2) Peter Curtis has been in touch and promises to send some pictures.
3) Deleted as obsolete.
3 November 2014 (UD14/10)
1) I had an email from Simon Dickson Swan (KS 1960-65). He says he was was one of the bad boys portrayed in “if ”! Does anyone remember him?
2) Also Nick Broome (KS 1965-67) wrote and sent a few memories - and promises more.
9 October 2014 (UD14/09)
I regret to inform you of the passing of Richard Benson (KS 55-58) and also Bob Gabaldoni (KS 49-52)
Bob's funeral will be held at Combe church, Oxfordshire on Wednesday 15 October at 2pm. Please contact me for further details.
29 September 2014 (UD14/08)
1) It has been suggested that old boys send me a paragraph of their lives after Kings? [I could distribute this as part of the general Updates but such personal details would not go on the website]."
2) Fahim Ahmad says, that "Phil Blakeway (KS c.1965) played Rugby for Gloucestershire and for England. I remember we used to do the short Windrush 1.5 mile cross country run together (by the way, the Clapton run was 7 miles, to be done in 49 minutes)."
3) Reunion attendance was high at Sherborne and Barrington, but a little smaller at the Midlands venue. Details of those who were there. Patrick Delaney managed to get a picture of us at the Fox.
I would welcome a report from someone else who was at one of the venues, in order to provide a fresh perspective.
26 August 2014 (UD14/07)
1) Bill StAubyn has given a link to a BBC Gloucestershire page with a picture of Sherborne House in the snow - scroll down.
He also put me in touch with Mike Robinson who is a National Trust Ranger for Sherborne and Lodge Park. He has offered to meet us at the church on reunion day 20th September about mid-day. He is the one who took the photo above. He is fascinated by the website and especially photos of Sherborne House and surrounding landscape. He would be happy to chat to Old Boys about the estate and if time allows walk along the brook and show our group some sights off the beaten track.
3) Fahim Ahmad I has listed two Anecdotes.
14 August 2014 (UD14/06)
1) It is with sadness that I inform you of the demise of Malcolm Stacey who died tragically following a fall whilst on holiday, he was only 62.
The funeral will be held next Tuesday 19 August at Our Lady's Church in Rickmansworth WD3 1HU at 11am. If anyone intends to go please let me know so that I can obtain further details from his son.
2) I have just released the latest email list.
10 August 2014 (UD14/05)
1) I have been informed by Nick Sweet of the sad demise of his brother John Sweet on 17 July - he was 88 years old. He was until then probably the oldest Kingsholme Old Boy; though he had a friend Clive Gribble a little younger who is still alive.
2) I have added a further 20 names of boys who attended KS - taken from the Sweet Ration list of 1950 - bringing the total to 685.
15 July 2014 (UD14/04)
1) Myself and a few other old boys went to Al Hawkes's funeral to give him a good 'send off.' There were Bob Marshall, Malcolm Stacey, Bob Curtis, Richard Hole, and David Wright and his wife. The church was nearly full with Al's family, and friends. His sons spoke of how their father had organised treasure hunts in the garden and encouraged his sons, against some resistance, to master the skill of Cricket. They enlightened us on Al's background and his life journey.
2) Malcolm Stacey sent me a link to a very nice article and pictures in the Daily Telegraph about The Famous clothing shop's history prior to closing down. You may recall this coming up in the Update (UD13/02) last year.
3) Deleted as obsolete.
4 May 2014 (UD14/03)
1) For those of you who knew Alwyn, see last Update item 1, he died quickly at his home last week - do let me know if you want to know more. The funeral is on Wednesday 14th May at 1.30pm, at St. Chad's Church, Longsdon, Staffs, ST9 9QF, UK; no flowers by request. If you would like to know more about the arrangements, please email me as usual. I can then tell you the venue after the funeral etc. I can add that Alwyn's wife is very grateful for all the cards and good wishes you have sent.
2) At the suggestion of Jimmy Younessi and others, I have added the Donation button for site expenses to the top of the page.
27 April 2014 (UD14/02)
1) It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you of Alwyn Hawkes' demise yesterday afternoon. I have no other details but will notify you when I do.
I, as I am sure many of you, will have fond memories of Alwyn. We can all remember his phenominal memory of all things to do with King's School. Of his tri-yearly Sherborne Reunions and his resounding toast, "Servabo Fidem!" He will be greatly missed.
2) I know you are all grateful for my work on the site and tell me how much you enjoy my email updates. But apart from the few kind old boys, who over the years have slipped me a note or two, many of you will be unaware of any financial cost. Unlike most site owners I do not have advertising on the site to fund it - and hope to keep it that way. So for your information, recently I renewed the two King's School domains for another 2 years. The co.uk cost £7.18 and the .com £20.38 I have both for your convenience. If I am still among you all in 2 year's time, as the Auctioneers say, "Fair warning!" I will be dropping the .com
3) Some people search the site for the strangest things - in March someone was looking for a "Bill Hofmann" or "wphofmann" - I doubt they found "William Hoffman"! It is wise when using a search engine to know how a name could otherwise be spelled.
4) I had an email from a lady researching her grandfather, Charles John Payne who was at Kingsholme in 1920. She sent a couple of pictures. I have added to that page. Please scroll down.
16 January 2014 (UD14/01)
1) For any who wish and are able to attend, Roger Davis′ funeral it will be at St James′ Church, Milnrow, near Rochdale, Lancashire on Thursday 23 January at 12.30. Milnrow is adjacent to the M62. Coming off at Junction 21 go under the motorway to Newhey and turning left up the hill the church stands clearly up ahead.
As you know it is not my policy to publish personal details on the site, so if anyone would like the name and postal address of Roger's widow in order to express condolences, please send me an email.
No flowers but donations will go to Robinson Cricket Club.
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