e-Newsletter - 20th
January 2010
Dear Old Cambrian,
A belated Happy New Year to everyone, and
I hope that 2010 is a prosperous and healthy year for you and your loved ones.
Here goes with a rundown of important
items for your attention:
Reunion - Old
Cambrian Society (UK) - Annual Dinner & Reunion on Friday, 16th
April 2009 at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London
I would encourage as many of you as
possible to attend this major Old Cambrian Society event, from where ever you
might live around the world. Every year “old boys” from all corners
of the globe use this premier event as an opportunity to meet up with school
pals.
For more details, please go to - http://www.oldcambrians.com/events2010dinner.html
which includes a listing of those who have confirmed their places to date, and
also a booking form. Please e-mail me to reserve places.
Photos of recent
Reunions http://www.oldcambrians.com/PhotosReunions.html
One of the most visited parts of the web
site is the Reunions page, and I remind everyone where to find this section.
I have taken note that the Western Australia (Perth)
reunion is now rivaling the UK
(London)
reunion for numbers attending!!
If you are organising a reunion please let
me have details well in advance so I can advertise the event on the web site. If
you have hosted an event, be it a major reunion or just a gathering of a couple
of Old Cambrians, please send me a brief report and
photos for publication on the web site.
OCS Web site
“hits” for 2009
What a result!!
We just scraped past the 3 million hits on the Old Cambrian Society web site
during 2009 – the exact figure was 3,009,616 which equates to 8,245 hits
per day!! This is a 7.16% increase on 2008 when there were 2,808,444 visits to
the site. 2010 has started with a “bang” and in the first 20 days
the average hits per day is at 9,043.
This huge amount of activity and interest makes it all the more
worthwhile for me for all the hours I spend updating the site, knowing that
it’s so well received by all Old Cambrians who know about the web site, and
of course countless others around the world.
Since my last newsletter,
I have been made aware of the passing of the following Old Cambrians:
Obituary – Alastair McCrae
(Rhodes 1943-6) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-McCrae,Alastair.html
Obituary – Jan van Someren Greve (Clive 1953-7) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-vanSomerenGreve,Jan.html
Obituary – Derek Gordon Sinclair (Clive 1943-7) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Sinclair,Derek.html
Obituary – Byron Nicos Georgiadis (Hawke 1941-5) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Georgiadis,Byron.html
Obituary – William
(Bill) Plenderleith (Grigg 1943-6) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Plenderleith,William.html
Obituary – John Anthony Wyber (Grigg 1955-60) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Wyber,John.html
Obituary – Iain Thom Chalmers (Nicholson 1953-7) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Chalmers,Iain.html
Obituary – Brian Norman (Hawke 1935-8 & Staff 1949-52) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Norman,Brian.html
World Cup Accommodation –
Saxonwold, Johannesburg, South Africa
Are you going to the World Cup in South Africa
in June, or do you know anyone who is going, and do you (or they) require
luxury non-hotel accommodation?
Phil Le Feuvre (Clive
1967-9) has a 4 bedroom home available
for rent in the upmarket northern suburb of Saxonwold, Johannesburg. The home sleeps 6 people and
consists of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (2 en suite), a large family room, open
plan kitchen and dining room. Large patio overlooking lovely
garden with swimming pool.
For
more details, please go to - http://www.oldcambrians.com/2010WorldCupAccommodation.html
Information required – Dr.
Geoffrey Griffin OBE (Grigg 1945-50)
I have received a request from Roger
Manning:
I have seen the most
interesting obituary of Geoffrey Griffin (1933-2005) on the Old Cambrian
Society website. He was a scholar 1945-50.
A recent article in the London Daily
Telegraph newspaper about Starehe School in Nairobi,
which he founded, has prompted me to try and identify my family links with Dr Griffin.
I know that Dr Griffin was born in Kenya in 1933, the son of an English police
officer who went to Kenya
in 1919 and an English mother. It is details of Dr Griffin's mother which I am
seeking. She was related to my own mother, but at this stage I do not know what
the relationship was.
I wonder if you have records, or
if you can tell me where I should direct my enquiries, to find her maiden name
and dates of birth, marriage and death. I believe she lived in Mombasa at the time of her
death, which was probably in the 1970s.
I should be most grateful for any
information you can provide.
If anyone can help with information,
please let me know and I will pass it on to Roger.
Information required – Edgar
Laurie & Eric Laurie
I have received a request from Angela
Hughes:
My name is Angela Hughes and I am trying to find
out some information on my late father (Edgar Laurie).
My father and his family moved to Mombasa
around 1948 to 1958 and we believe that he and his brother Eric attended what
was the Prince of Wales boarding school.
Unfortunately both my father and uncle died a number of years ago and my
great uncle is providing me and my family with some information.
I have also been told that they lived in Nairobi
but am unsure if this was before they went to Mombasa or after attending
your school.
We also know that they both joined the East African Rifle during the
Emergency.
I thank you for your help
with providing me with any information that you can.
I cannot find an entry for either Edgar or
Eric Laurie in the School Register, but someone out there may have known them
and may have some information or recollections that I can pass on to Angela.
Information required – Lois
Eden
I have received a request from Tom Eden:
My aunt was Lois Eden, who died aged 94
in 1994. She taught English at the Girls High School in Nairobi for 25
years, starting I believe, in about 1940 at the outbreak of the Second World
War.
I am anxious for any information you may
have as to the exact dates she taught there and any other facts about her life
there at that time.
With many thanks for your help
If anyone can help with information,
please let me know and I will pass it on to Tom.
Reunion – Highlands School, Eldoret - Fri 23rd to Sun 25th
April 2010
Margi Mahoney (Webmaster of the Highlands School,
Eldoret web site) has asked me to circulate news of the Old Girls Association
Reunion which takes place from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th
April 2010. The main Reunion lunch is on Saturday 24th April at the
Holiday Inn, Guildford, UK.
For more details, go to - http://www.highlandseldoret.org
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)
