No. 123
The Trusty Servant
40 Years-on Reunion Dinner: on Thursday 9 th February 2017, 48 members of the Classes of 1976-78 came together for dinner at the Cavalry & Guards Club. They were welcomed by Alex Roe, Director of Win Coll Soc, who declared himself extremely happy with the large Philite contingent, many of whom he had not seen since 1975. The Sub-Warden, Robert Sutton, was the home-team speaker; Calum Sillars replied on behalf of the guests and extolled the benefits of getting on the water in general and OW Sailing Club in particular.
Under-25s Dinner
Roderick Wordie and Andrew Sutcliffe
The Tree of Gernika Dinner: on Friday 10 th February 2017, Nick Rankin and George Steer( K, 53-58) were Guests of Honour at a dinner in the Warden’ s Lodgings. Nick had been the tour-guide on the Wykeham Patrons’ trip to the Basque Country last September,‘ in the footsteps of George Lowther Steer’, and George’ s father( Coll, 23-28) had reported so famously on the bombing of the town of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Nick, whose biography of Steer, Telegram from Guernica, is highly recommended, had used his precious first edition of Steer’ s own The Tree of Gernika( the Basque spelling) as his trusty prop throughout the trip, but it had seen better days. David Fellowes subsequently‘ borrowed’ it in order to commission a complete refurbishment and upgrade by Tim Wiltshire, Wells’ book-binding maestro. 17 other diners were present to witness Steer jun returning Steer sen’ s book back to his biographer.
Tim Anderson and Martin Norris
Robert Edyvean and Nick Janmohamed
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