e-Newsletter - 22nd
December 2008
Dear Old Cambrian,
May I take this opportunity of wishing everyone
all the best for the festive season which is now upon us, and here’s to a happy and healthy 2009!!
Pressure of work and other commitments
have prevented me from devoting the amount of time to the Old Cambrian Society
that I would want to, and I apologise to those who
have had to wait for their Alumni registrations to be posted on the web site.
For those who are waiting for photos to be published on the web site, I am
getting there, but I have received so many in the past six months or so that I
now have a considerable pile to get through. Come the new
year, I will clear the backlog, I promise!!
During the first half of 2009 I am
planning to commission a professional computer programmer to work on some of
the aspects of the web site with the intention of making it more automated, and
this will ease the burden for me. However, I can assure everyone that
confidentiality and the integrity of the site will be maintained.
I have just a few points to cover, so here
goes:
Reunion - Old
Cambrian Society (UK) - Annual Dinner & Reunion on Friday 3rd
April 2009 at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London
I am now taking orders for this most
popular event in the OCS calendar. For more details, please go to - http://www.oldcambrians.com/events2009dinner.html
We are restricted to 120 places, and with
Old Cambrians planning to come from all over the world, please reserve your
places as soon as possible.
Photos
of Reunion - Old Cambrian Society (South Africa) - Annual Reunion - Sunday 14th
Sept 2008 at Stonehaven
Castle, Shongweni Valley, nr. Durban, South
Africa.
Go to the following URL for a report &
photos - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Photos-Reunion2008SA.html
Webmaster in Australia
– a couple of gatherings!
I arrive in Australia
on 28th December, and will be in Sydney until 3rd January. Then
I’ll be in Melbourne
until 10th January.
Old Cambrian gatherings are planned as follows
in the two cities:
- Sydney - Tuesday
30th Dec 2008. Still working on details, but likely
to take place in the Chatswood/Seaforth
area and would be early evening. If you are interested in joining me and a
few other OCs that evening, please e-mail me on webmaster@oldcambrians.com or
use my cell/mobile +44 7797 743091. I’m looking for an Old Cambrian
in the Sydney
area to help organise this event, choose and
book a venue, etc. Any volunteers, please let me know in the next day or
so……..I’d be very grateful of some assistance with this
one.
- Melbourne
- Thursday 8th
January 2009. The “reunion”
will take place at the Bridge Hotel at Mordialoc at
6.00pm. We have six people so far wanting to attend, but hope
to get 10-15 on the day. If you are interested in joining me and other OCs that evening, please e-mail me on webmaster@oldcambrians.com or
use my cell/mobile +44 7797 743091 . I am
grateful to John Riches and
Keith Trowell for their help with organising
this event.
I will be taking some Old Cambrian Society
merchandise with me to Australia
…….. ties, pin lapel badges, blazer badges
and Impala CDs. So, if you plan to attend either of the Australian reunions,
and would like any of these items, please let me know by 25th
December so that I know how many to pack before I leave for “down
under”.
Book – “African Dow” by Jim Dow
(Clive 1951-4)
A superbly
written book, and a deeply intimate story of Kenya’s transition to a free nation, from
the perspective of one man who can never forget his experiences in Africa.
For more
details, go to - http://www.oldcambrians.com/AfricaDow.pdf
Kenya High School web site
It has come to
my attention that the Kenya
High School web site has
been taken off-line due to the fact that no one could be found to maintain it.
This is such a shame, and if anyone knows someone out there who would be
interested in taking on this task, please let me know and I will put them in
touch with the relevant people.
OCS Web site
“hits” for 2008
As at midnight
on the 21st December, the Old Cambrian Society web site had received
2,733,902 “hits” during 2008, an average of 7,679 per day.
By the end of
the year that should take us beyond the 2.8 million
mark, just a little up on 2007’s figure of 2.67 million hits. Well done,
everybody!!
With deep sadness, I
announce the passing of the following Old Cambrians:
Obituary – Ian Beaty
(Clive 1954-9) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Beaty,Ian.html
Ian finally lost his
battle with cancer on 5th October 2008. The Old Cambrian Society (UK
Branch) has lost it’s Treasurer, but we have all
lost a very dear friend. Ian was such a staunch supporter of everything the OCS
did over the past 40-50 years, and he will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and
condolences go out to Val and the family.
Obituary – Deryk Wyatt (Clive 1955-7) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Wyatt,Deryk.html
I make my usual plea........ If you are
planning a gathering/reunion of Old Cambrians, please let me know so that I can
advertise it in an e-Newsletter and on the web site.
That's all for now!
Steve Le Feuvre
Webmaster - http://www.oldcambrians.com
& Secretary, Old Cambrian Society (UK)
