Old Cambrian Society "e-Newsletter"

Rather belatedly, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy, prosperous and healthy 2005 !!

So, it's straight on to the news and notices:

Send in your reunion reports & photos - I urge everyone to send me reports and photos of reunions/gatherings of Old Cambrians wherever they occur around the world. There is a special page on the web site for Reunions - http://www.oldcambrians.com/PhotosReunions.html - and the most recent to be held have been in South Africa in December 2004, and in New York last week.
Web site continues to set records ! Each week I receive an average of five new registrations for the Alumni, and in the month of January 2005 I successfully reunited over 20 people with their long-lost school friends. Almost unbelievably, in the seven days from 24th to 30th January, the web site received 32,365 visits which gives a daily average of 4,623 hits !! I'm delighted that the web site, now just 26 months old, is proving so useful and enjoyable to so many.
Jerry Sirley (Scott 1953-9) is visiting South Africa in February. He would like to meet up with Old Cambrians whilst he's there. Please e-mail him at: Jerrysirley@aol.com if you live in SA and would like to meet up with him.
If tracing your family history is of interest to you, a newly launched web site https://www.familyrelatives.org is recommended. Two Old Cambrians are closely involved with this superb site, where you can search 300 million records of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1866 to 2002.
Obituary - Bernard Njuguna Ciira (Nicholson 1968-1971). It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Bernard on 19th Dec 2004. An obituary will be posted on the web site shortly.
Obituary - David Spencer Brown (Scott 1951-1954) died in Brisbane, Australia on 20^th Jan 2005. I have received reports that a good crowd of East Africans attended his funeral. An obituary will be posted on the web site very soon.

Old Cambrian Society (UK) - Annual Reunion...........everyone from around the world is invited !!

Instead of the traditional annual dinner held in London on a Friday evening in April or May, we are going to try something completely different for 2005. We plan to make it an Old Cambrian Society "weekend", and it will be held in Dover, Kent on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June 2005.

Details can be found on the web site at: http://www.oldcambrians.com/Reunion-Dover2005.html and a summary of the programme is as follows:

Saturday, 11th June

Inter-house golf competition at one of the local golf courses

For those like me who do not play golf, there are plenty of historic sites in and around Dover, or you could take a day-trip to France

Informal gatherings at lunchtime

If there is enough interest, then a get together in the evening can be arranged