Due to a serious "crash" of the computer where I store all
the e-mails I have received over the last couple of years, I now have two
Old Cambrians who have contacted me as they appeared on the "Where are
they?" page; BUT I haven't a clue who was looking for them. So if you are the
person who was looking to contact either Ray Carling (Nicholson 1953/4
to 1957/8) or Ronnie Standfield (Nicholson 1948) could
you please e-mail me, and I'll make sure you are put in touch with your "old"
friend.
Old Cambrian Society events coming up, plus also some other items I have
been asked to publicise:
Old Cambrian Society
(Kenya) - the Annual Dinner-Dance is to be held on Friday, 1st
October at the Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi (7.30 for
8pm)
Ticket price is Kshs 1,500/-
and details of the menu, and who to contact for tickets, can be found on the OCS
web site at:
All East African Schools' Picnic (Sydney,
Australia) + Kenya Regiment Association Curry Dinner - 23rd
& 24th October.
For the fifth year running, the very popular Picnic is taking place.
Anyone who has attended an East African school is most welcome to
attend.
2005 Kenya Calendar (Historical Kenya Photos - Then
& Now)
Kevin Patience (from rival school, Saints 1953-61) has contacted
me. He has a collection of historical Kenya photographs, some relating to
the building of the railway taken in the late 1890s early 1900s, a few of which
have been matched on a Then & Now basis, and this is the theme for
his 2005 calendar.
1950s Kenya
"SchoolSpeak"
Christopher Collier-Wright (Hawke 1954-1959) and Brian
McIntosh (Rhodes 1953-1959) have come up with a truly unique addition to the OCS
web site. Their light-hearted attempt at 50 years’ distance to remember and
categorise the unique blend of language which constituted Kenya SchoolSpeak in
the 1950s, is a fascinating piece of work. The first published "draft" can
be found on the OCS web site at: http://www.oldcambrians.com/KenyaSchoolSpeak.html
Any comments, corrections and additions would be gratefully
received.
Does anyone remember a Nairobi-based teacher
John
Anthony (Tony) Layfield?
I have had an e-mail from a Scott Macintosh
which reads as follows: "My stepfather, John Anthony (Tony)
Layfield (sadly now deceased) taught in the Nairobi area in the late 1950's and
1960's and I am trying to find out which school he taught in. He was a PE
teacher but also taught science. Was it Prince of Wales? Do you have any
recollection, or could you make any suggestion where or how I might find
out?"
If you can help, please e-mail
me.
Webmaster is taking a holiday!!
- I will be in Kenya from 22nd September until 4th October, so
if you e-mail me during that period you will not get an immediate
response. I plan to attend the Old Cambrian Society (Kenya chapter) Annual
Dinner-Dance at the Norfolk on Friday 1st October, and look forward to meeting
up with as many Kenya-based OCs as possible that
night.
As always, if you know of Old Cambrians
out there who are not yet registered on the web site Alumni page, please
urge them to contact me.
That's all for
now!
Steve Le
Feuvre
& Secretary, Old Cambrian
Society (UK)
