remained n the form of a deceptivelycirsua atttude to work, and the presence of manyboys o t ou ts tand ing academic ab i i t y . i t i s noco ncdence that the admlssions tutors of at leastiorr Oxford Col eges are 0 d Haberdashers.

Schoo drama, music and spoft f lourished morestrongy than ever before. l lnder Stephen W kns'direct on schoo p ays r iva led West End product onsln quali ty. After the lW. Tayor lvlusic School wasopcned n 1976 A la r Tayo r rap id l y ex tended hsnrusical repertoire, an achievenrent acknowledged in1982 when he was appo nted N4.8.E.. As head of PE.Dav id Dav ies coached the l s t .XV to 65 unbea tenmatches from october 1973 to December 1977, arecord which wi I sure y never be equal ed, et aloneovertaken.

N4r. McGowar gave his fu I support. Teachers feca I that he attended alnrost everyplay and concert, afd afterwards entertained convivialy and generously,enthusiastical y assisted by h s w fe Pat, in the serming y ever-open HeaalmastefsHouse. Old boys remember that ir Monday assembles he pnid close attentior tothe games announcerl lents and copied the fesu ts into his f ixture card. A rumberof rugby payers rerl l inlsce about his part jcipation in one of Doug yeabsley'sr.emorab e sports touTs to the Far East.

Amidst al l this activlty, I \ ,4r l \ ,4cGowan knew that the fourdatjon of Haberdashers,loca and natonal reputaton was its academc success. After the Girls'Schoonoved to E stree ir '1974 t ime-tab ed co operation was conf ned to sixth formGeneral Studies. When the abour governmert ended the cl irect grart system in1976 Haberdashers reverted to fu I indeperdence and the two schools ofganiscda lo nt appea whlch raised e420,000 to provide bursaries. In 198t Nilr. N4ccowanwelcomed the Consefvative government's Assistecl Places Scherne, and n thesame year Haberdashers'topped the only schools' eague table which existed atthat t ime, the one for exh btions and schoarships to oxford and CambridgeUniversit es.

l \ ,41 I\,4cGowan believed that one of the foundations of c0ntlnued academicsuccess was good administration and orgarisaton. He ssued a new prospectus_to attfact more applicants - ensured that feports were prif ted or both sides (toal low teachers to gve ful ler advicel, separated the 68 from the 64 parents'Evening {to the same effectl and put the master n charge of Genera Studies incharge of Subsidiary Subjects as well - to improve attendance. After appoint ngJohn Car eton to succeed Dai Bar ing as Second [,4aster N/]r. N4ccowan suppoftedJohns policy of clari fyinq the pattern of assemblles to reduce early morninqconfusion, and producirg a staff handbook to establish basic pfofessionafequirements and standards.

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N4r. [,4cGowan's years as headmaster co ncided with thosr of thranonyrnous donor's extraordlnary genefoslty to the Schoo. n1977 two squash cou r t s were ope red a rd n 1978 the i t t e -usedfives court was rep aced by a cl mbinq r,^rai part ly f inanced by eparent. Durinq '1979 the Sixth fornr Common Room w:s aquippedwith a cafrtef ia, and in 1980 Princess N4argaret opened the BatesD i r i ng Ha l {wh ich ended the p rac t i ce o f se rvng l unch n theHouse Rooms). The anonyrnous donor s qeferos ty cont nued ashe prov ded the resources for the Sime Preparatory Departrnertwhch the P r incess opened i r 1985 , a l l ow inq the fo rmer P rep .Block to be recorstr!rcted as the Deslgf Centre which wasopened by Sir N4onty Finn stof in 1984. The aronyr.ous doforalso made a major contribution to the Sports Centre, wh ch u/asopened n 1986 and named after Mr. l \4cGowan. Thus althoughthe boardinq house had succ!mbed to [Vlrs. Thatcher's recessionin 1983, Haberdashers'faci i t es had been grrat y enriched, to thebenef t of pupl s ?nd teachcrs a ike.

During 1985 l\4r. Mccowaf was Chairmar of the Headmasters'Corfrrence, a prestigious pos t ion wh ch nrarked the peak of hiscareer. Ear y in 1986 he announced that he had decided to fet redu r lng 1987 , and tha t he had nomina ted a fo rmer Habc rdashe15 'teacher to the new post of Head of Sxth Form. He had notadvert isrd in any way, so neither any othcr outsde ror anyserving Haberdashcrs'teachers had been ab e to app y. The latter\r/ere outraged. A I the staff 's frustrations and susplc ons fose tothe surface. Was it true that I\4r. l \4cGowan tnpe-recorded pr vateconve|sations hed n hs study? Why did he oppose te:cherrep resen ta t on on the gove rnng body? Why dd he wan t t ointroduce appraisa ? The lncident strainrd relatlons between 1,4r.N/ccowirn and his staff, reatjors wh ch had not been fu yr."stored when he rel ired in Juy 1987- With grim humour hepresented the Common Room w th a ne\"r Suqqestions Book arda bookmark in the shape of a daggrr, as he said "For stabblngpeop e in the back."

0ne suspects that N4r. N4cGowan was happier at l \4arket Rasen rthe 1950s and 1960s than at Haberdashers: n the 1970s and1980s, yet there s no doubt that h s comm tmeft and hard lrorkhad enabled Haberdashers not orly to survlve thrrateningpoli t ical and economic clrcurastances, but to eraerqe strongerand more successful than before. Those of us who remember himkro\r that he deserves our grati tude and thanks for that.

John Wig ley

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activlty, and one quitr peasaft consurneT is the compilat ion of 'a i fe story sor(yfor pe6onal irterest. Having embafked on th s, t is realy amazirg what m;morrescrn be dredg€d up of past days, rnore pefhaps than of more rece-nt t imes and rnrscertair y applies to the school years. Looking at the last l ist of members, j t wou oseem that th€re are on y about 20 of ny contemporarles, or even older 0.H., of thrbooks p lus pe rhaps a 100 o r so who coL r ld s t i l r e ia l l t hep re - t939scenean ;so thsmay not just fy inclusiof ir the Notes. However, having completed this section of- \ ' d L . o r . e d d L - ^ - o o g o o l - v ' . h a , e . o L , l o q L i t e a . c i . J l i r g . o , o l - p a . c , r )

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evef moTe so with our grandsons in the 90's. l t would be a bod fo foolhardy,prophet \ \ rho would attempt to p cture the educat iof scene in 2020.

So, here goes.

A brlef conrment on family i fe style in 1920. The War had ended 1 g r.onths betorebut, unl ike the immediate post-1945 years, I do not recall any serious ratiori |g orshurtaqes pr!,vided : job and money wefe ava lable. We l ived in West Hampstead,lusr 0rT N Ltne, J srm -Oetrched house, the on y one if a road of terrac€d houseswith four bedrooms afd qu te a ! lood garden. There were fo car owners and indeedhorse-drawn vehicles were a common factor in trrnsport coal, refuse, de ivcr cs,house-mov ng. Ofe jnterest ng (to me anyway) memory was of the road surfacecoveTed tr straw whrre a nelghbour was serious y j l l , to deaden the roise of the irofshod cart,, !heels, but this sympathetic practice soon d sappearecl.

IVly father had his business, a surveyor and estate agent, i f F nch ey Road, no car,but he and my mother had act v€ ives, especia ly in ihe summer months w th, foiexample tenn s and bowls at the Brond€sbury Club. No radio (wjreless) of course inthose days but most fami ies had an uprlght piano ard musical evenirgs, home and

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1\,ray urere frequeft in the w ntrr months r,!hrn honorary !unts and unc es, severa,efy ta ented wou d s ng, p ay or recite. Holidays were bucket and spade in August,I aces lkr Bognor, Broadsta rs and Hunstanlor, in borrding houses of a vary ngir:nd:rd.

Ji L!ne had splend d shopp n!J faci l tes,a trades represented, manydupllcated,50 ihere yras no ca for rny r.other to venture vrry far, poss bly once a month toCr ck ewood or Ki burn and or very r;rre occasions by 28 bus to Barkers Stores,Kcnsin!l ton H gh Street.

50 lhe gereral scenaTio r ras based on n very l im ted ocal area, not qu te asfcstr icted as Jane Austen but probab y a 2 mi le rad us would have covered 900/0 ofl fe years act v i t ies. Th ngs changed dramatcaly after orr f i rst car n 1924, asp erdid l915 2 i t re ta a, a tvro seater open coupi with dickey seat.

started r t Westbere Road n Apri 1920, aged 6, ard | $ra ked each r/ !ay even. o r n i r r g h o m e f o r a m d d a y m e a , a d a l y t o t a l o f a b o u i f o u r m l e s . N o t h o u q h t o fdanger the only problem the occas ona confrortat lon w th groups from the ocaco!nc lschoo through whose tef i i tory we had to pass, so that a fe, , \ ' of us wou drk up n a forra of convoy, We moved house nearer to the schoo i i 1925, f ive

nr nutes ! \ ra k less i f I ran, so often eft home as the f ive to nine bel wasI fq nq.0ne snag $ras the proximity of staff honres, e.g. Freddy Payne at the top ofihe rord, and every d nner hou r a quartet of N4essrs. Absom, 0l ver Pask and Kniqht, , , rould urander past on their tour round the block.

A mosteveryone,staff and boys, came or foot the ba ance, lessthan a i00 by bike.The catchrnent area was obv ous y outer north west Lordor, sorae came from as frrruray as St. A bans and furthest MetroLard bLrt everyone had the f i ra w! lk fromthe Edgware Road, Crlcklewood Lane or West Hampste?d and n those days,\ ' l rstbere Road ended at th€ Schoo so many carne through the f le ds on the f i rnrl rack and footpath from Crick ewood Lafe. Ca15 were !nheard of afd the f i rst staffovrfed 1,!as probaby Dogger Gibbs chair-drven GN n about 1922 with more' " . L F l t r o d e l . " l p p " ' J . e / , F " t . " e .

The day for the senior schoo started with a servlce n the hal at yrhich the esnrnI1, ' :s re: ld by a prefect. This vras, of course, l ras ca ly a Church of Enl jand schoo ithere were a f€w Rorl lar Catho cs and a s gnif icaft number ofJe$' ;sh boys who hadihe r own praye6, loir i rq the ma n assemb y for not lces reca three of four fromndia i r my 12 years but nobody from Afr ica or the West rdies.

n the eery days, there was no prescr ibed uniform, the of ly comrnon l tem a cap,r\r th metol brdge and house buttor afd th s l \ ras con]pu sory wear. Forma wearuas introduced about 1925 w th dark jackets or blaze15, Lor, \ 'er Schoo boyshadto$rear shofts, regardless of the r deve opmentl reca I red r jbbons or the ar[a onoccasons but this ! . ras to gjve a r , !arnlng that a sraal pox vacclnat lon had beendofe. 0re extraordlnary feature was the bov,/ ler hrt for prefects {and sub prefects?],perhaps also for lst XV on away matches. In school, prefects wore a b ack velvet capwith a gold tasse and rugby co olr6 had a s mi ar b ue cap with si ver tassel, wh chlseem to recal w€re worn with bazers for home garnes at Chase Lodge. Thesehonours caps were forr .al ly presented by the headnrlster at the end of morr rgassemb y.

| 1920, the teach ng staff cou d, wth a few except ions be divded into threegroups. First ly, those men , , \ rho for rersons of hea th, age or nat iona i ty had rotbeer r the Services during the 1914 18 war. These wou d have lnc uded f ive of theori ! , na Housemasters-Calvert , Hefde|s0n, [ ,4e,dows, Russe I and Strouts !obl nghad departrd e se,, \ rherel p us Webb (Art) , Paterson, Ash and Cruner. Then there $rere

the f ivr ady teachers, respons bk for the youngest boys the N4 sses B ggs, Cha efl ohnson , K nq and P lan t .

They were phased out by 1924, l ,4iss Biggs and lvlss Cha lef sett inq up Wrst$oft r lCrlcklewood Lare as an independent preparatory school. Fnaly, therr were th.service raen, sorae of them tak nl l up their f rst teach ng post, others resuming :|rntefrupted career, scvera with wounds and disab l ty. lrecrl anrotrgst these B unt,Glbbs Crossmrr, Rawns ey, Sma | .nd Sturgeon.

A re$r pattern gradually energed as the ad es lef l and the o der men retired to bcrep aced by postwar graduates, the f irst of vrhom (l th nkl was the memorable 'ottoPask with hls Zeii th rnotor blke and 'moderr ' dfess, fo lowed by othe6 | ke HurrcF uke and Keevil .

Support ng staff were minima a caretaker !,r i th roorns under the front entrancrlDesborou!h, gereral messenqef and lab asslstant; B encoyre, theoret ca ly agroundsmaf. A [aatron, N4 ss Cairns came ]ater, supervis ng the part t nre k tchrnand c ean ng staff, ! fd the so e adra n strator was the headrnastefs secrrtary, Vl issSharp who, n 1920 !", 'as fo owed by loan Pfdmore, a graduate who stayed unt1969 rlel after the rnove to Estree. These adles coped with a most a thepaperwork w th some back up frcm ndvidua staff and they wrrr a so responsib rfor th€ st: i ion.ry store. There was no sickbiy; f irst aid, such as i t was, prov ded byCooper in th s sarne store at a fair y basic leve.

Ailer the preparatory yea6 lhe da ly t metable sett led down to a baslc strLrctl tre olNlathenratlcs, Englsh, History Geogrrphy, Latin, Frerch, Gerrnan, ChemstryPhysics, Reigous lnstr lrct ion, Art, l \4us c ard l ,4anu!l lrainitrg. The it ter, unckfAdkins, was ln r quite we equ pped workshop and was restr icted to u,orking n$rood. The on y project cvcr corl lp eted was a toothbrlsh rack which fe apart onfrst usage. Bology $,as introducrd in the lrte'20s and Spansh, as ! 6th formsLrblect !bout 1930.

The exrmination programme was lnked to the LJriversity of London with GeneraCerti f icr le and lvlatr x match ng the current two t er system. A few rerl lainrd or fofa f inal year to st ar Int€r 8.A., but Oxbridge afd other un versity pa(es were ararity 3 or 4 at the most in the yrar.

An extraordinary innua ev€nt was I nked to lhe Vars ty Boat Race vrher ocrl sweetshops would sel l iqht and dark blue favours which wefe i must for the yourgerelement who, in the nid-morninq or lunch brcaks would f !ht oxford .v Crmbr dgebatt es for possess on of vantagc points such as steps. l t is r.ost unl ke y that anyof the cor.batarts had the remotest interest ir rowing of indeed any ldea of theocation of either ufivcrsity ard, with only newspaper coverage, probably nevefknew the result of the race.

Few stayed on to 18, l6 was the averaqe leav rg age usualy fof a career inbusiness, Lrade or lndustry. Those who dld stay wou d choose one ofthe profess ons,medicine, la$r, accourtancy or teaching, a l lmited number to the City, not many tothe chLrrch or the servlces. The contrast wth thr contemporary pattern was thealmost comp ete absence of any furthrr educaiiof betvreef school and e yrorkirgife.

The cadcl corps was not an 0.1C. or: C.C.l but af army unit some 350-400 strong,based on 5 nfantry companies, a sqnals sectlon ard a band. Membe6hip was, Ibc ieve, obligatory from 11 years or and durifg term l ime, one afternoon a wrekwas a located to Corps act vity.

, ! t were the 3rd Cadet Batta ion, theRoya Fusi l lers and, on one occasion,orovided a detachment in the Lord\ l :yor 's ShoW mafching with f ixedb a y o f c t s t h r o ! g h t h e C i t y a s t h eFuslers ! \ rere ent i t led to do. Gibt is,Sturgeon and Cooper ! \ rere theComprny Commanders, the atter lnch.rqc of the 1l year o d entrants, as u r p r i s i n g c h o i c e i n v i e w o fsrbsequent disc osures. Smal hrd lheS i g n a s a n d G r u n e r t h e B a n d . T h e C . 0 .v:rs the undersized Braine (ater theRev. l , not a very lmposing f igure,Norton second ir commard, Blunt theAdjutant and Desborough the R.S.M.

lJni lorm was based on the regular armyj peaked s€rvlce cap, jacket w th buttons topol sh and be t to b afco, breeches and puttees. The nfantry carf ed Lee Eff eldr l i les and I dec ded this { ,as too heavy a burden and so joined the band as a bug cr.Fel ow mus c ans were Tef iy A exander (bugle) Poppy B()wn (side drunr), A ar N co I(cynba s) and Jumbo Jackman ( lnevi tab y with the bass druml. He was clear lyse ected for h s size but he had sonre di f fcul ty n mairtaining a requ ar beat sooccasiona y we marched to a rumba rather than I mi i tary two step.

Thr ! . reekly act iv j ty for the t foops was conf ined to dr l l and open order exerciseswhist the band created a hel l ish din 'pract ls ng' n ! c lassroom. The bug e hls on yl ivt not€s blr t qL] i te a fe, , \ r of these were poory seected. Whist these pracLicesessons required i t i e effor l , the rub came with ihe anfua f eld days, hc d ei therof Hampstead Heath or in Rlchmond Park ard the band \ras required to pay forthe march from Westbere Road lo the Heath or, worse, to Brondesbury Stat ior !ndthcr up Richnond H I to the Park ard back. The f ie d day operatton fo lowed Itredi t iona pattrrn based on Boer War tact ics ard manuals.

T h e r e w a s a l s o a S u r i r n e r C a m p n J L t y r r d w e n t t o f v e o f t h e s e a t H u n s t a n t o na n d S w r n i g e . T h e s e w e r e u n d e r c a r v a s , e g h t t o a b e l t e n t a r d w i t h v e r y b a s i c' f !c l i t les'but we seemed to enjoy i t .

a s s e m b y i n t h e H a l a n d a nRevri l r sounded by the Corps

11am on 11th Novernber was observed with i fLrlappfoprlate serv ce end ng with thc Last Post andbu ! le rs n the ga l r r y . I r eca l l ook ingou to f the$, ndows at the tra ns, even raair Ine expressess topped a t a red s igna l a t 11am.

The Corps ceased to ex st w th the withdra!.ral ofGovcrnnrent fLnding in 1930 but a summer campcont nued. achieved the fank of Sergeant arclCert. A $rhich, to rny sLrrprise, proved to be ofvalue in promotion terrns when I jojned theranks n the lA.

n sport, thr bas c elements were footba | {soccer),crickrt, athletics and boxing, the p aying arer afive acre s oping pitch at the School. Some softba cricket was played or the adjacentBrondesbury ground. Probably with the nflLrenceof the new headmaster, [ /r Kemp {Clif ton), i id

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Stai ley Norton (Njcrcr! | t Taylorsl , the Schoot swrrcfed loruqby n 1922 ! fd add t on;r pi tches urere fented over thcwal orr the Homc of Rest for Ho6es y/ i th pfed ctrb e ! l roundc o n d i t o r s a n d h a z a r d s T h e c h a n ! . . o f c o d e w a s n o tl i re comed by a I Lhe staff concerned especia ly Freddy Payneurho was an ortstanrin! l p ayer for Cor nth:f C:rslra s,appearirg i f a ser es of soulJht af tef contempor!ry c !arettrcaT05.

A majo opportun ty for exparsiof r / :s m ss!-d by thrGovernors ! ihether by deiru t or ack of f inafce \r ' /hef D ckersFarm, to the crst of the School, carne on the market but," ! 'hatever tre reasof trey were oLttmanoeLrvred by lJ.C.5 l !ho

st I occlrpy these splend d f ie ds. So, the a ternat ve w:s the acqu si t ion of ChaseLodge, l t l i Hi n 1924. No coachcs were prov ded so the !rrek y sports day r .eaftpuir ic t rensp.rr t at f i rst by [4 d end tra ns fronr Cr ck er"r 'ood to l !4] I Hi l \ "r th ated oLrs , , , ra k to and f for. alof g Bunns L:fe. Subsequent y, $r th the opcf i f ! of thel \ iat ford by-Pass a pr vate bus srrv ce startrd, usu:/ y overcro!"rdecl and overalr !en,!rhich took us f fom Crick evrood Lane to the foot of page Street. There f las a so, ofc0urse, the s! \r nrf i rg poo sonrer\ ]hf t rndersized and concfete ned, fot veryaltr : rr t ve and pf0baby urhygeI ic but, n those days, an r fusua fc: t l r re at thjseve

Ind vidu: l masters \(rere i f charqr of Lhr var ous sl)orts n acld t ion to teach Iqclutres, coach fg and supervisirg, i lnd somc werc very capabk end ta ented playersthrr l lsc ves-Stur l leor ;rnd Knight n cr cket. yoLrd (after I9291 l l rugby !vhopfoducrd a narked improvenrrnt n the standard of play. Noborly I th;se eaf lyd a y s h : d a f y q u a i i c a t o f i n P F . , a n d g y m n a s t i c s r n d n r i m m n g w e r r , t a L g h t ' b yS c r g r i r n t H e a t r r c o n g e n i a a n d c o o u r f u l c r ! r : t c t e r \ / h o [ , : t s a s o a ! ] o o a l c u s t o m e rfof the Cf cklewood p!Lrs. He 'as succreded by very cl i f iereft persor; i t es-St. lohfand TLrrton who, be eve, a so tar ! lht !eogf:phy.

A r . i 0 d a y f i e ! u l a s p r o v d e d n t \ , r o s h l f t s f t h e d i n j i g h ! l s u p e . v s e c l b y p r e f e . t sl \ , r t h r b a s c u n c ] r n g i | ! u n r i t r a c t i v e b I o f f a f e , a t a c o s t o f I s h n g . L v n q s oneaT, ,L!aS a o,, l r td honre for a qU ck UrCh unt I my :st t \ \ 'o yeafs as a prcl .eat.N/ lasters srt on : r : ised d! s€nd prefects had a scpa :r te tab e, both gfoups provir ledur th a nruch beLter cho ce (at the samr pr cel , nr I $ras happy to stay. Such b atantdiscf rn nat of wou d no doubt be ufacccptab e todry. The i lJef inq sme ofc a b b a g e ! , r a t e r I s o n . - o f t h e f r s t f o o r c a s s r o o n s s a n a b i d n g r n e n r o r y .

D sc p ne was str ict and, n ! lenerf l , the Rules r , lere obseruecl: I caf recal no rea ydrarnrtcevents n my t r l le rrr th on y a handfu ot exp! s ol ls ! , r l ref fo exp an:t onNirs ava lablc. Punlshmrnt \ , ,as broad y t ! !o t ef : cofpora cir f lng of the backside rtheory io the raorr ser iols offences,:nd wri t ten Le lnes for esser cr lmes. I rerteTras fror| ]ever, the e was no c ear d vid nq I |e between the turo catel lajr es andnr scleraeanouTs such as no cap, t" , ' ron! coat peg, b ke not pad ocked usirgthefrortsta rs, detected at pfciect eve, qu te often resulted i f can ng.

rdeed my ast rxperence, as a Vth fornrer ?ged f i f t ren, co;t t peg l \ l lstcrs dea tonly, , ' i th the proven ser ous offrnccs and thry were r !re y lnvo vei nthecorpofaside, Howevcr, pfefects r , . lere a d f ferent rnatte end tr is js where misrse occurred.A le, , \ r of ny contemporary prefects had a srdist ic streak, apparei t y conrpet ing toc ock up the most beat ings and the : tmosphere n the some\, \rh: l t sorr l d cond t onsof thr prefects roonr \ /as ofter strai fed

In retrospect I doubt i f any ast ng h!rm !r ,as caLrsed e ther phys ca o. mentaa though I do eca at least three cases ir ny two ycars when parents cornpla feclto lhe headmaster \" , ' i th thrrat of ega acton.Corpora pun;shment ,r ' ras, of coursc,

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ar accepted factor n those days at a I eve s-a very d fferent s t lrai ior toc0nrernporary con ar I0ns,

BLrt there !\ras one serious incldent in the late'20s during a period of heavy sno!^rwhen inevitab y and right y there was much activ ty ln sno\r architrcture, sl des andsnoh,ba I f lqhts. Durirg ore of these batt es, out in the road, a we l-aimed missl ehit a cyc ng Bi I Crossman, apparent y no big dea exc€pt that i t contaired a largefl nt with potrntial y lethal consequences. As a r€su t, the headmaster informed thesen or assemb y fext day that, rn ess the culprit came forward there yrolt dbeaconprehersive can ng. Nobody confessed and so the 300 or so innocents werechastised by Houses, 50 by each master and, as some of these were not a I thatyoung ard certainly not cane f t , the ater reclpients were cornparative y fortunateof off target. The thrower (a Vth Former) was of couTse known to sev€ral of h scontrmporaries hrho, for whatev€r reason did not grass-he had insisted that he hadnot intended eny harm, r,!hich took some bellevng. He was ucky as expusion\"rould a nrost certain y have been the prn shment. He becarne a successfrl awyer.

Bu lying was quite commor { was lucky with an elder brother] but was apparent yrccep ted as a fac t o f i f e .The re \ \ , asspo radcs rnokng ,can ingbyamas te r i f caugh t ,very modest swearirg Jro obscen t es-and a general grorarce of the ' facts of i fe(bio ogy came rather at€). Within my knowledge, hor.osexua ity never surfaced!lthough there v,rere subsequent rurnours ard stor es, Incoff fmed, about a few ofthe ate staff afr iva s.

Socia highspot n r.y last two years was the Headmaster's nv tat on to the prefectsfor d nner and a theatre. We assemb ed at the Refectofy, colders Green and ateracross at the Hlppodrome. The Rev Kenrp was, i t seems af Edgar Wa ace fan forboth pays wefe his: The Frghtened Lady with Emlyn Wi iams afd 0n The Spot,Charles Laughton. The atter a rather unfortunate choice set n 1930s Chicago withg!ngsters and prostl tutes and, l 'or those days, somewhat explclt d alogue. Dlff icu tto reraernber who was moTe e[abarrassed, Mr Ken]p or the dozen streetwiseprelects.

n the 30s, the Governors managed to a locrte funds which, wth ocaauthority help provdrd a rumber of few build ngs the f ives courts, aseparate bock cor.prsng a f irst foor brary atiove the tuckshop ardsrnroury, replacing the former two storey b ke shed, and, more sigfi f icant y,t he sc ence b ock n 1931 , : l mos t mpress ve add t l on , we l aheado f i t s t ime .

Summlng up my jou r ra l , f nd i t d i f f cu l t t o i den t f y rea l y h jqh o r l owpo ln ts and , on the ho e , had an und is t i f gu i shed ca ree r un t l t he as t yea rr,(,hen, through the urplanned absence of competit iof I r, !as made schoocaptaif enjoyed because of status rnd some modest prlv leges, a few qamesir the lst XV ard notable House successes, especia ly being in the winn ngteam for the rugby shie d. I ook back or the teachlng staff as decent peop ewith sensibe att i tudes and lwoud sin!le out three exceptiona r.en-fordiffering reasons-Absom, Sturgeon ard Youd.

The ansl\rer to the query in the t i t le must be no' but the days were certa]n ynot unhappy. I think the most sign f icant legacy was the fr endships nrade,especial ly ln the closlng years, many cort nLred through the 0 H. clubs, butmany cut short by the 1939 45 w?r ard now only a handful suruiving.

n corclLrsion a f inafcal note; ir 1920, the fees for the senior schoo wereguineas per term and I th nk they may have gone up to ten guineas inperhaps a te I ng conrnrent or rationa condii iofs in those twelve years.

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Examinat ion Resul ts - ' i998

The'A' Level resuts of 1998 were as strong as we had hoped they would beindeed ihe perceftag€ of A grade passes {660/0J set a ner,^/ record. 880/0 A + Bgrades was a very h ea lthy resLrlt and compared favourably wlth the record of 9Ou,nA + B gradcs !,/hich had placed Haberdashers' at the top of the Dai y Trlegraphleaque table ir 1997. G.C.S.E. resu ts also held up wel in 1998 - 74010 A'+ Agrades s a f ine ach evemeft a though the numbef of A* and A grades al,\ 'ardedwas ? l i t t e lower than n t lre two previous yea15.

Such strong acadcrl l ic rcsu ts afe a f ine tr ibute fot only to the inte lectlralabi i tes end comrnitr l l€nt of the boys but also to the professiona ism anddedication of the teachlnq staiL

University EntranreFo owing the 37 Oxbridge p aces gained in 1998, we are de i!hted that 47 boyshave th s year rece ved offcrs of p aces at oxford (24) and Cambridge (23), thescp aces be n! dependent upon thc 1999 A' level resu ts.

A though we knol1, they cont ]rue to be of :nterest to many, oxbrldqe res!l ts arrbut a part of the picture of Lrnlvers ty appl cations ard successes regarded asimportant at Habcrd!shersl l t s a soLrrce of great satisfact on that the vastmajority of boys continue to be so successful n gainlng universlty places on vrrycompet t ive courses !t the most sought-after universit es in thc country.

Staff News

Retirements

Caroline WAKELYCaro ine had an early taste of He(fordshlre.Shr was educated at oueensuroodSchoo , Hali ie d, ard thef at Trin ty Co lege Dub in, where she obta ned her l \4.A.ir Erg ish, continulng her studjes at 0xford l lnivcfslty Depinnrent of Educat on.She taught Eng lsh at Edqbaston Hiqh School, Bir in rqham, ard then Eng ish,History and N4athemat cs in the Prrparatory Department of the City of LondorFreemers School. Wher she left teach rq to raise her four ch ldren, she f i l .-dthose spare hours with a wea th of voluntary [rork- She foundcd and ran theRad ett Ch ldrens' Book Group for ten years, served on ocal lbrary comm ttees,taught I the Sunday School at Aldenham Church and was both Guide rstfuctorand Bro!rnle Exarniner in the ocal Gulde Association. She returned to teach ngon a pat-t ime basis, ending her expert ise to he p many prlnrary schoo s choosetheir I brary stock. She camc to Haberdashers as a supp y teacher fof two termsand was asked to stay. Carol ne has lauqht History, Enqlsh and Ffench in thePrepara to ry Schoo snce 1988 . She has aso eno rmousy ena rged and en rchedthe Prep. Library, contin! ng the excel ent wofk started there by Janc Ga I more.

Her unf alg ng ererqy ard enthlsiasm have for a lorg t ime been an exanrple to. l n the Prep. Dept. She exudes a greirt ove for this school and hoids very dearts trad t ions and va ues- Her oyalty wi I in no way dimin sh as she leaves us andfuture generations of Haberdashers wi I st I be nspired by Cafo lne's imaginatiorrfd opln on, a beit fronr the depths of rural Rad ettL A ady of the higheststandards, she has al\rays wlshed above al to lnst I such standards in those shetaught, bel ev rg that the pursuit of exce lence in whatevef f e d, wil lead boysto app rec a te good o rde r l n a l t h ngs .5he rema ins pass iona te abou t read ing andthe use of the Eng ish anguagc and cannot stand sl ent y by i f she sees its goodpractce being eroded. Carol re's ove of i terature is apprrent even to those|rhose know edge of her ls sl ght - she ives and breathes t. The work she hasLlDnc to enlarge thr Prep. Lbrary cannot be measured. Hrr dellght in procuringfor the brary she ves the best n chi dren s I terature and the most attract vc andnformative of non f ict ion ls obv ous and rfectious.

No boy who has passed through P7 or P8 wi I have forgotten his f ield tr ip toPreston lvlontfofd. The riqours and re\,^rafds of th s week are indel b e. Carol ne hrsplayed a major part ir this tr lp for e even yea15 ard much of ts success s due tothe thoroughfess of l ts orqanisation.

Caroline has endeared herse f to nlany by her abi i ty to laugh at hrrse f. Sh€describ€s herself on some days as the Red 0ueen, always runn rg and runn ngard seen rg to stay ir the same p ace. 0r others she s the White 0ueen, untidy,' ' l F \ p . e d d ' d a i o - : 0 1 r l d a \ . . r e a a d . o g ' " 3 r o i . ^ o , L a a c F

afd cu ture, and she eaves a ho € s! l tably bal ista sized n the Prep. school.0ur very good w shes go lo her, and to Roger and their chi dren of whonr she isso proud.

Beryl MANSBRIDGEBery served as school brarian for four ard a ha f years. Very comnritted and upto date ln her professonelsm, she worked with self effac ng oyaty to f lrsurcthat the I brary was in the foreffont of progress. l t was a ways hrr prirne concernto be of rffect ve service to her readers. There may never have been a t ime whenthe thlrst for nformation has bcen gfcater when souTces ol iniofmat on havebeer nore rumerous ard be!\r ldering and Bery manaqed this situation !! t l ' rgreat abil ty making !ood feci i t rs ava lab e l \ 'hi e equ]pping boys and teachersw i th the sk l s necessa ry fo r t he i r p ropc r use . Shc w :s aso dcdca ted toencouraqirq boys to have advertufes of the imagination, to dscover rrwauthors, new ti t les, new styles of wrt in!J. Some two hundred boys can passth rouqh the l b ra ry i f a u rch hou r a rd the spec tack o f t h i s hve o f happyact vlty serves !s a true rd cat on of the r,velcorning and eff lc eft atmosphere ofthis central part of schoo fe.

We thank Bery for doing so much to make the schoo ibrary what i t s and forbelnq so p easant and he pflr to us al , afd we wish her and her husband[/ l ichael, a ong and happy retirement in thr Lakr D]str ct.

Leavers

iudith GRAHAMJud i th Grah !m leaves us to take up a pos t ! t lmmanue Co l ege l n Bushey . l ud l thca f fe to Haberdashers ' i n 1991 and qu i cky es tab l i shed he rse f as a f ! l ycommitted and effect ve teachcr of history. She has shown a I the qual t iesjudgemert and cmpathy as !,re i es scho arsh p of the accomplshed teachrr.Outsidr the c assroom, pupis and col eagues al ike have apprec ated her lvarrnand k indy manner . t i s poss ib l c ony to guess how many peop ie nea r and fa r ,have benefited from her ndustry and enthusiasm in the role of charit jes coordinator. The briqht ideas of youthf[r l zealots became successfL] eftrrprises as aresrlt of her prectica good sensc. She wll l b€ greaty mssed n the hlstorydcpartment and by many other mcnrbers of the school.

N4ichael EGAN and N,4ark WALLACEt s rare for haf the members of a departmeit to eave at the sar.e t imeespecialy when they so close y complement one another, and are so d ff icult torep ace.

I\,4 chael Eqan joined the Econornics Deparlmrnt fror. uf ivers ty in Septenrber1993 and soon estab ished h mse f es an a!thor tat ive classroor. teacher. Hebecanre lo nt master-in-charge of the Soccer 1st X, master-ln-chrrge of theCricket 2rd X and asslstaft r.rster-in-cherge of exanrinations. He was : sta wartof the nlein school skl hip.

After teaching 1'or ninr years in Blrm rghan, Mark Wa l ice lo red thcDepartmcnt in 1996 and quick y inrpressed us with his enthusiastic t€ach nq. Hetook joint charge of 0pen Day, cajo rd and gu dcd Yourg Enterpr se, founded thrModern lazz Gfoup and mede nnuraerab e cortr ibut ons to schoo music.

l \ ,4 chae eaves us to assume responsibi i ty for Schoo -Busiress Lla son at 0ueenE zabeth Co lege, Guernsey, where he wi enjoy the del ghts of a good c imatewithout the disadvantages of a foreign anguage.

[\4ark moves to take over the Econonlcs Departnlent at Latymer Upper SchooHammersmlth, frorn where he wi I be able to feach the musica riches of ceftralLondon witho!t usirq one of h s splendid cars.

We thank them for a I thcir hard work at Haberdashers' and wish them everysucce55 at their new schools.

Sports and Games

Rugbyt is good to feport a reviva ir the fortunes of the lst XV who won 8, drew 1 andlost 6 matches. The record does not ref ect how successfu the seasof might havebeer as four of these games r, lere ost by a margin of only three polnts. l t wasgood to see Harrow strugg ing, but hanqing on n the ast quarter. Fine wins werefecofded rgalnst Bedford N/loderf ard Berkhamsted. The half-term tour to DLtb ln

The U16 XVs had en ou ts tand n ! se :son r s d d th r U l3 a rdUl2 nluads The Ll l3 team sharcd thc lV ddlesri Cup wlthLordon Orstory after an ep c 7 7 d avr' | the f inal. TheMdd le Schoo sdes a re sma physca l y l r u t a l \ r e feco npet t ive aid irr f ! turr srasons wi rnatch the opposit onlf slze a lo$rs.

The tr"renty-f i f th Frasrr Bifd Sevens for the luLrrHiberdashers' Schoo s rN'as won by the nafro!,/cst of nrarg rsover l / loimouth Schoo. The l l l3 side \,! 'cnt on to w n the 5tto obtain the runrers up pfzc at War,",r ' lck in the rr!JionaTrlel lraph Nationa Prr parnLory Schoo s Tot ramert.

Three boys were se ected fof the Herts. U l7 s de.

yrrs a cLltrrral success but norc inpo(ant y enhitncrd tee rspir t ior the second hf f of tefm.

CrlcketThe l s t X l under th r c !p te ncv o f Dean'e raa ined rnbea ten aqa f s t o the r schooJhe s de \,/on l0 of ts 2l qames.

Grorl le's Sevens andsectlon of thc Da y

\ , \ l i son had an oL tst l lnding season andsides for thr second consec!t lve scason.

Dran !! sor and J nesh Anr n arc both protoqr:phed r ! ' ! lsden 1999 fo o!\ ' in!]thr r outst:ndin!J perforrnances. Dc:l lr r,ras thr hiqhest scor n!l schoolboybe tsn le r i n t h r coun t r y (1169 runs t t an ave raqe 0 f 77 .931 e | c I nesh thc secDndhighest schoo boy W cket t.ker (60 at 9 61).

J rno r sdes aso sho$ 'ed n rp rcss !e fo m w i th th r U14X h . r ! nq a ve ry q . rodseaso r cu m na t ng n Lhe , r i n r ng o f t he Her t s Coun ty Cup . l oe \ ' ! I l an rs o f t he11125 Scored t\, ! 'o f ir te ceft lrrs - e rarr fcit at ths evr. Thr ovefa strtstcs\ \ rcTc:

P l y F d 1 0 2 \rlo n 43 toa l22 A b a n d o n e c 3 ' l

A tota of nine p ay(rs ep esrrted thelr countles dur ng tha s!rmmer vacetioI

Thr lst Xl is p ann nl l to tolrr H0nq Kof! l Sing!pore [, la aysi: and Penff!t overthe V l enn i !m a h iqh l gh t b r l ng Nrw Year ' s Eve a t Thc RoVa l 5e a fqo f C ub i nK U a a L U I p U L

Association FootballThe l st Xl had a disappo nt ng s(ason iot he ped by early disrupt on thrcr qh badweather. The so e v ctofy vr:rs aqt nst Berkhamsted. Tre 2nd Xl osl once on y andthe v ctor rs ovef C ty of London and 5t Paui 's qave much satisfact on. The sqr ad,strengthened by a corpe of old boys ffor. ast scasof's teanr, had a mostenloyable touf to Paf s duf ng the Eastcr break.

HockeyMr Kevif Long has sett led wlth real erthusiasrn rto hs rolc as few master ncharge ot hockey. Keith Ta bot wil be p eased to read that the astroturf has beenfu I of budd ng ta ent at uncht mes.

ThelstX had a noderate seasor butlackecl a compcti |ve edge. The w n aqainstR.G.5. High Wycombe (3-2) and a superb wrekeni: l et the Bath Internationaflockey Fest val were rotab e successes.

The 2nd , 3 rd , U16 and U t5 X ls a I had success f ! l s rasons . The l l l 5 sc le p layedf uent hockey thro!qhout losing on y one game very nafTowly. t was p eas ng tonote thrt hockey s now ntroduced to the boys at secord form evel durin! thesecond ha l f o f t he Len t t e r r . . Ths i n fova to r w l ce r ta iny hc lp mprove theknow edle and ba i sk I s of al potentia lst Xl p ayers.

Ten n isThe ar!e number of lun or p ayefs at school ref ects the s!ccess of Brit sh p ayer5In the pas t yea r .0u r pe r t i c i p r ton n the Her t s . League gave me tch p leyexprrience to boys \^rho had not yet playecl ir N/l idland Bank matches. Theundefeated l l14 ard Ll13 teanrs are wel placed to compeie rext year in theNat ofa Schoo s' tennis tean competit on. Confirmation of depth of talent camcat th€ Pub ic Schoos tournament at Eton. A team of four, three of whorl l areeligib e l 'or the JLtnior pa rs tournarl lcnt next year, p ayed n the seniorcomprti t of ard reechrd the p ate quarter-f inals, beating sixth form competit on0r tne daY.

Sw immingThe nter school syr rnm ng pro!ramme has beef exprndei: l with the Schoo spart ic pation n the Herts. Panagraph c Sw nn ng Leiq!e. Three meet ngs havebeen a t tended w i th the th rce age q foups p rodL tc ing some exce l l en tperfofrnances.

In add t on, the School hosted an inv tat on ga a w th ouecr El zabeth!, Barnetard City oi London and competed jn the Divsion t0 relays. Both occasiorsprovided an exce ent eve of competit on. Nicho as Chua produced an exce lentperfofmance to f in sh third in his event at the Nat onel Championship n Jersey.

Life SavingThe club which r^re comes rl lembers frorn both E stree schoo s, continues to runto capacity, two-th fds of ts membershlp be ng boys. No fc\,,rer than f i f ty-eightawards have been achieved by the c ub members dur irg the year so far a f inerccord and a clear indicat on that I fesaving at school s a thriving act vity.

The boys !/ere awarded the dist irct ion awaral vrhlch is the highest award for pooli fesav nq and t lro also eerned the Life Support 3 wh ch is the h ghest award forfesusc ttton.

Cross CountryThe senior team has fu f i l led ts commitrnent to the strong tr:dlt ional f ixtures ofthe L€nt ternr but support f fom a number of r!nners has been, at best, erratic.There s urdoubtedly suff icient ta ent to re-estab ish the strenlj th of cross-country runnirg at school i f the runners in the f irst four years malntain the renthusiasm and support. John Beardsworth (3rd Yead represented Hertfordsh rein the Nat onals and the lunior team produced some superb performances in theLA.P.S. Championship and at the B€ mont relays. Alex Sto erman (2nd YearJ wonhe Hereward House r " i ! o r P " r i "men H i l

AthleticsIn what has been a busy term, many of the athletes have conslderably impfovedtheir best performances, result ing in team successes or nuraerous occasions. Thefirst meeting, the Dr Chaloners' Relay, brought no outright winners bLrt successwas to fol ow. The Ul6 tearn reached the Herts. League F nal as have the [J14team. The lJ 13/u 12 team finished second at Highgate and won our own meeting-A number of boys did part icularly well in the London LA.P.S. area chanp onsh p.

The senior ath etes won th€ Harrow A.C. Schools trophy and the Watford andD str ict U20 chanrp onshjp. Dan el N,' l i tche I came second in the Herts. County [J ] 7shot and Alex Wllson th rd in the d scus and this earned him a p ace in the Herts.team to corl lpete at the English Schoo s' Athletics Championships. The U l4 team,as a resu t of scoring the fourth highest po nts total rat onal y reached the f inalat Telford. They f inished a creditab e sixth, on y f ve points behind third place.

Clearly the prospects for future years look encouraging wth such a weath ofta ent in the jun or school.

BadmintonThe sport has become lrcreasingly popular and ths is reflected in theperforr.ances of al sides. The U18 and U15 teams wor the H€rts. AssociationTournaner t s and the U13 team came second . The U15 and l l 13 team qua i f edfo r t he fnas o f t he Eng lsh Schoo ls Tou rnamen t f n i sh lng 4 th and 1Othrespectively. The Comras brothers represented Hertfordshire in county matchesand R chard Comras was rvited to play r a prest q ous display match before theEngland - China Internationa match-

GolfThe f irst ev€r Gof Day at Adwickbury Park Golf Club, Harpenden was welsupported by a mixture ofstaff pupils parents and old Boys. The overa lwinnerwas Harold Couch [0.H.'54) who pipped the runner up or courtback, both playe|5havinq scored 4l stab eford points. l fyouwould ike to p ay ln this tournament,please obtain detais from I\,4r D. L Yeabsley at the School.

Water-Pololr compar 50n to the success of r€cent seasons, this has bern a qu et yerr for thec Lrb. The breedth of nterrsts of nary nrembers h:ls meant that a funtber r/ lrreinvolved in confl ct i irg act vit es nnd thus the s de was rare y at fu I strenqth.

Thele rfe encoufitg n! slgrs ln the performafce of the Ul4 team who reachedthe re!lona f f a of the Ff q sh Schools Ul4 Conrpetit on. The Ul 3 team, p ayif gn three ff erd y tournamerts, cnded undefeated and !rent onto the f ira s whefe

thry c!me third.

Conqratu atofs lo J!mes l\4cl,4ast€r who gained a place I the Eng and Jun orsquid. In add t ion to th s, six boys wert on 10 represeft th.. r respect ve corntr lcs.

0.H. NewsThe organ sat on of the Oxford -v- Cambridge gamc was undeftaken by GrahamFreerna f (0 .H . ' 951 (n rember o f t he C . rmbrdge squad) . The Ox fo rd squad wascaptairred by Matthew lr sh (0.H. 97) anrl a so irc Ides Laurrnce Smith (0.H. 96)

B f i dgeThis year has berr another successflt onr. The Schoo eftercd two teams nto thcLondor League. The A'team won their !Jroup. r the next round they beat sevenolher teerl ls and ! 'rent on to win the f inal a!ainst Cjty of Lofdon Schoo. The A'tean a so entered the Brit sh Schools Cup .fd f in shed r th rd p aae Specialcorgratulations to Stu.r l Har ng \\]ho pannercd lrne v Shah (0.H.) in the En!J ancl[]20 tcanr. Stuart Harlnq and lonathar N4ortoI urere elso r the Great Br taln Ll20squad (some achieventent as t lrey irre both on y 15).

Congratu ations a so to Gareth B rdsa I (0.H.) who fepresented Great Br tain in reU25 compe t t i on he ld a t L I e a fd has a i so been se lec ted fo r t he B r i t sh l un o rsquad for the European Championsh p ln 2000.

ChessThe Chess Club has efjoyed mixed fortunes ths year. Our early exit from reHrrts. Cup at the hands of 0.E. Barnet and f lrrther dsappoiitment with lastr. inute cafce etions made by the opposit ior were part iy compensated by ancxcel ent win over oca riva s l"4rrchaft Taylors' in the Tjmes Compet t ion. 0!ryolng tearn rre derving nruch benefit from thr good work of our coach [4rs.Panovka. Her uncht nre tulorinq s becomin!l vrfy popu ar.

The Arts

The departmcnt organised three major tr ps during the Autumn. Sixty boys urentto the Roya Academy to see the P casso and Chagal exhibit ion;this was fol or,^rei: lby a sma ler group visit ng the "l \4irror lmage" exhibiIof of pa ft i fg at the

together a splendid variety of two and three dimensiona work fof the 'Famll es4 'exh ib i t l on .

Nationa Galery. During half tefnr, thlrty-twoboys and foLrr staff went to Parls. Nufl lerousga ler es and other p aces of lnterest were vjsitedjncudlng the Louvre, thc d'0rsay, the City ofParis [\4useum of N4odern Art and the EiffeTower.

The party a so went to Giverny to see N4onet'shouse and ga rdens and spen t a de qh t fua f te rnoon d raw nq wa te r qa rdens and tha tfarnous green Japanese br dge.

In the Spr ng, l \ ,4r Anthony Sl nn gave a ectlrreo r l f e i ed1dwo , l o 'Sd \ad . Da r . \ ^om"u lexhiblt ions were held i f the Bourne Hall Foyer -ore by Herts. Visua Arts and the other by a Iconnec ted w i th the Schoo , wh ch b rough t

Debating and Public Speaking0re of the mary highllghts of the year was reachinqUnior Schoo s Competit ion in which Andrew Lewisp aced th rd fronr over three hundred schoo tearl ls.

Two further vists ore to the Tate and the other for f i f ty G.C.S.E. ard A' Levestudents to the outstanding co lect on of lmpress on st and post impressionistpa rt ings at the Courtau d were also h ghly successfu.

Classics

Trip to Rome and PompeiiForty-six boys and gir ls (from our slster schoo ) ard seven staff enloyed a sp end idbut hectlc seven days in l tay. The paces of interest they visited included theForum, the Serate House, the Temp e of Vesta, the Colosseum and the Vat can.0stia, the ancient port of Rome and the Circus N4aximus comp eted the f irst egand then the party moved on to Sorrento. The baths of Caracal a rnd theCatacombs were a prelude to an ncred b c traff lc jam (the IVl25 ooks empty ncomparson lon the jou rney toPonrpe i l and Nap les where some c l mbed Vesuv ius .The tr ip ended with a vlsit to Capr, the offshore island of the wodd's r ich andfamolrs. The whole tf ip was a wonderfu experience for a I who took part in somany act|v t |es.

the f inal of the Cambridgeand Nrlarc Lixenberg wefe

In the Rotary International "Youth Speaks" Competit lon our team of LaurenceKaman, Alex Befger and Rohan Unni were paced f irst. In the E.S.U. PublcSpeaking Competit ior Gldeor N4aller was awarded the 'outstand rg personalty'shie d for Hertfordshire.

The Senior Schoo Debrting Team ofAndrew Lews and James l\4ccory became

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the Eastern Area Chrmplons in the Englsh Speaklng Llnion Schools Competit on- the 'obscrver Nlace" ard went on to come second overal. The oriqinal entryhed l lecn over three hundred schoo s.

A team of boys eftrfed the tc ev sion qu z show "Fifteen to One" ancl in the f inalcmerqed i n second p lace f ro rn a r o r g ra e f t r yo f twoh !nd redqu : l i f yn ! teams .

Dra maStephen So fdhe im 's 'Compa fy 'was the 5 rn o r Schoo p lay fo r t he Au tumn Term.Stephen Wilkins direction (with Peter Devjs as Vlus ca D rectorl of a ivrly an.lhigh y complex musica eft ardieices spe bound by the sheer energy irncl scopeof thc product on.

The Lent term was bLrsy \, ! th t lvo ful scale prod!ctiofs within a f ve !\reek period.'Topaze' by l \4arce Pagfo was the l\4oderf Languaqes Departmeft,s f irst cverproducton in French. The prlrducton \!as a trufaph end was epprecjated bynany s i x th - fo f rae rs l r om reghbor r r i ng schoo ls as we l asoL rown T im Nor ton ' sstag ng m?de the actiof frnny and alear evcn lo thosr whose French was lvobblylTim Nortof 's second prodrction, Dylar Thomas' c assic 'Uidrr l \4 lk Wood', withorgrn mUs c written by Petcr Dlv s, was a huqr success, The cast of ty/enty sixl loys !fd gir s fron the th d and fourth forms brolrght to fe Thomas'afiay ofcomic and curlous charactefs.

Modern Languages

Exchanges and Visitsoffenburg. Fifty one boys and g r ls pert icipatecl n this yeafs exchrnqr to thcB ack Forest, fol ow ng the lune visit to Enqland of our German partrefs. They\l/eft to Offenburg in the f irst $'eek of the summer ho idays; beautfu wcathrrmade a I tr ips and outinls a qreat success. The r stay inc uded visits to Germary'slr iqhest waterfal a cuckoo c ock mLrseurn c lr l lb rg the ins de of Frieburq'sCathedral splre, a cha r I i t to thr highest peak jn the B ack Fofest, a g ass b ow ngfactory afd many olhrr plac€s of interest.

Work Experience. Fifteen sixth fonners had a week's work expefefcr noffenburq The p acrr.ents were r,! th banks, solcitors, hotels, a reg onalnewspaper a sports shop and in a school. lhe stud€fts afe found p scements butarc expected to arrange their owr tfeve and da y schcdu es,

Cordoba. Forty-one lun or boys spent i lme in Corcloba, Ancla ucia, Sev le andRonda P aces of interest vis led were Christopher Columbus' tonrb the marit memuseurl l and a gu ded tour around the footbal stad um in Ronda.

Sw mmifg, basketbr I, footbal ard f ne I\ 'eathrr madc the v sit to soUth.-rn Spaira memorab e o fe .

0bernai, Alsace. Ths is a ne\,/ exchenge and,tourteef s xth J'orm boys and qir ls accomprnied

spite of ice cold ! , reathertwo staff had a l rondcrFul

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t f p. The tra n journey by Eurost.r af d S.N C.F. to Stfasboufq was less tax ng thanexpectedl P aaesvslted rc udrd theslopesof theVosljes Comlift Europe and theEuropean Parlaraent n Strasbourg the Kronefbourg brewery afd Colraar.

Chamblrry. The sccond and th rd ycar cxchirnge organised in conlunctlor w thNofth London Col egiate Schoo had rn cxce lcnt l ime, nol east beca!se theywere gven such generous hospitalty by their host parefts. The week for thetwenty-e ght boys rc uded e m xture of events a tour of Charnbrry, a 'snow

day ' , a t r l p : c ross the Lac du Bourgc t , and n v i s t 10 a t rad i t l o ra l nu t -p ress i rgfactory produr ng wa nut and hazelnut oi . Vlr ook forward to the return v sit ofrn s excnange group.

N4 usic

There has been the norma busy pfoqramme of cofcrrts throughout the year. TheAuturar Concert was e sp erd d occasion off€rirg a r lch var ety of mLrs c. TheBrass Corcert t ! !o perforr.ances by the Aske Singers and the Schoo CarolService ln 5t A bars Abbey were the rna n features of the Auturl ln tcrm.

Thc Spring term offercd many nronrents of exceptiona qurlty I performanceand rnsemb e. The keyboard and secord orch€stfa concert was fo lowrd by thc[roodwifd and sw rgs concert n mid l \4arch. The argest event of the year wasthe comb ned School{ Concerl in the Barb can Concert Har I on 4th Nlarch. Theha \,!as tul . Thc muslc \,vas superb and the oveniding m€mory wi I be ofsheefhapp ness ard exuberarce whlch seerned so nfect ous frora the moment oneeFtered the foyer and was caught by br ght sourds and rhythms of jazz p aycdby the boys and g r s from the E stree schoo s.

Work Experience

Thc mcmbcrs of th s years f i f th fornrtheir chosen prospect ve cafeer areas,f irance with a corresponding dip lnadvert is ng/markct ng rema n popu irrTlre top four most popu aT aTeas are:-

a F lna rcea N4ed c fea Reta UAdvert lsing/Market nga N4ed a/Erterta nme nt

have aqain undeftaken work experience lnIt is interrst 19 to note a large swing tolaw N4edic;ne mcdla/cnterta rment aidn nr on!st our boys.

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As al!\rays offers of poss b e p acemefts for the cornifg year aTe raost !\re corar,lndeed a bettef response is essert i ir l to ma ntaln our current needs. l f you canoffer he p i l wou d be nr!r(h rpprec ated and you should contact Roger \ /ake y,the ndustrla Fel ow at schoo . Al 0ld Boys who prescnt y offcr urork expefiercepaccmcnts wl be coftncted dLrf rg the Autumn Term ln order to update oLrrpresent 0artaoase

C.C.F. Activities

The past year has been p!rt icularly exc t inq fof the C.C.F Last luly they went onthcir anrua crmp to Ce le Gerr.any its !uests of the Roya Rr!Jintent of Fusi lers.A groLrp oi 25 cadets and 5 off iccrs attended the camp ard were treated to anexcel ent pfo!ramr.e of Army activlt ies and visits. The tr ip was roundcd off ! ,r tha l ong d rve down to Bava r ia wher€ the cade ts were abe to take pa r t i n someseT ous mounta r u/a klng cyc ng and canoe nq ed by ouf own C.C.F staff. Theboys left a !Jood mpression of the Schoo and Corps and they are hopinq to makea retufi v sit in the not loo distart futufe, paft icu]arly as they ro\\ ' heve ]eremyLanrb (0.H. 93J stationed with the Fusi iers.

October saw them at Cr cholvcl n Wales narro$' ly rn ssing the f loods for theiraffua adveftufe traif lnq. The anrua dlnner $ras the usual successfu and happyoccrs on W th Cdr Aithlrny Hlghanr R.N. (0.H. 671 as the qrest of honoLrr Th syea r thcd i i i e rw i once aga in be hed a t the Roya l A i r Fo rce C lub i n p i ccad i l yon 25th Ju y lvhen the guest of honour ,, , , , i be l \4 chae Bukht (0.H. '59) who jsp robab iy be t te f k fow f as l l i chae Bar ry the te evs ion che f . N i l i chae l i sa rOdHaberdashrf and a fonner Sgt. l \4ajor of the Arnty sect of.

Thls ycaf sees the retiremcnt from thr C.C.F. of t t . Nick Holmes who has ed theRoya Navy section for a cors derable n!mber of years as we I as guid ng lhrboys through many muddy tracks on nrcuntain b kes. We waru d lke to take th soccas on to thank Nick for al his lrard work with the Corps. Lt. Tom Hardnlan l\r Ibe tak fg over as the head of the sect on and we look forward to h s eadership

Weu /oud i ke to conqra tu a te l \ 4e fkLoydWi I ams on h s p romot ion to l \ 4a jo rand Deputy Cof t in!ent Commander Also to Hay ey his \,", i fe, on the b fth of the rsec0r't0 s0|],

In March the b enn a nspect onwas he d ,,vhen the nspect ngoff icer v,as Lt. Co. R. A. WrteferNil. [4us. L.R.A.N4.R., the Pr rcipaDirector of N4usic oi t lre RoyaMarines. The day pfoved to be anexcel ent examp e of whirt oLrrcade ts cou l d do , p roduc ingd sp ays lrora a I three sect ons aswel as the hard foullht interservlce corapet t iors. The !\ ' innero i t he ove ra l compe t t i ons th i syear r,!as the R.A.E sectlor withthc Navy winn ng the Wheatley Tfophy for thc Assau t Course.

As we rcach the end of another acaderaic year, r\ ]c say goodbye to our senjorcadets, thank nq thenr for their slrpport and wlsh ng them wcl n the fLrtufe. Wea so ook fofi1/ard to our rew sen or N.C.O.s tak fq ovef efd io the 84 rew cedetslo in ng us .

Science and Technology

School Web-siteThis yeer has seen the developmert irnd laur(h of the Habs' ! ,reb site, Vels on l l lThe fedesigr trrfsformation and rout re malntenarce of oLrr \ \rcb s tc has bcci lr glgant c task afd the S.C.S. Interret Team has been very fortunate to have thes..rvices of Edward Potter (6BN43J and James Aron (5.43) without $rhose trchnicaknow-how and cye for dets I th s prolect would have been ir.nreasurab y esssuccess fu .

The u 'eb -s te i s i n tended to l n fo rm peopc bo th w th in and ou tsde ou rcommun ty of a ihe activ t ies at Haberdashers' n a manner s m lar to the Schoolprospertus, bLrt $/ i th the ndd t iona f cxibi i ty to up date nformation on ana niost week y basls.

At pfesent, the web-ste is dlvided into ten scctions, each concefned wlth ad ffefent aspect of l i fe at Hrberdashersl You car set off or a tour of the Schooland f nd ou t a l abou t the h i s to ry o f A de fham Houseen rou te . Soc ;e t i es ra rg fgfronr Archery to Young Entefprse are l isted. N4oreover, there s a corap ete runlo r 1 " , . - tF "m. .po t i l g . t L tF .

" . , \ e " . l epo ' r , o f re a F . a .a . -maroelrvres. Finaly, prowess in the Arts s celebrated n the new N4usic andD ra rna sections

The lveb site has a spcc a section devoted to the 0 d f laberdashers. We are tryinqto estab sh an irternet d rectofy rcludinq as nrany former st!derts as possibleand the re i s rsp rc ia ' r -ma l repys l p " - f o r t hose i r t e res ted to comp e te . A t t hetime of writ ng over 50 0 d Haberdashers have accepted th s inv tat on.

P ease te I your fr iends about the web site and let us know your views irs to howw€ nlght mpfovr upon what is a ready evai ablr

Brit ish 0lympladsn the Physics olymp ads Compet t ion twc ve boys have rece ved au/ards. Th s sprobab y a f rst and is cerla r ly a record for lhe School. In addit lon, one oi thetwo go d award winiers, Jereny Cha oner, has been selected to be a mrmbef ofthe team o f f i ve to rep resen t Grea t B r t a n n the f t e rna t0na l Physcso lymp iadI l taly ater th s summer.

In the Chemistry 0lympiads, Anoop Shah has been sekcted for the UntedK ngdom team to pa r t c pe t r i n t he n te rna t i o re Chem ca l 0 ymp iadComprti t ion. To have a physicist and a chenr st from thr sa nr school ln thelr l l .K.lntefnationa teams s a remarkable achievement.

Anoop Shah was also lnvitcd to lo n thc f\4athonrt ics 0 ympiad traln ng scssionin Cembr d!e, from which the lnternationa te!m rs se ected

International I \ lathematics Challengen a nat onal cornpetlt on ,,\ 'h ch makes mathemat ca demands []el beyond the

confines of the G.C.S.E. syl abus, f ive boys wer€ awarded cert i fcates of

d is t nc t on . S tua r t Ha r rq ' s ou ts tand inq ach evemcn t o f be ng p .ced top o f t heent fe rafk order of fourth ycnr app lcants won h m a p ace at the Nat on!Nlathematics Sunmer School at B rminqhanr Uflvrrs ty.

Model United Nalionsln thr Eastcr hol days, t ,o de eqrt ions !,rcnt to cornpetc n the ntcfnationaN4odel l ln ted Nrtlofs Cof[ercnce in D!b n. Over 800 de elates took prn fron]Europr afd North and Sorith Amcrcr. There,,!ere t l \ ,o trophies r lst ingr shedDelegation A!,Je ds, to be won and both r!ere wor by thr Haberdashers teanr This\(as regardrd es rn outstanding achievernent \\ ]h ch n the h Story of thecompet I on has fot beer rnaneged by any othrr schoo ,

Educa t i on i n En g inee r ingFour boys n the lower sixth !/on e Crest Go d Alrafd for the r project rxecutcdn conjuIct ion \\rth 5ir Robert N4cApine, rescarch ng rnore eFfrct ive r lays of

f ixin!J tol\ 'er crafes to their bases. The tcirm achieved the h ghest marks of a Itear.s \\ ,ho presented ther \,r 'ork at the Rutherford Appleton ]aboratories inOxford. So inpressed were fulcAlp nes th!t they havc econlmendcd that the wo.kprodrced by these four boys shou d go t0 Pota ns, the French marlfacturers ofIOUCT CraneS.

An Appca lThe Science Departnreit s try n!l to obtain a number of aptop computc15 486pfocrssofs oT better for use n 5ci. 'nce data oqq ng experinents. f afyone canhe p p easc wo! d they co|lact [4r D. . Ycrbs ey at sc]oo . Any help ,"!,or d brqratefu y rcceived.

0ld Haberdashers 'News

N4ark Llndgren (0.H. '94)

0n lst lvlerch 1999, during \rhat vras to be a wonderfu holiday jn Afric| Lrrforestart fg !\ork, fu]ark r,/as k ed I l l l lenda by anned Hutu rrtt ls from Rwa|da. He,,i/as t!i/cn ly-thfee yrars old

In a servicc oIThanksg v nq that f i e d St. Albans Abbry, ! ,rr , ,ve fe re m rdrd of a Ithat had made N4irrk i l very spec a person. l \4ark s schoo fr iends !n versityf r i cnds , q r f f end and s i s te r a r cmer .b f l ed thc oveo f i f e , l oven fpeopc ov rof Wolverhanpton \\! fdefers and happy smi c that \re had sref jn s!chabL fdance !,rhen lte ! i /as a pupi herr at Habcralashrrs:

[4ark ]o ned us n 1989 at the aqe of thlrteen fronr Beech!r,ood park prepirratorySchoo . Fronr lhr start he set h mse f very hiqh standards, both acadenr cal y endI cxlra-curricular stud es. He was ir studrnt !"r th a host of ta efts; herepresentrd the School n cricket rnd cross country as !,re I as p ay ng ru!by,tenn s, squesh, bidnr ftof hockey and chess for Ca verts.

l \{ark r"ras esprcialy pro!d of be ng one of the crickct te!m !\,hicr v/on thr L]16County Cup n 1992. Nilark a so p ayed the c ar net n orchrstrn r,rorks. 0nc ol. the

frst pieces he r.astered was "The Entertainef ' , so t was rostalgic to hear PeterEdwards p ay the p ece so wonderful y at the Thanksglving Service.

Fo low fg splendid G.C.s.E. resu ts, nc uding sever grade As, he wenl on toach rve A grades in h s A' eve slrblects Latir, Frerch and History. Hr especial lyenloyed the quizzes, d nner ard bal oon debates of the C rssics soc ety, butdcc ded to concentrate on rnodrrn larquages for h s deqree and secured a placeat Nott ngham lJniversity from whlch he obta ned an upper second in French andBusiness StLrdies.

Desplte al his ach evements and h s many skl l ls N4ark rerl la ned an unassunr ng.nd rnodest young man wlth a del ghtful y dry sense of humour. Gent eness wasol his very essence and he was a ways generous n his praise of others wh lstseekifg no g ory for himse f. Mark renenrbefed the I t t e nsiqnif lcant th ngsabout peop r that made them rra se that thry were irnport;rnt to hlm, and thushe ra sed the I own self esteem. Everyone who knew him enjoyed his company.

After the last edit on of News from E stree when we reported the sad death ofWif Newitt and Vvian Todhunter, we received the folowing etter of t fbutefrom Peter 0ppenhelmer 10.N.'561.

' ' was sad to read the death of two Cofl lmon Room 'characters' from the 1950s,bo th na thena tcbns : W l f Hev / t t and V lv rn Todhun te r (V i c to r 'was asobriquet'1.

"Their persona it es were very dlffefert. Wi f [ ,as a kind of dynamo cover ng theb ackboard with derlvatlons to the accompaniment of high speed verbal pattcr.He wore rubber f rger stal s to protect h s sk n from be nq worr, and suckedozenges to preserve his throat. He was a great enthus ast for Corps carnps, wherehc acted as f rst- ine-of defence med ca off icer. H s principle was that boys wereaff lcted at camp by on y two ai m€nts: bl isters and const pation. l f l t wasr't theone, t must be the other. This pr nc p e genera y worked pretty r,\ ]e , though dohave a vague memory, possibly lbe lous, of him dosinq up $r th laxative a boyr,!ho tLfned oL]t to be slffering fronr s nusit s.

'N4r. Todhunter was entirely different, ref lect ve and quietly versatle, ratherf amboyant. H s versati l i ty extended, appafert ly to dolrg The T mes cfosswordbefore the start of morn rg schoo , thouqh h s pup ls were fot aware of thls. Hewas, an amateuT lrgulst and larguage textbook l l ustrator. As a side actlvitywithin the Schoo he taught a group of us Russiar up to '0' leve ir our f inalyear(sl. I owe him a great personal debt for th s. l t h€ ped me to get on to theRussan In te fp fe tesh ip cou rse r myNa tona l Se rv i ce ( i n t he Roya l Navy l .0 reo fthe fr iends made on the course turned out to be the [half Russian] brother ofmy future w fe. N4oreover, slnce the col apse of Conmun sn ny krowledqe ofRussian has been a signif icart factor in my profess onal activlt ies, reinforc rg mywel-established ove of the language ard i ts cuture with frequent vists toMoscor,\ ' and other parts of the country' l

Ring of MysteryThr fol owlnq is an extract frorn a etter yrr i t ten by l \4 chae C. Go dirq (0.H. 50Jto Dr. an Jacques a f\4aths. teacher at schoo. Dr. lacques recent y movrd to theWatford area. Wh lst he p rg h s ne ghbour dig his gardcn, a go d r ing wasd scovered bearifg the Haberdashers' crest. The previoLrs owncrs of thene iqhbour5 ho !se had been the Go ld ng fam ly so , a rmed $ , i t h t h i s n lo r rna ton ,Dr. Jacques investgated further at school. N4 chae Go ding's ranrc lvasd scovcred a on! with a currenL addfess and so Dr.lacques wrote and expla nedtlre story to him. The folowlng is an extrrct of his reply:

'Thank you for your letter of tst Decrmber, vr 'h ch receivrd today and read w thncredu ity. What ar ncredib c set of c rcumstances to reach thls conclus onl

Ycs ndeed, the siqfet r nq to which you fefcr al icl belong to me, hav ng ost i t i fabout 1964. At the t ime ltholrght was !.rorkifg i f the back gardef and s;evedevery i ich of top soil , but to fo effect - now exp aifed by i t beifg found n thefront lJardcn viher€ | did fot think of look I g.

The r i ng was gven to rn r o i my 2 ts t b i r t hday , bu t t m igh t we l have bec rpurclrased lry my parefts in advance of that occasion. I was fatura ly very upsetat the t me, and kept mak rg excuscs to r.y parefts for f irhy I was fot weafifgit l For a wh le irf ter we moved to Scotland if 1965, I kept thinki ig/hopinq thaithe ne\\, owners ol the property rro! d f jnd i t and et me kno\,! but gave up thisfor ori hope rnany years aqo,

I wou d be nost gratefu rf you would et r l lc kno\,r ' the name ... so that I car writet0 thank \\,hoever t was in the fam]ly who found the f irg. you must have goneto sornc engths to ascerta n the owner of the r ng and tr:ck ne dowf sifce wemoved to Scot and 3:l yeafs ago and have had four chanqes of acldress, or did youc0nsu t the O.H.A. I st of members?

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0 ld Haberdashers ' Rugby C lub 1998 /99

President: Martin Baker Club Captain: Keith Davies

1998/99 was very much a "season of two halves" for OldHaberdashers - with a disastrous pre-Chr stmas spe I beingfol lowed by an excellent end to the season which ensuredtha t 0 d Haberdashers ' ma l r ta ined tne t r s ra rus nl_1erts./N4idd esex Division 1 for another season. l \{oreirnportant y the good f inal rur n, alorg w th the inf lux of a

number of new and returnlng payers anct theirnproved form of the secofd XV offersconsiderab e hope that the Club can Iook for\,^rardto better t mes in the com ng years.

lr hirdsight last year was always go r ' . tg to be astrugg e g ven the oss of a number of key playersof the pfevious seasor - inc udlng Paul Davies toWE es. Steve Larder end Dave Stock to fam ycor.mitments, both f irst choice centres to rr\rclass clubs and a talented bunch of "year-offers"to trniversity. Howrver, sucir probems werccompounded by the deep rooted prob ems whichhave aff l icted the C ub n recent seasons - namely

poor availabi i ty, a fa lure to traln and an aging playingmembership with the season aga n seeinq the ret rements ofa number ot sta warts includlng Charles, Griff ths and l\ ,4cNei. Such factors sawthe C ub slunrp to seven stralght eague defeats lnc udlng a 7o-point thrashingat H."mel Henrpstead and start the new year rooted to the bottom of the eaguiand look ng down the barrel at re eqation which could have cast doubt on

-the

very ex sterce of the c ub.

However, a successfu drlve to ensurc avallab l j ty for a serjes of targeted matchesensured that 1999 saw a dramatic turn around n the Club's fortunes _ with theC!b avoiding reegation as the last few weeks ofthe season prodLrced eaguewirs against Harringay, H.A.C. and old Hampton ans, a ast minute oss againsteague champions and B.U.S.A. champions lmper a N4edics, ard a wjn against theDutch Champions on tou r.

I \4oreover, the second half of the seasor saw a nur.ber of otheT pos t ive factorswhich provide hope that the Club may row have turned the corner. Fi|sty theClub has been buoyed by the returr of a number of 'star ' players to the Ciub, withthe preserce of Bannist€r, Yeabsley, L oyd, Liddle and Cameron, not orly providing

rn: nDi th? aH RFc. teogre vit ajrntr aB Hmrtnnian: r Mnrh tssg

:L an r f l r x o f ne ! . r t akn t b r t a l so ra i sng therorale and performance of the od rc!Lrla's.sec0nd ly , t r e C ub has a so bc re i t edrnorrnous y frora thc recrlr tnrent of a numlrerof new pleyerS Gul l ford, Bews, FenwrcK,Wood - \ ,r 'ho hrve added consideraby to theC ub bo th o r and o f f t he p i t ch Th i d l y , sp f t shave been raised by the st on! performerce ofthc sccond tea n $'h ch cerne close to a\ir rnifq srasor for the f irst t nre n a f!rmbeof yee15 - thafks ma nly to lhe wofdrrfurfforts of Patrick Huqhes irs rapta n !nd thestrofl l core of p ayers such as Corney, Ho!!Rryno ds \r lood, Sm th \r!r qht, A|!1.- andSavage. Fna y and most inrporteft ly, there' " . 1 . . Lce . o , ' p ' i - de .eou . ' .

terns ofthr Club's onger term fut!re ,,v th dt ! sk fo rce headed by ne ! , r Cha rman enl"4ccarthy nreanif! l th.t thr Club is f ina yac dfess ng thc p ob ems of recru traent andfinence ! i /hich havc alf lcted thr C ub n fecentyears rnost notably throrqh thr strrt ot :niore locussed carr tment campel! lr and thaappojntment oi: p, d adnr nistration off cef tolrelp vi th the day-to day runn nq oi lhe C ub.

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Such factofs have ensurecl that havc erded rl ly three yeer spe lasr.pta n n opt m stic r.ood rbout the C ub's f lr ture. \ ' \ lhist havrpresided over n tra!mat c period of thc C ub s history, the past threryears have brrn an efjoyabh expeficnc( and for th s | \ ,r 'ould lke tothe fkanumbero f nd v dL ra s who have ensu red tha t cvcn q i venN4aqlnus t imckcepirq - t has r been \\]orth\ahie. F rst ly, to thevarious committee rnrlnbers afd teanr off cia s who havr ass stednre in krrpinq the Club ! lo ng: inclIdinq Nlessfs. Baker. Egan,Newmar Gray, Sta!q but especia y Pat ick H!qhes (\rho ensuredthe su rvva o f t he A 'XVJ and Le r Rossney u rho was no t ony anexcel ent vice-c!pta n, brt also found t inre to win thc P ayer of thc Seasoiaward , rep res rn t C .1 .0 .B . and o rganse the exce l l e r t Sp r ing tn re sev . -nstournanent. Howevrf, r l ly trggcsl thanks goes to the Club's pnyers !,rthoutwhorn there !r 'ould be fo club, no fun and no becr afi prord to lst themanronlst my bcst fr rrds and wish them a I the vrry brst in the com ng yfnrLrnder lhe captalncy 0f lvl lchae Yeabs ey. Beura suerte

Ke th Davies

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1998 Season

President: Alan PhippsCaptain: Haroon Ahmad

1998 was a season wh lch w b rremembered as one n which the c ub wentb d c \ , " ^ r . r d . b e o F r b ( i 1 g d . , p o ' n a . d 0 l'pre-season' tour of Zimbabwe was a distanlme- o ' \ d rd w i l l r l e , 1a t qc i 1 cap " i l c )' o r

b l f - l e \ e r . : t - i i 1 F 0 c . a t o , . n e n e \beginnlng for the Club.

ln hindsight i t was a rather an nauspicious start as both sides strugglecl to f ie dadequat." y strong sides. The results spoke for themse ves. The lst Xa had playedfive weeks before stopp rg the rot of successive defeats and for that we werethankfu to the ra ns. The depths of despair were reached when t was notecl thata score of 120 was beyond us r those err y weeks.0ur bowl ng slmilary lackeda cu t t i r g edge w i th bo th Pau Eve6 f ied and M ikeF i e r unab e to p lay due tow0rk cor.m tments and injury respectively. Relegation sure y beckonecl.

No one could exact y pinpoint the reason for the turnarourd of our season. Sor-nenoted the return ofthe aforementiored bowlers.Others noted the increase nmorale l i f t ing the batsmans' confidefce. Brerdan Foley was the f rst persof to hlta league f i f ty we I into June. However r.ofe so thar anythjng the f i fd of theseason was Asfandyar Syed. His contribLtt ions w th both bat and ba I enabled thelst Xl to avold relegatior and winnifg 7 games on the trot we fnished acreditab € 7th in the league.

0ther rotab e cortr butiors to the season inclucled R ck Harris,s unfappab e sl pcatching, 0z Ali 's wafder ngs on the boundary, Brendan Foley's ALrssie banter, andSamiA l 's double qlaz ng sa es pitches.

0ur 2rd X was not so fortunate. Their season started n similar fashon butmrssed opportLrnlt ies in cf i t ical games left thcm having to win the last game ofthe season, p ayinq at home. The gfound was wet due to overnight ra n but althe players worked to render i t playab e. The opposit ion thought otherwise. Withno umpires to arbitrate, the opposit ior eft the qround. The m:tter was repoTtedto the eague who n the r ' i n f n i t e w isdom ' fendered the ga r .e as abandonedthus relegat ng the Seconds.

laking over the C ub captaircy from Ke th Davies felt ike taking over a poisonedcha ice as the number of k€y p ayers leaving, threatened the Div sior Two status

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of the Club. The cha lergeof recruit inq lst Xl p ayerswas a 0 tun t tng task .Nevertheless the cricketplayed in the latter half ofthe season was a mixture off la ir and deterrnlnation.

The Cl|b owes a great deaof grati tude to thePfesident, A an Phipps r^rhowas a constant soufce of

slrpport to both skippers throughout the season and whosendividua form eas ly kept h m in the First Eleven.

H s orqan satlon ski l ls were brought to play on President's Daywhich was the highliqht of the season. A S x-a-Side Tourranentoffrred healthy conrpetlt ion a ong with plenty of food ard drink.The result was a cose cortest between the 0.H.C.C.Six and thePresidert 's Slx. Bruta hitt ing by Brendan Foley and Alan Phippsensured that \r ictory for the Presidert 's r ien would be welldeserved. Despite his protests there are a falr few years left underthe President's be t-

The Devon tour was a thoroughly enjoyable affa r, despite the best efforts of 0zand Sami to wreck the accomraodatlon. The cr cket was competit ive ard the w nover Sdmouth capped a rather successful touf. l t was a faI cry from thesure tering heat of Harare but ref ected the tour Lrri ty achleved in Zimbabwe.

Amongst the players Sami Ali and Ahad Afzal scor ng centuries on touf were slgnsof ncreased maturlty in their batt ing. The atter picked up the l\ ,4ost lmprovedP ayer of the Year Award at our Annua Dinner hosted once agair at Lord's CricketGround .

Looking fofward the Cub faces mary challenges. Facli t ies need improvingespecla ly i f we are chasinq promoton to higher divislons. The league structuretself is golng to charge furdamentaly with the effergence of Premier andFeeder Divisons. A vert ica ly structured league s being discussed and may bebrought lnto play by the year 2000. The deve opment of youth within our sideshas ed to a great deal of promlse for the future. With the oss of Slmon Frierdand Keith Davjes to the {Jnited States on work secondments i t is hoped that theyounger p ayers l ike Chirag Patel and Al Afza wi l fu f i l the potential they haveshowed in the year.

My addit loral thanks to Vlce-Capt! in, W l iam FLrsse I who ended the year withan enviab e record as stand in skipper (played 4, won 4). Addlt iona ly, HowardLancast€r ard Deepak Kapadia d d a st r l ing job ooking after the 2nd Xl despitethe Friday evenirg requests from the l st X . As evef the stalwarts of the club AlanNewman, Simon Ge ber and John Gr ff i ths need to be thanked for the numerousthank ess tasks that they have had to do. A specla mentlon shou d go to SimonLevy who as the C ub Mar of the Year was an ever-present he per l \ ] l th runningthe 3rd X], scor ng on a number of occasions for the lst Xl and even umpiringwhen needed.

Last y I need to thank John Whittenbury, Geoff

tr.0HC.C. trxt 1ttt Drr!Drrtrre t!99

Whea , John Liddington and ColinHar rs fo r he lp ing ou t i nump i r i ng du t es fo r wh ichany addit iona he pers wou dbe very wr come. SpecialI n a n K S IO H a ryWhittenbury for steppingnto the shoes of Nobbly

Tarner and scorlng on a fewSatLrrdays.

Ha roon Ahfrad

Season 1998-99

President: lan Hal l I et Xl Captr in: J0hn Barron

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tenib c s tate of the p l tch at Croxda r Road, at t conlp ied to wirken the squad such thatthe cup rep ay u/as a nof- event and teams vrhon v/e had thrrshed beforc Chr s tmas weres f e a k i n q w i n s a g a i n s t u s a r g e y : r s a r e s u t o f a n n a b j t l t y t o p u t t h e b a l l i n t h e n e t .

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t a e i d e d i n s u n n y N l a y l 9 9 9 , t r a d t o r a y t h e r n o n l h i o f c u p f n a k , i r n d i i s s a f e t o s a y!r€ h:d more than ouf fa I shar€ Whoops and ho ers shouts of ' rome on you beaut es""yes' 3nd Li t t le, t .ke a blow greeted the f in: lvh ste that meant that the 2 2 dra!/.way at N{r vern w3s exact ly what the doctor had ordcred for the c imb up to the dlzzyhe ghts of the Arthurian Leaque Third Divis on. The result , hov/rver, bel i rd thc facl lhatthey hnd oulc asscd a pronot on chsl lenqer the ny e of play the cu rninat ion of a scasorLhat had seen th s team r jct better 3nd bettef. . . and better. Not on y that, the fesu i hadbirnlshed the bad t lste eft in the rnouths oi a side beaten in the cup f ina of y a few

Th€ cup fun was someth nq to beho d. l tcoudn1 have been any harder. tsterted atBfentwood with an easy 8 I w n. Next Cha(erhouse, Goda m ng whcre t did takc twotr ps to get that t e sorted but the ess said abriut thatthe bettef.

The lads h:rd the Lasle fof the cLrp ard i t s€ened no one cou d st i rnd n their way Thcdraw had not ookrd klnd y !pon us i rnd o d Cho mele ars at home ! ,rrs th€ next hu d e.Unlortunate y dLre to the quaqnrire of a p tch at Fotress Cfoxdale i t became an aw:ry t eI t PotLers Baf and the second divsion outf l t ! /cr€ lookirq favour trs. Eut they hadnlfeckoned of the rcw found devot lon of the Ltt le f : rmi ly to the 0.H. cause (Pat, St€vePiru and Vckyl and La n Edw:rrds. The unasslrrnlng eft beck, st ickabi l l ty comirg ort ofevery pore, hid qulte t€rel ly never scored before ln h s fe, but this stason siw himcorn€ cfash nq nto the goa scor fg chats. An earysoft e saw him dashing down the eftf rnk to de ver what was, an appir nq cross but, fortun:r tely an unbc cvab y I ukey shotKeeps h:rd no chance. 1 0. n a see-saw batt le the twosjLrst wou dn' t le down.

A 4-3 wln then and Foreste15 irw!y. AnoLher g ant k i l l lng i rct , mofe spect:rcu af mornents.As kck off oomed ony nine p ayers were there, ty inl j up boot aces that wefe i l readyt ied anyth ng to de ay the kick of l BLrt l0 men narted, l0 rnen weft one nl down 1lm r r r a e d a n d . s L l t t e r a n t o r r a r d s h s s t a f s t f u c k f a m i l y l k e M n f c o T : r d e l l i i n t h e l 9 S 2lvor ld Cup Flna havlnq roofed f fom '12 yards of the run they were back n i t . l t w3sfa fyta e stuff , la i f Edwrrds unleashed a str ike ihat w I nev€r be bettered from the edgeof Lhe box and the qrme was s; l fe. 3 2 What a v/ n.

Brlnq on the Lancing, youfe from dvsion two but we dont care. 7 2 seerns arimpfobrble scorel ine but be ieve nre, l 's t rue. However, the g:rme r/ l I be renembered forh"/o othef reasons.0ne a soo gor, L!rning Lhe defender inside oLrt unieashnq anunstoppab e shot, f rom 40 yrfds, by Li t t e and the fact that a mar, who l ivtd in the estateo " . l q t o t p L d r ' o . d d l e R o c d n e l , l . . L o l F d d e " . . | , e o ; o l - . . , nI d q d . \ . . r o n ^ b o ' q . D " l n o < F . - l i . l ' ' I I i n h r u s ' , " r , e a c . e dthey hrd brought oranges and watef, vr€ wefe n the fnal .

Cup Fnal Dav: Chgwel l 2nd Xl .v 0d Haberdashers'2nd X Coud thcy k one rnoregirnt? Alas ro. Largely due to ihe f :ct that Chlqwe lvere l i teral ly g ants:rnd won thcg:rrne 4 2. lhey \ !on beciruse rhey col ld jLrmp hiqhef th:rn us, they were ta er No i twirsn' t a qame of rugby. Two f l down af lcf fo! f nr nuies meant \ f /e wefe always cLimbinqa mountain. Li t t e danc nq nto the afea to wlf a pera ty buried by Cameron bfought usback ntothcgame. ts not so!f gfapes, the ben team didn' t w n. We were fantasl lc.Possess on wouldn' t t r i rns atc inlo goa s. But we enloyed the day, the cfowd was some sortof record sure y we had lnesmef we wrnt out orto the pi tch a iu ha i hour before theqane I t fain fq tops to ret!rn Io the changing foom to prepare for k ick off . Just ke thepfofess.na s do. The pl tch was superb t ! !as ' :n occas onl

But th s tean ls nrade of sterner stLrf f Thfee qames wefe eft to $ vage the season, i r fddd we s:r vagc. la in Edwards, nrt led two qoak, one a lan minut€ equal iser, rway atChlgwe to leave us with a job to do at N{a vern, and we d d i t .

As s:ry, heroes every one of thern. The most mportant being u:rrk Blrch. He was ourrudder, ste€r ing us fron one tr iLrmph to r fother picking !p Andy Evans toys 50petulaft ly thrown by lhe brght-eyed boy anto the pi tch evey qamr. Sone s:ry hcdeveloped a sp t peEon. i ty just so he'd have sorneone to argue w th when hes on his

So here s to next season irnd to an hlsLr ir ic lasl and the gfeatest team I ve p ay€d , ,v th,and I 've played with some teffble teans, the rol cal l of hrrotsi Mark Blrch, PeLeRob nson, lv lat t Srarahar, aln Edwafds, lames Bateson, Tony G!rms, Andy Evans, JohnDavies,5imor Davies, Wll Pethybridge, lv l ichae Pulfofd, Dicky Barlon, Stewy, Cameron,Aust l f lacobs, Guy Winnypenny, Tino, Tlrn Burles Duncan Bur es, Macker, Chr s C3Uin anda those who he ped

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Season1998 /99

President and Secretary:

Cap ta in :

l \ l ichael Beair a n

l\4ichacl Cohen6 Berkciey Close, Elstree, Herts. WD6 3t NTe lephone : 01 g1 -953 0067

The f irst Schoo qo f dey Was he d at Aldwickbury Park colf Club r AulJust laslyear. t wes attcnded by some 30 go fers made up oI boys, masters parrfts and0.H. efd was !|rof by ouf own Harold Couch urth 4l poifts and having thehonou r of be ng the f irst fanre to qo onto 'The E stree Trophy I Thls year's cverts benq h rd a t t he same venue on Wednesday l s t Sep temb€r a t 2 .00 pm.Anyofe wish ng to play shou d contact either mysclf or Andy W.ral on 01727760893 .

The Aut!mn N4retng at Gerrards Cross in octobel was wc]l attrfded ancl the\,r 'eather kept f inr for us once aga n.

The Presidents Bo\,r ' for f fst place l\ 'ent to R. N4rtthew with 34 poilrts w]th myse fn secofd p ace with 32 po nts.

S nce ast yeafs Notes on y took into eccount hall of our go f in!J calendar mustf i r s t t e I you the res l r t s fo f th r a t te rpa f to f th r l ggSscason .

The Lukc Aqqfegate Trophy !!as lvon by thc Vice-President A an Newtof w th atotal ol 59 po nts be ng lhe sum of the Sur.mer and Autumn N4eetlngs.

1999 Scason

orly l0 nrembers but the r l latch watsoncc aqa f he ld aga i r s t t he Ho lyBush Pub and the 0.H. won this oncea ga l n .

The 0.H trophles rvere wor bymysrlf with 38 po nts and l\4ichaeBeaman in secofd plece with 32points.

0u r annLra f x tu re aga f s tHunstaftor was once argain enjoycdby a those who attended and ouftha fks 9o to Edd e Hyams fo rnak ng us al so welcorae.

0Lrr proraise for our regular N4oorPark fxtufcs was not naintainedfrom last year. We cane th fd in thet r s t ma tch aqa ins t 0d M i l h l i a r safd 0ld Lyoriafs ard yrere beaten4 0 by a team made up o f boys andmasters in the School match.

T l . S o r , o \ 4 F . r . 9 " l " r p e r o - " 6 g " ' ; . . 6 1 , Liddin!ton was attended by

!ry.riir n p,rifJrrrrj /..rtrr 1

Having donated a cup to mark my two years as captain for the second tf angularma tch aqa i r s t 0d Merchan t Tayo rs and U .C .S . 0d Boys we were once aqa lnre egated irto third place but rot before we had engraved our name on thetrophy for the year 1998.

In July we he d our Surnmer l \ ,4eetirg ard dinner at Hendon Go f Club. Numbersover the years have stead ly increased and I hope to see many of you next yearat this f ixture which is a ways most enjoyable.

The Ryman Cup was wor by Col r Harrs with 39 after tying with your captainbut was decided or "countback" over the last t holes.

0nce again I must thark al the match mafagers for arranglng the variousfixtures and meetings n such ar effcient manner.

The Society over the years has been held toqether by l \ ,4ichae Beaman ourPresident who has put ln so much t ime effort and ofganlsational skj l ls to keepthe Society going. He has declded to retire f inaly and js ln fact moving down toCornwa L We wou d always be very happy to see h m at our futufe f xtufes andhope he can at least attend one or two dur ng the year. Thank you once againtvl ichael.

0ur ast out ng of the season s our Autumn lvleetirg which is or 'rce aqa r beinqheld at Gerfafds Cross on Friday 15th october. For further deta ls please contactme at the above address.

N/l ichael Cohen

President Alan E. MORRISVice-President Dr. E. H. (Charl iel A[,4STEINCaptain Charl ie FREEN4ANCaptain Small-bore John FREEMANTreasurer Barry CAIRNSSerretary Peter WINNEY

19A Kensington Gardens, Bath BAI 6LHTe lephone : 01225 33941 7

Target f i f le shooting is a sport that rewards qui e ard exper ence and not Iuststrength ind enthusiasm The 0d Haberdashers'Rife Club [O.H.R.C.] refects ihisr,\ , ] th a membership that spreads across several generations. There is a so a varietyof abi i t ies from oueen's Prize corterders to once a year sl looters.

The maif activity of the 0.H.R.C. is fu lbore shooting at B sley fronr N4arch tooctober Four pri lct ice sessions are also oper to guests. Fxper enced merabersprovide coachifg { jn part icu ar for the strefgth and directlon of the windJ and th ss also p€rmitted in competit lors. o.H.R.C. enters the Lordon ft Mddesex Rif leAssociat or League- The A team did less wel than last year (when it was secondto N/lanydown) butthe B'tetsm nrainta ned its third place n Div sion 3. H ghestscore ir the Dlvision if Round 2 wrs David W nn€y with 167.18.

At the t ime of ,, ,Jri t ing the fu ibore shooting season is just conrirg up to asignif cant event for 0.H.R.C.: the Ashburton Public Schools Vets. compet t on to beheld at spr. on Thursday l5th July. We have entered 3 teams consist ing of ChrisFtzpitr ick, Dick W nney Paula Ba l l ie-Hamiton, Alan N4orris, John Valentire, BobCati le, lar Lewis Peter Winrey, Jul lar Ful er, Nigel Cooper, N4jke W nney, GeoffStrange, lan Powel George Wirney and Afdrew Falconer. lohn Wjnfey s ike y tobe roped if for Register Keeper duties. There ls a practice organ sed at the ShortS beria range dur nq the day and a pub nea after the match.

Last ye:r the Vets. A'team came 8th of 56 teams and the comb ned three teamaggregate paced us 8th of the 13 schools that entered three Vets. teams. nadd t or or the Fr day the 0.H.R.C. represented Hertfordshire ir the annua AstorTrophy betweef 28 counties, beirg p aftd 8th, only 6 poirts behind the winrers.The team wrs Andy DaW Bruce W nney, Barry Cairns, Peter Redstone (over fromCanadal, Dick Winfey:nd Sylvia Morris.

The end of the season is marked by the Herts C ubs match in october. Th s s afr lendly occas on includjn!l lunch at the Cjty Club House.

A trag c oss has been the deaths durjng the past year of Petcr Stfafge and SimonEfglish. Both were keen shooters in a number of discipl ines: pistol, shotgun andsr.al bore r f e as we I as fu lbore, Simon also shot hunting r l f e. Both [,ere to benet at Vets. meet ngs and shot ir the L.[,4.R.A. eague, S mof requ arly and Peteron occasion.

Peter W nney

f e i / 3o i , r r . u i " q , r no . Lyjitr djfn ond rthrrq tft jot)

BIRTHS

FRIEND - 0n 29th Decrmber 1998, to Suz.rne, w fe of Simon D.A. Frjend (1971-78J, a son Joshua Barnaby, a brother for Njcho as ard 0 iver.

LEWIS - 0i 28th l ,4arch 1999, to N4arion wife of Peter R. Lewis (1979 86), a sonAnthony Char es, a brother fof Thomas.

LIDINGToN - 0n 18th November 1998, to Heather, uri fe of Peter G. Ld ngton11970-771 a son Henry Char es.

WHEAL- 0n l g th January 1999 , t o Eeanor w i fe o f Rober t l .Whea ( j 979 86 l ason Christopher lohn a brother for A exaicter.

MARRIAGES

DAVIES / CHARLESWoRTH - 0n t4th N4ay 1999 at N/tonkey tsland, Bray-onThanres, Keth c. Davies {1979 86) to Nil iss Fiora Charlesworth. ceorqe Hartley(0 .H .R .F .C . ) was thebenman a |d aso n a t tendance were Ken Dav ies (1949-561 ,Andy Evais (1979-86), and R chard Dowfes (1979-85).

HUGHES / BACKINSELL - 0n 2nd Nlay 1999 at St. Edmunct the Kjng, NorthwoodHi ls, Patrlck G. Fughes i1977-84) to I\4 ss Anna Eliz.beth Backinsel . Adrlan R.lN/larsh (1972-82J was best mar ard a so pfesent were Keith G. Davjes ( j979-86J,Robert Greene (0.H.R.FC.), Ed Savage (0.H.R.F.C.J Chris Shaw (0.H.R.F.C.1, lanesBews (0 H.R.FC.l and Stewart Smith (0.H.R.F.C.).

NEWI\,1AN / WILC0CK - 0n 1gth June 1999 at St. JohnJohrs , Wok lng , A lan G . Ne lvman (1970-g1 l t o A i so rKapadia (0.H.C.C.) w.rs an usher.

DIAMOND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

G00CH - 0n 30 th l u y 1938 , Dav id cooch (1923-30 ) t o

DEATHS

L.C. ( lack) BARRETT (191 6-23). 0n 27th January 1999Harvey H . BLoWFIELD {1932-37J .0n t s t Ju re 1999Wing Co . Dav id CHAMPIoN (1937-43J .0n 27 th June 1997S imon J . ENGLISH (195s r61 ) . Eady n 1999N ige l FULLER (1948-55 ) .0n 7 th Decenrbe r 1998A lexander HSIEH (1974-85 ) . I n AL rqun 1998A l f i ed E . K ing (1929136) .0 r 12 th May 1999Ph i l i p P LEHAIN {1966-73 ) .0n 30 th Sep tember t99BF. Ashe L INC0LN O.C . ( i 9 tg -2s ] .0n tg th Oc tobe f i 99BN,4a rk J . L INDGREN (1987-94 ) .0n l s t N4arch 1999George RICHARDSoN (1937-a7). 0n 4th Apri 1999Stan ley V . V INCENT [1917-23 ) .0 i t 4 th Oc to t re f j 998

the Baptist Church, St.Jane Wi cock. Deepak

l\4lss Barbara Robertson.

L.C. (Jack) BARRETT (r 916-23)Jack Barrett was one of three brothers (1.B. and E.R. now deceased) who wereeducated at Haberdashers between the years 1910 and 1926. At the t ime of hisdeath he was the joint 'senior' m€mber of the Association.

Upon leavirg the School, or the last day of the sumrner term in 1923 heimm€diately took up an appointment with Westminster Bank the fol lowinqN,4onday and served with the bank for 48 years apart from his servlce durlng theWar \ahen he joined the Royal Air Force becoming 0peratlon Rooms Contro ler atBowmore, Gibraltar and Lydda.

His invo venent with the then Haberdashers old Boys' Club was f rst ly with theembryonic 0.H. Rugby Club and he was probably the last person who played inthe f irst practice games in 1923 at what was then the Home of Rest for Horsesadjoining the School in West Han pstead.

Despite suffering fror. severe myopa he captained the 'B'XV between 1931-36and had a strong team as he was ab e to persuade several members of the 1st XVwho were givinq up the game for various reasons (marriage or old agelJ to playfor his slde for a few more years.

Jack was a very k€en crlcketer and joined Brondesbury C.C. directly after leavingSchool and was later rnade a l i fe mernbef and vice President after 50 yearsmembership. As a member of the NI.C.C. he was a frequert visitor to Lord's withhis wife Joan who was also a keen [/] idd esex supporter especial ly as thelr sonJohn had p ayed cricket as a colt at Brondesbury with a certain Mlke Gatt ing.

iack Barrett married loar ard they had three chi dren and s x grandchildfen. Hewas a regular suppofter of pre war socla events and less frequently atterly withhis last recorded attendanc€ being a pre-1940 leavers Dinner ln Apri l 1988.

To his widow Joan and the family the Assoclatlon would wish to send its heartfeltcon00tence5,

Harvey H. BLoWFIELD (i923-37)Died early in June less than two years aftef his brother Basi. He attended theSchool between 1932 and 1937 and dufing the Second World War served in theRoyal Gloucester Hussars with the rank of Captain.

Foilowing the War he maried Pat and they sett led in Bournemouth where theybought and ran a hotel which was always a welcoming place for guests to stay.

He was a r/ lember of Parkston€ Golf Club and Parkstore Yacht Club where he kepth s boat. An enthuslastlc sai ler Harvey was always keen to enter a I races butnever won as he was too good hearted and never took another yacht's wind0unng a race,

Readers may reca lthe annual 'needle'match between Harvey and brother Basllon the Norfolk Broads mertioned in last year's obituary of Basll .

Harvey's ashes were scattered from hs boaL ln the sea fo owing the funeraserv ce at A I Saints' Church, BrLrnksome P.lrk or 8th lune 1999. The mernbers ofthe Parkstone Yacht C Lrb sai ed past and each yacht p aced a rose on the water.

Wing Commandcr David D. CHAMPI0N (1936-461During h s t ne at the School Dav d Chirmp on was a r.ernber of Ca verts and wasappointed a srb-prefect as we las play ng for the r!qtby 3rd XV. He matriculatrdin 1942 .

During the War David w:s a 2nd Leltenant n the 2nd Battal ion the oueensRoya Reglment and wns transfeffed to India n August 1945 be fg stationed atthe Indian N,4 l tary Acadenry at Dchva Dun and rrce ving a comrll ission irFebruary 1946. After a sprl r Poora he latter y moved to Austrai ia and joincdthe Roya Austra iar Air Forar.

S imon i . ENGLISH (1955-561As a r lrember ol Russel 's hors€, S mon Engl sh s i f terests were tarwards cr cketand c ross co !n t r y and l vas a keen mrnb o f th€S .S .U . Leav inq n 1961 he tookLrp a career iJr mechan ca engineering.

He was an occasiona vistof to Borehamr,.]ood fof socia events ard was amember of thc 0.H. Rif e Club where he was a kccr shooter in a rumber ofdscip nes. Sinof shot regularly at vetcrans meetngs as wel as the L.l \4.R.A.lea!Jue.

Nigel A. FULLER (1947-55)Niqe was the outstand ng schoolboynear lhe top of thr brst sets andtln versity Colrgc London.

o f h s t lme - academica l y he was a wayseventLraly went oftLr read chemistry at

He was Schoo Capta n captain of rugby and crcket and house-captaln ofHendersors. Addit onal y he reprcsented the School at ath et cs and basketba l,\ !as I member of thr cho r, the science soclety the so(io og cal soc ety, thrgeogrephca soclety and the musa society. He was the holdcr oi the HaswelChaner s Black memoria pr ze for spoft and played rugby for both thc [4idd esexand N4l I H I Pub ic Schoo s XVs afd cf cket for the Hlrnsey Pubi c Schools X .

Nigel ! ,ras the th rd of fouf brothers, his f ir ther vr 'orking for the Bank oI Austr! iaend beconrlng a I ranc a adviser to the Austral ian govern ieft His occupationtook h m ard the rest ofthc fanr y to Austral a durjng the 1939 45 corf l ct andthis ls whefe Nl!e spent his eary ycars. 0n their return they setted n Kentonand N qel won a nrch sought aftef Foundation Scholarshlp to Haberd:shefsl Hlsyounger brother Adr an fo lowed hlm to the School and a so exce led as a scholaranrl sportsrna n.

After hs graduation from Uflversty Colege, Nige worked for the f"4ed calResearch Cou fc i a t l \ 4 lH i and a t t ha t t me me t and mar r ed Ann . He moved toScotlafd Yrrd in the forensic scence aboratory wher€ he became a prncpalscientlf ic off cer ard was considered to be ore of their very best bra ns. He $'as

r member of the B enrer Hasset corl lmittce which considered the suitabi i ty of'breath tests' to contro dr rk drivlng and he subsequertly p ayed a eadlng rolen the development of the breathal sef.

Add t ionaly he was sorl lething of ar expert in drugs and toxicology and !,ras amaster ln thc fvest gation of f res, shoemarks and toolmarks to farie but a few

His involvement with the 0 d Boys began wh le at schoo r,^rhen he staftecl play ngrugby. lrdeed he lvas a regu ar nrember of the lst XV duf n! the Easter tefn ofhis f na ycar. This l \ 'as in a t ime wher schoolboys wefe a owed to p ay sen orruqby afd Vihen the C ub f e ded srven sides a lveek on a regu ar basis. He was acerta nty to play srcord row with h s size and height but one can on y wonderw l th h s su rp r s lnq speed [h r sp r r t ed fo r t he Schoo ] ) and f i ne ba ha rd ingsk l l swha t mpac t he may have made a t cen t re o r a1 fu Iback . l n to ta he p ayed 421timcs for the lst XV and was c Lrb capta n n the 1967/68 season.

N gel was great company but ln trLrth a very privete person who appeared to havefew concerns other than whrre h s next pair oi 'outslze boots or shoes !!ou d befoundl He and Adrian were profic eft at cockney rhym ng back slarg - anextreme y d ff icult and bewilder ng form of corainun cat on. They were ofter'go n! for a kett e'an activity bafned byJohn Stagg before lstXVmatches.

Nigel 's unc es, Les ie aid David cooch (both 0.H.) inf uenced h m and his cous nGly Dexter to play cricket for Pnner where he opened the battrg and thebowl ng for mary seasons and was captein of the C ub !.rhen they !ron the N4ayorof f larrovr' 's knock oLrt cLrp ln 196:1.

He was thc perfect ' team p ayer' a ways f irst cho ce n his posit on, re able,skl led, tralning lrard and constart ly work rg for the side both on and off t lref ie d. A ways good hlrnrourrd, he was vast y popu ar !v th a fund of ready qulpsor pithy commefts.

Life, however, , ,es not qu te so dy lc as i t seenred. H s father had a series ofstrokes vrhlch cft h m permanenty disab ed and his son, Peter, was d agnosed ashavinq leukem a and after four years of treatment died aged six. Fufthermore h smuch oved b ro the r Ad r ian d ied t f aq i ca l y a f te r co aps ing on the fuqby f i edwhist payinq for the 0.H. lst XV at Borehamwood. Together with this hismerr a!e to Ann becamr untenab e and they srparated.

In 1988 he was forced to take ear y rct irement dLte to I hea th, but fortunate yby this t ime he had met his lorq term partner lenfy and they ived togetherforover tv/enty years.

Fo owing retirement he was a regular v sitor to the C ub Holrse, most y to clubfurctions, nc udifq the 200 Club for which he r,res doub y qua lf ed He remainedgoodcompanyand t ! , r as obv ous tha t he took g ren t p leasu re and m!ch p r i de nthe act vit es and ach ever.ents of hls two daughters-Ruth by his rnarr age toAnn and Joa r ra w i th l e f r y .

It was aftef a surprise vis t to see Ruth and Sam, h s 11 month o d grandson, thathe co lapsed and d ed in hospita two days ater Nlge's funera was held at Pinnef

Par i sh Church and was ex t reme ly we l l a t t ended nc lud ng many 0 ldHaberdashers.

Nigel was a gentle giant of a man. r l luch loved by al l who knew hinr. He wil beg reat y m ss€d.

Alexander HSIEH (1 974-85)Who lras died tragicaiy yoltrg at the age of 33 was one of two brothers whoattended the School.

Alexander was a meriber of Hendersons'ard co captain of the Bridge cl!b in'1984. He gained an entrance to Oueens College, Cambridge n i9e6 and upongraduating moved to America to work at the Department of Physics at Stamfordl ln versity.

Alfred Edward KING (1929-36)Ded or 12th lvlay 1999 and att€nded the School in the inter-war y€ars being amember o f Meadows House ma t r i cu la tng n 1935 a rd then tak ing a fu l t lmecoufse in quantity surveyirg at the Regent Street Po ytechfic for the next threeyears.

Durlng the War he f irst served with the East Surrey Regiment in l \ ,4arch 1940 andther from 1942 to 1946 w th the Royal Engineers Works Services. In 1944 havingmafrjed Eswyn l\ ,4arqueurite Dawson he was posted to Ind a and Burrna where hehelped supervise the bui dirg of the Tamu/Kalewa Road. A fred was dischargedw th the rank of \ru.0.2 Royal Engineers in February 1946.

Alfred had two dauqhters Gi l ian, borr r 1948 and Barbara, born in 1952, towhom we are qrateful for the notes on her father and to whorn r,!e sendcondolences for the sad oss.

Ph i l i p P LEHAIN (1968-731D ed on 30th September I998 at the age of 43 aftef a brave f ight against cancer,!\ ,hlch had been discovered about 12 months earl ier- The funera wasattended bya very arge number offr iends from the Haberdashers community, wlth mafymakirg long journeys to pay the r respects. The wide age rairge, from those whohad been senior off lcefs ofthe 0.N.R.FC. when Phi stErted playlng to those whohad been staft ng to play when he retired, showed the appea and the mpact ofthe man .

Phll p enjoyed his schoo days, part cular y excel in9 as a singer and on the choraltr ps to Europ€. This was ref ected ln h s enthus asm to take pa( ir Alan Tay or'sf i fa school concert in the compary of many old fr iends and part icuhrly RichardJenkins. He was a member ofJoblinqs and a sub prefect. He was always part ofthe ighting and effects team for school piays and was enthuslastc aboLrtcanoe ng and pottery. He was a member of the Navy sectior of the C.C.F. whichhe saw as one ong Outward Bound course.

Ph lp went to l jniversity in Lordon where he studied aw and rea ised a greatanrbtion when he ],\ ]as calkd by Inner Temple in 1978. He found a pace inchambers in London and began his very successfu cafeer as a bafi ister. By thet me hc died Phi ip was a sen or rnember of his chambers and among the ead ngpeople n his specialst f ield of medical neg igerce ard personal ir jury. His headof chambers gave an extrer.e y eloquent and moving eulogy at phi ip's funeral,which made it clear that Phi ip was a popular and highly respected member of hlspfofession.

Phll lp made hls debut for the 0.H.R.F.C. lst )tu on 29th Novembef 1975 as ahooker and soon became the frst choice fof that postion. He was greatlyrespected in 0 d BoyJ rugby as a f irst class techrical hooker, always winning hisown ba I, a fa r share on the opposit ion's put n ard was an accurate lre outthrowef. He p ayed his 200th lst XV game on 18th January j986 to become amember of the 0.H.R.F.C. 200 c ub, a fact of which he was conspicuous y proud.He cont nued to play for the lst XV untl 1989 by which t jme his number of 1stXV appeararce had reached a very cred table 285. He p ayed in the very successfLtlteams if 1 984 85 and 1987 88, whictr established new records fof the numbef oflst XV matches won in a seasor. He was ar extrernely ioyal and commlttedmember oi the Club ensur ng consistent availabi l i ty despite hls demanding eqalcareer. There were a nuJnber of t imes when he had to appear in court on al\4onday morning sport lng black eyes of other batte scars, a fact irvariablyr."r.arked upon by the presiding mag stfate or judgel Phil ip enloyed th€ post-match enterta rment, and 'he d court" with his front row and legal col league,lohn Beag ey and fel iow academic and intel lectual, N4afk Archer in the bar. Thelrbrow beating of fel ow players, off icers and thelr partners was hugely enloyab eard al l done in the best possible taste. Phil ip did not a ways come on the annualrugby tours but when he did he ensured that an impact was made. A trp toGuernsey is part icular y memorab e as Phll lp rnanaged to fa I asleep hidden in aluqgage rack, defeating al the efforts of a ship widesearch at St. peter portanclony waklng up on the onl\rard eg to lersey. A very uninrpressed crew safelyreturned h m on the way back a few hours ater. Phi ip subsequenty became avery promisirg rugby referee urt i he found the denrands ofcareer and family l i fetoo great to a low him to cont nue. Phll p also played cficket for the o.H.C.C. andwas ar enthus astic f s ight y unorthodox spin bowler.

outside of school, work and the 0.H., Phil ip was at great pains to ensure that heenloyed a wide rarge of activit jes and interests. l- le wert fy fshing wjth hlsfamiy from ar eary age and cort inued to do so whenever able. He enjoyedwalking and the countryside in gereral. He l\ ,as enthus]astlc and competent atD.l.Y, a though he often had to be talked throuqh each staqe of a project by arathcr afx ous father on the other end of a phore l inel

Phii ip enjoyed l i fe to the ful l , he had his Porsche, was taking f lying lessons, hesked mos tyea rsand was genera l l y en loy i rg the f ru i t so fh i s abours . ph i i p wasdevoted to h s family and they to him, he was an extreme y proud father [sendingJames to Haberdashers' and ensuring that Hafriet wou d join the Girls' School thisSeptemberl and enjoyed a lovlng re ationship ard real fr iendship with his wife,Claire, whom he met at University. l t is, quite simply, a tragedy that he died atsuch an early age at the peak of his powers. A great fr iend, father, husband, son

and brother has been lost and the sadness ls bcyond words. But there are a greatdeal of lrappy memories which are the corsolation and I hope some comfort toC aire, James and Harr et and to Ph l ip's motherJoan and to his sister ard brother,C are and Jul an who have a I been great supportefs of Phi ip ard of the O.H.R.F.C.

l\ ,4art n Bakef {with the asslstance of ioan Lehainl

THII TIMES THURSI]AY OCTOBER 22 199t

OBITUARIES

Ashe Linroln, QC, formcrMasterofrhe llen(h oflhe Inner ' lemple and

fo.mer chairman of theAssocialion of JNish

ex-Seaice Men and Womerdi€d on October 19 rged 90.

Hews bom onOctober 30, 1907.

ASI lE LINCOLN disrin,guished hin1self pa|ticularlyaI the Bar, in rhe Royal Navyand in lheJcsish commu.ityHe was a remrder and deputljud-ce !f the Crown (bnn.Masrer oI rhe Bench ol fielnner Temple and depLrLys,odd prcsident of the Inr€ma,Iional Association of Jurists

In ihe Jewish communiry.he sened a wide variety oforganisarions wllh disrindionand d€dication. Ile was lifcchairmtrn. honorary sec.crar)and political commiftee chairman ot rhc Brilish Section olihe world-rewish Congre$

Ihe Niasor l ' assembly ofslnago8ues was another bodyin which he was padicularlyad'!e as presldent and tormercharnnan. He sas a lifelongand dedi€ted Zionist and hadheld several lcading posls in

l:rcdman Ashc Lincoln wasbom in Bradlard. a son oIReuben Lincoln, who was firsta minister and then a solicitor.and was educated at Ho€Grammar School, Pllnouth.I{ab€rdashert Aske\ Schml,rnndon. and then Exeter Col-lege, Oxford. He was @lled tolhe Bar by lhc Inne.Temple in1929 and took silkin 1947

His sojoL,fi in Plrnrurhenhrnced hrs love ol the sea

ASHE LINCOLNilc joi'red lhe RNVR in 193?and atiended nallgalionallralnin! dasses aI nigh I sch!!land al w.tkends Ioqualil lorhrs yachrhlst.r's cerlifieteI lc jo ined dre RoyalNav] as asublieurenani when Lhe Sec.ond Fbrld War began in 1919.Hrs book SecrerNardllnresraSalor (1tl6i)is a thrilling srorlot his exploits in the derectionoi mrnes and tortedoes Asecond book of his, publishedearlier this year. is entitledOrlyssey of a Jewjsh S]?dlor.

tn ihe early davs ol.the warhe served in minelayen Hctranslerred to minesweepersand help€d in the re6very ofon€ ol rhe firsl maeneticm'nes For this he was mennoned in disparches He rhenlolunteered Ior the commando! and took partin Lh. Alliedla.dlngs in Sicily and IralyHe $as agarn m€ntioned indry)atches durinc the land

He later servcd during theNortjl West t-lufope c?mpaignrnd was one of lhc lirst BririsholficeA_ to cross Lhc b.idge atRcmagen on the Rhinc theool! Rhine bridge left stand-Ing alrer thc Gernans hadbl(Nn up the oihers. lt hadb.cn brillianlly caDtured, belorc i1 ould be demolished. byrhe US Fnn Army which was,as a onsequencei able 10cstablish the flrsr Allied bdds€.hcad on the easr bant .f ifie

Linmln rvas nalional chair-man ol thc assmiation oflcwish ex'Servi€ Men andtloDren in 19,18 and 19.1(1, anaaga'. rn 1952. when he a(rinpanjedrhc Dukeof !dir1burghas he inspecred the a\soda

i ion\ parade at I lorsc{iuards. He st.\.d {or Pxrlia-menl in 1945 as Conservalivecandidare for i.larow East.

Two )eaF later, in rhe sameco.slituency, he wiihdrew astrospective cndidate and itrvas said thalsome ofdr ihenmemb€n of rhe consliruencyrssoc'ation w€re anti Semiric.One member resigned ln pro-test, bul the l€ademhip of rheconstituency strenuously dc-

ln 1950, when Lincoln wasunsucressful in hh atlemfi tobetome lhe Conservative can-didate in willesden Easr, rhevice presidcnr of the localConseaatile Assocration re-srgned. a.!$in alleSiis anrL

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elccted a \'lasrer of rhe tlench0r lhc ln.er Tcmple. Ar anaolocak ne was vcry sorna:he \!as carctul and abole aLlreasonablc. In his work ar theCrnninal Bar he was al$a\sdistinguishcd by his lack ;lcYntcNm, a lrail all loo common r. lhosc r€gulalill engaged upon smh tasks

In the (lity ol t ndon Lrncoln was a lileryman and rn1949 50Masrer ollhc \\'brhirFtul Company oI !,larterers.

In lq33 he married StbilEilen Cohcn. who sunileshim, along wirh lheirdaugher'f.l son, whois senior rabbiolPafk Avcnue SynaSoeue in

Lincoln: naval hero, la ! | ]er and l i fe lang l ion i , t

Mark L L INDGREN (1987-94 )Was ki l led ln l jganda by armed Hutu rebels from Rl\,arda whist on ho iday inAff ca before coTnmencing work. He was twenty three years o d.

Aful ob tuary apprars on paq€ 52 lnthe Ner,^rs from Elstrer section ofthismagaz ine .

George RICHARDS0N (1 937-471Died i i Apr I ear ler this year. He w I be remembered for his t mr at the Srhoowhere he tauqht Classics before nov ng to Wakrfield n 1947.

Hewasbo rn i fDa r l ng ton n 1910and a t t h regeo f t h i f t r r r won aschoa rsh ipto Chrlsts Hospital n Sussrx. From there he won a senior scho nfship to L ncolnCo leqe,0xford, aird after gain ng his degrec i i , l933 he stlrd ed for a Dip oma inEducetion where he met a J'e low graduale - Ethe ,,!ho shrred aach other's ivesfor the next 66 years, marry ng in 1937.

From col egr Georqr f rst taught at Kifgstor Gramrnaf School before mov ng toHaberdashers ' l n 1937 . Dur inq the War yea rs hs t jma [ , as spe f t n t he Roya lArt I ery on quf sites and if search r!ht batter es in var ous parts of Britain. By'1945, no[] as a capta n there was a transfer to the Army Education Corps brforea return to Haberdrshrrs' for ir bf ef spel before the move to Wakcfie d to lo nthe West R d ng Educatior Departmrnt.

His nterests away from teaching uere I his play ng days, footba land cricket asl\re as the theatre, c]n.-ma and books and of course his fain ly - his wifc, ch drenand g randch l d ren .

THURSD^, O(roBER 2, 19911MR

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The Rev Stanley V MncentSTANLEY Varcoe Vlnceniwas born in Devonport ln1905. He won a scholarship toHaberdashcrs' School inCricklewood, after which heworked for a time ai the Bankof England in Inndon beforebeing accepted by Handsworth Collegc in Birmingham as a candidate for theMeihodist ministry Duringhis time at Handsworth,Stanley excelled at bothCreek and Hebrew and wasrecommended by hjs tutorsfor an academic life. Howcver, on leaving Birmingham

, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he ielt a strong callinglowards missionary workand in 1930, after his ordinat ion, he went to Burmawhcre he carried out pioneering work under extrcmelyprimi l ive condit ions amongthe Lushai people at Mawlaikin the Chindwin Valletr

In 1933 Sianley marr iedViolet May Batchelor at adouble wedding in l iurmalvhere Violet and her friendDorothy wele married loStanley and his colleagle, theRev Dennis Reed. This happened on the same day as tbetwo lvomen arrived in Rurmaby ship frorn Engiand afterhaving been apart from theirprospect ive husbands forthree years.

ln 1934 and 1938 Stanleyand Violet had iwo children,Betty and Peter. when lhe

Japanese invaded I lurma,Sianley and Violet took theirtwo chi ldrcn and joined amarch through the jungles toIndia where, after many difTiculties and shoriagcs of lbod,they arr ived at tsangalore.Stanley immediateiy left hiswife and childrcn and wentback into Burma to help thefamilies and refugees fleefiom iie advancing Japanes€army. He then remained ir1Mawlaik until the last pariyof refugees left and only thendid he set out for lndia andsafety For his actions dLrringthis evacuation Stanley wassubsequent ly mentioned indespatches. ln 1942 a babydaughter, Jennifer, was bornin Bangalore but she was todie from dysente.y shortlyallerwards.

tn 1944 the family sailedback to Liverpool in a convoywhich came under torpedoattack and then went toParkstone in BournemouthNhcre, in 1945, their youngestson, Richard, \r,'as born.

After the war Stanleyrelurned to flurma to reporton thc staie of the Church, areport which he summed upin his book "Out of GreatTribulat ion" adescript ionof the suffering and privai ions of the Chl ist ianChurch under Japanese n cIn 1947 he returned to FlngIand where he worked as a.ircllit minister in Falmorith

until 1952 and then in Penzance untrl 19&. ln the samcyear he rcturned to work as amissionary in Mandalayuntil Auglsi 1956 when hejoined the British and Foreign Bible Society as secrctary of the Burma Agency.He continued with this workuntil 1965, at which point hemoved to Hong Kong asAsian executive secretaryafter being forced by theNationalist government toleave Burma. Although thispresented him with a newchallenge, the move musthave been tinged with sad-ness as, to the end of his life,he would always rcfer to theBurmese as "My People".

In 1969 Star ey returned toEngland where he worked asa member of the home staffliaising with the auxiliariesand working as an itinerantspeaker on behalf of theBible Socie8

On retirement in Augustl9?0, Stanley and Violet livedfor several years in Edingtonin Wiltshire. before movingto Methodist sheltered housing at Church Court in Mid'somer Norton and then linally as a resuit of increasingage and infirmit): toPondsmead nursing home atOakhiU in Somerset inDecember 1992. where theylived together unti l Violefsdeath 'n May of this year.Douglas A Brewer

Sunday. 27 th June 1999The School, Elstree

Th is was a pa r t i cu la r l ylmportart part of my duty asPresldent. The picture was takerthat day, just after wreathlay ing , and the t rad i t i ona lprayeL

lhad v i s l t ed A r ras n F ra rceearl€r last year to renew fnycon tac t w i th the Mur desFusi iers - a L\ral covered withnames of those l\rho had osttheir ives there between 1914-18 . l t i nc uded , sad y , myqrandfather's name. Yet t s are l i e f t o f i nd h i s namecoramemorated.

The war memor ia l t o t hoseHaberdashers who fel l in 1939-45 was unveiled at Chase Lodqe, the sports groundand prep. school site in Mli I Hil l , in Ju y 1958 by Dr. Tom Taylor. There was a re-dedication ceremony lf the garden Iust by Aldenham House n EIstree, in i962.

Thefe are now 86 names on the memofial, which includes Nick Taylor who fel rthe Falklands.

Mr. Ken Blessley, 0.H.A. President in 1962 63, n a persoral corl lmunication,remembers twenty-two ofthe 0.H.B.FC. casualt ies, and at least twenty-f ive otherHaberdashers young men , who were f r ends and eave rsbe tween1932ard19 j9 .He po nts out that 20 per cent of the R.F.C. members in 1939 ost their ives at

There is, of course, a memorial tab et at the Croxdale Road C ub House devotedto the 39 0.H.R.FC. mer who died.

The Book of Hofour, presented by the then 'Haberdashers'O d Boys Club'to ttreSchoo at W€stbere Road in October 1948, is now ocat€datAdenham House,ard each page, devoted to an 0.H. waf casua ty, is turned. A school service led byRevererd David Lindsay is held in November close to Remembrance Sunday.Thp e i . a so a ' e ro \ " teo l q t4 r8 remut a l

There may we I be readers for whom those conflcts evok€ al l sorts of memoriesand emotlons.

Alan E. Morris

Oueen's B i r thday Honours0.8.E.Fred LAST [1938-45), for seTV ces to enviTonmentaJ sc]cncc.Peter Charles SHIELLS (1945-52), for services to the construct on industry.

Gone AbroadSimon D.A. FRIEND (1971-78) has transferred to Price Waterho!se CoopersPhllade phia for two years to experlerce lfe and buslness from the other s de ofthe pord. Should any 0.H. be passing through, Sir l lon can be contacted on 1 215963 8755 or e mail s.d.fr end @ us.pwcglobal.com.

Keith G. DAVIES (1979-86) is another 0.H. sportsnan who has beer drvenacross the At rnt c to earf a l iv rg. He is current y to be located in N/iam as Ch efEconom st for Latin Amer ca for Standard Chartered Bank and wi I be based atthe bank's headquarters in Brickfe lAvenue (DowntowrJ and can be connectedor 001 305 539 7000. Ke th wil be stationed n the heat of F orida for t[ro ycarswhlch comes as a great rel lef for r l lany referees of the London Society and severalcricket umpires throughout Heftfordshlrel

Staying AbroadMartin C. DEAN (1973-80) wrltes to s.y that he has been resdent inWashirgtor slncr 0ctober 1997 and has recent y sig ned a four yraf contract withthe l l .S. Holocaust Merl lora [\4uscL]f. as an App ed Research Scholar.Appe:rances at Borehamwood are therefore ikely to be restr lcted for the t imebe ng. His \\rofk for the Scot]and Yard War Crimes investiqatlons has now endedthe ast (and only casel comlrg to tr ial ln February. l \4art ir, however, threatensthe odd game of cricket on hjs stopovers in London.

The President, Alan l\4orris wrote to al overseas members of the Association ntChr stmas ast year ard has news frorn the fo lowingl

Joseph BYER ('28) has spent a long lfe in the U.S.A. and tod of a sLrcccssfulworkinq career and invo vernent ln running sport ing actvlt ies and socialorgan sat ons.

Dr I 0. PENI\,4AN ('42) wfote from h s horie in North Ba wyn in Australa andtold of his 0.H. ff lerds Peter Kett e (1958-651 and Bert ie lnnes lrons (194247) both lving in Austra ia the atter in Oucensland.

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The I999 confeferft was held on 15th l \4ay at Ackworth Schoo . pontefract, WestYorkshire by klnd invitaton of the Headmaster Martin Dickinson_ N4.A. TheSchoo was founded ir 1779 and is a co educational 0uaker school w th both daypup ls ard boarders. The mair Grade 1 l isted bui dings are some forty years o der,having been buil t as a country brarch of the Fourdl ing Nosplta started, irLondon by Thonas Cora rn.

The corference opened with speeches of welcome by the Headmaster and byGrace Hurler, President of Ackworth 0ld Scho ars' Association.

Next car.e a hurl lorous account by Pat Lauqham. f leadnistress of \ /akefie d G r sH gh School, of the furning of lndcpendent/Stat€ school partnersh ps, which shehad heped to ploneer n Wakefeld. She fett that the partnerships hacl beenuseful ir breaking down barrjers between the State and Indepenclert sectorswhich had been part iculary evident n W:kefied so that both sectors harlbenefited. she described the postion of governors ancl od pupis societes as"suppori ive fr iends" to hef endeavours.

The f lrai morning session was a discusslon, led by Roger N4oulton ofHLrrstpierpoint on "Friends of Schools' l He felt that these organisations couldbenefit schoo s w thout cominq nto conf ict with old p!p ls' societies. He sawtheir nrain purpose as to a low pafents whose children have left a school tocorlt inue to have some nvo vement, Jhey could carryout usefu publlcreationsor beha f of a school and raise f l tndsforsmal projects or bursarles. They mightalso be useful r ensuring a continulng f low of pupils into the school. n somecases thcy were ebe to use school facl l t ies where this cl icl not confl lct withschool use or ho iday lets. One caveat was that they must not be a lowed tobecorne pressufe groups.

Al ' ter a f irst rate lunch, we had a ta k from Tim Cunis of 0 d Pau :nes remindingus of the ega l iabl l i t ies which we mlght encourter as off lcers of old pup lssocieties and warn ng us of the dangers of sett ng l fe subscrlpt iofs at too o\,! a

The afternoon closed with an opportunity to d scuss further sor.e points raisecldurlng the day in a Ouestior afd Answer session wth a panel made up ofmenrbers of the A.R.0.P.S. corl lm ttee.

Then a qood Yorkshire tea and the opporturity to tour the School ard to reca Ithat between 1151 ard 1773,2,664 Foundllngs passed through these magnif icentbuidings when they were the Ackworth brarch of the Coram Foundatior ofwhora I65 died in fes dencel

The day concluded wlth a dinner in the Schoo and a speech by the arclr ivist FredDav es who enterta red us with some tales from the schoo's past. History, herenrinded us is not lust a catalogue of dates.