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  Old Cambrian Society (UK) 
Annual Reunion Lunch
Saturday 20th April 2013
at the Royal Air Force Club, London

Photos & Report to be published soon


Newsletters
For all back-copies of the OCS Newsletter
Click Here

Feature Article
The Rough Road Home
Many will have vivid memories of travel by road in East Africa
in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and this fascinating article
by D. Alan Smith (Rhodes 1958-61) describes the
pioneering hey-day of building sealed highways.
To access a pdf copy Click Here

New Merchandise
Blazer Badge & Pin Lapel Badges
For the first time in 40 years, a new stock of Old Cambrian Society blazer badges has been produced. To add to this, small metal pin lapel badges have also been produced of the OCS badge and also of the school blazer badge
Click Here for more details & to order
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Impala magazines on CD
Your chance to acquire a digitised record
of Impala magazines (1930s - present).
Click Here to order a copy

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Purchase an
Old Cambrian Society Tie

For details Click Here

A History of
The Prince of Wales School/Nairobi School
Click Here


Book by an OC
"Childhood Memories
of Colonial East Africa
1920-1963"


Click Here

Book by an OC
"African Dow"
by Jim Dow



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Prince of Wales School/Nairobi School Badge - click 
to read some of the history behind the badge
Click Here for History of the School Badge

Feature Articles
on this web site

Click Here for

  • Robert Lewis McLellan-Sim
    - Talented Art Master 1947-63
  • Lawrence Victor Walker
    - Maths Master Supreme, 1952-63
  • To School Behind a Garratt
  • Sir Herbert Baker and the
    Prince of Wales School
  • Captain BWL Nicholson, RN, CBE, DSO
    - First Headmaster, 1931-37
  • Bernard Astley, OBE
    - Second Headmaster, 1937-44
  • Philip Fletcher, OBE, 1945-59
    - A Headmaster Remembered


  • Staff Nicknames
    (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s)

    This really is a humorous link!
    Can you add to the list?

    Click Here

    for the latest update

    Kenya
    "SchoolSpeak"

    a light-hearted attempt at 50
    years’ distance to remember
    and categorise the unique
    blend of language which
    constituted Kenya
    "SchoolSpeak"

    Click Here

    for the latest update

    "Nyumbani"
    Appeal

    Click Here for details


    Book by an OC
    "Patch"
    Click Here for details


    Book by an OC
    "Queen of the Mara"
    Click Here for details


    Books by an OC
    Len Gill's
    fabulous books
    Click Here for details



      The Old Cambrian Society is for ex-pupils and staff of:

      The Prince of Wales School, Nairobi, Kenya
      which is now known as Nairobi School

    Webmaster: Steve Le Feuvre (Clive House 1970-1975)