e-Newsletter - 21st March 2010
Dear Old Cambrian,
A very brief newsletter, the main reason
being that I wish to make a special plea regarding the upcoming Annual dinner
and Reunion in London:
Here goes.
Reunion - Old
Cambrian Society (UK) - Annual Dinner & Reunion on Friday, 16th
April 2010 at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London
If you have not yet registered for the
dinner, please could you do so in the next week. A simple e-mail will suffice.
The reason why I request this is that on
31st March I am off to South Africa on holiday, returning
home on 12th April. I would like to get all the necessary seating
plan and name badges completed before I go in just over a week, as when I
return I only have a couple of days before I have to head off to London for the
dinner.
So, if your name doesn’t appear on
the list of attendees - http://www.oldcambrians.com/events2010dinner.html
- and you wish to attend the dinner, please e-mail to reserve your places.
Forms and payment can follow later.
You will see from the list that we have
‘Old Boys’ jetting in from around the world, but we’re a bit
low on those from the U.K.!!
So, please register with me for the dinner
in the next couple of days - http://www.oldcambrians.com/events2010dinner.html
Announcement – Nyumbani Golf Day – Thursday 29th April 2010 at Frilford Heath (near Oxford)
I have received an e-mail from Rod Collier
(Hawke 1957-60) asking me to publicise a real fun day
out played at a most delightful venue and for a very worthwhile cause.
Rod helps to run the day so please e-mail
him via the Webmaster if you are interested in taking part. The
salient details are as follows:-
- Date
of competition: Thursday 29th April 2010
- Venue:
Frilford Heath (near Oxford)
- 18
hole Stableford off full handicap
- Teams
of 4 players, best 2 to score
- Cost
£110.00 per player or £440.00 per team
- Sponsorship
for prizes and auction welcomed
- Dinner
and prizes included in the price.
Participation is open to all golfers and not
restricted to Old Cambrians although you may well bump
into a few old rafikis. Please tell your
friends and come and join us. If you can't make up a team but would
like to play we will try to fit you into some of the composite teams.
Maximum we can accommodate is 22 teams so it will be on a first come basis.
Information required – Fred Dollimore (Headmaster 1968-1972)
I have received an e-mail from Sheila
Bristow, as follows:
I am the niece of Fred Dollimore
and would love to hear from any of his colleagues, friends and former
pupils.
I spent a wonderful holiday with him in
1988 at his house at Lavington, and in Mombasa, and met some of
his 'old boys' who became his substitute family.
I recall only Christian names so need help
in finding their other names. I hope to recognise
some from their photos on the Old Cambrians web site.
It is my great fortune to have a wonderful
Kenyan friend here in the UK.
We are hoping to organise a return to Kenya
for myself and my husband within the next 12 months. Any information (however
small) would be gratefully received. I know my uncle was well respected and
loved and that many of his former pupils were grateful to him for his influence
on their lives.
Thank you for your time.
Sheila Bristow
If anyone can help with information,
please let me know and I will pass it on to Sheila.
Since my last newsletter,
I have been made aware of the passing of the following Old Cambrians:
Obituary – Jim Dow
(Clive 1951-4) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Dow,Jim.html
Whilst I was aware
that Jim was extremely ill, none the less I was shocked to receive the news
that he had lost his battle with cancer.
Jim and Lorna have
been to all but one of the U.K. annual dinners since I have been involved with
the OCS over the past 12 years, and in recent years they have come over to
Jersey for holidays, so Suzanne and I have had the pleasure of spending many
happy hours in their company.
The Scotmans newspaper published an obituary notice at http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Jim-Dow-journalist.6130877.jp
To Lorna, please be
assured and comforted that our thoughts are with you at this very sad time. Jim
was such a very special person!!
Obituary – Otto Jacobs (Nicholson 1954-59) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Jacobs,Otto.html
Obituary – Mike Aggett (Rhodes
1959-62) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Aggett,Mike.html
Obituary – Gus Ashdown (Rhodes 1968-71) - http://www.oldcambrians.com/Obituary-Ashdown,Gus.html
Obituary – Leslie James (widow of the late George "Pansy" James, former
Housemaster of Rhodes House, and first Headmaster of the Duke of York School
when it was created at the end of 1948)
I have received an e-mail from Dave
Lichtenstein (Old Yourkist), who had received an
e-mail from Sally Rowson, daughter of George and
Leslie James, letting him know that her mother passed away on the 5th
March 2010 after a bout of pneumonia which at her great age of 103 she was just
not able to overcome. At the time of her death she was a resident of Bridgwater Manor Retirement
Village in the Cape, South Africa.
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)
