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overseas gathered to celebrate the great anniversary.
On 25th June the Garden Opera, under their benevolent
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Very sadly 2008 has seen the untimely death of a
number of younger
ows. The memorial service for Lady
ow Chairman David Walton, gave a performance of
Donizetti’s last comedy, Don Pasquale in the College
forthcoming events
2009
Pamela Gatehouse, widow of our dearly loved former
President Bob, was a moving occasion.
(formerly Common Room) Garden. Earlier on the same
By way of contrast, on 3rd June this year, Peggy
day Rory Bremner returned to College to greatly entertain
Crickway, who as Peggy D’Arch Smith was matron at the
a full house for a one hour performance.
Benson from the 1950s until she retired in 1972, celebrated
An Apsley Reunion Picnic was held at College on 6th
July. This was much enjoyed by those Apsley
ows who
her 100th birthday at her home in Bembridge, Isle of Wight.
Very many Benson
ows sent her cards and she held long
wednesday 4th februa ry . ow property reception in london
thu r sday 26th februa ry . ow sports clubs dinner at queen’s club
satu r day 25th a pr il
. . ow gaudy 1975 to 1985 vintage
satu r day 23r d m ay . . . speec h day
fr iday 12th ju ne . . . . ga r den oper a at c ollege—“ the ba r ber of seville”
attended, some with husbands and children, and is to be
and lively telephone conversations with both the Master
thu r sday 18th ju ne . . . waterloo day—countrywide reunions
repeated next year.
and the ow Chairman !
su nday 28th ju ne . . . . ow apsley reunion picnic
satu r day 4th ju ly
The ow Cricket Week was held again on Turf between
7th and 12th July. Also three
conclus ion
ows played for the winning
team, Valley End, in the Village Cricket Final at Lord’s on
My huge thanks to Chris Potter, who becomes an even
ow Secretary with each succeeding year and to
. . . ow society jubilee dinner at st george’s hill golf club
thu r sday 24th sept . . . servic e at st pau l’s c athedr a l to c elebr ate 150th
satu r day 10th oc tober . ow society reunion and agm
fr iday 20th novem ber . . ow leavers of 1999 gathering in london
8th September. The Valley End team is chaired by another
better
ow, James Young.
his superb assistant Kay Mitchell, who has kept the office
owrfc Rugby 10s competition
In addition the Master, Development Director and ow Secretary
working efficiently, at times under great pressure, this last
will be making a series of overseas visits as part of the 150th celebrations
was held on Farm Field on 30th August. This produced
year especially. Thanks also to all members of the Society’s
even fiercer competition than usual and was eventually won
General and
by a strong team, “Lookers Legends”, captained by Will
to Nigel Howard-Jones as Hon. Treasurer, John Goodeve-
24th–29th m a rc h
Looker [Bl 1996–2001].
Docker as Chairman of the
ow Master of the Pewterers’ Livery
Company, Peter Gibbs, some 65 ows attended an evening
ow Sports Committee and
Peter Hunt for continuing to host our e&f meetings at his
12th–20th septem ber . . jubilee visit to ows/parents in europe
London office. Peter retires from the General Committee
The third bi-annual
Thanks to the
e&f Committees, with special thanks again
17th–28th februa ry
27th m ay–6th ju ne . . . ju bilee visit to ows /pa r ents in fa r ea st (ba ngkok, m a lays i a , tok yo, bei j i ng )
26th–29th oc tober. . . jubilee visit to ows/parents in the gulf (dubai, abu dhabi )
agm and I cannot thank him enough for all that he
reception at the Pewterers’ Hall in the City on 19th
at this
September. The Master addressed those present, describing
has done for the Society over very many years,
the recent achievements and plans for the future, including
and visiting gatherings at Cambridge, Newcastle, Durham,
ow Society to my successor as
Chairman, Charles Baker. A keen ow, sportsman and
lawyer, Charles has already served ows well, as a long
standing General Committee and e&f Committee member
Nottingham, Oxford, Bristol and Leeds universities with
and latterly as Vice Chairman. I wish him all possible success
more trips to follow. In November there will be a gathering of
as he takes the ow Society on to the next exciting stage, as
the 2003 leavers in London and generally we are introducing
College enters its 150th year.
We are having a big drive this year to make more contact
with the young
ows. Chris Potter, has been organizing
Details of all these events can be found on the website www.owsociety.com, for which no password is needed,
or from the secretary on 01344 44 4069 or by e-mail to [email protected]
Now, after some seven years, I am delighted to be
handing over a thriving
the linked Wellington Academy in Wiltshire.
. . ju bilee visit to ows/pa r ents in hong kong, new zea la nd, aus t r a l i a & s i ng a p or e
. . . ju bilee visit to ows/pa r ents in l.a ., toronto & new yor k
Picnic, thanks to Fiona Haywood [Ap], the Leavers of 2003
now put in your diaries the date 12t h June 2009 for the
gathering in London, thanks to Hugo Shephard, Charlie Hunt
company production at Wellington of The Barber of Seville.
and Facebook, and an
ow Scotland Reunion in Edinburgh,
thanks to Paul Heward.
At the time of the Year Book going to press, the book
launches in London and at Wellington for Patrick Mileham’s
details of the book are published elsewhere in this volume.
Apsley diplomats, soldiers, lawyers, bankers, economists,
ows of
all vintages who have contributed to the book and the ow
office has enjoyed plenty of banter on a myriad of associated
good stories to tell and we look forward to seeing more
topics. We do appreciate all ’phone calls, e-mails, letters and
and more of them back at Wellington.
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astonishing, but not unexpected, breadth and variety of
lives being led, with many juggling families and careers.
ows.
Wellington, the First 150 Years are imminent and further
politicians, doctors, entrepreneurs, etc. have some very
a number of less formal functions for the younger
A survey of former members of Apsley revealed the
visits from
I know how indebted Patrick is to the many
ows during the year and there are a surprising
This year there have been two evenings in which a
number of archive queries, spanning the full 150 years, each
s College approaches its 150th year, the ow of-
and Anthony now succeeds David Somerset as President.
panel of
ows have come to College to talk with the boys
week. You will be pleased to hear that Patrick’s work on
fice , the Development office and the Wellington
David, a veritable pillar of the Society, has very sadly decided
and girls; a “City” event and a “Law” event. They have
his book has accelerated the process of bringing together
College Association are working together close-
to stand down through ill health after a total of 20 years
proved very popular and were enjoyed by both sides and
the presently scattered College archives.
ly to keep all Wellington constituencies informed about
service in the roles of first Chairman and then President.
more of such evenings are envisaged. Rory Bremner and
As ever the ow office strives to locate missing addresses,
present activities and future plans.
We owe him more than we can ever repay. In addition we
Paul Leonard Morgan came back to run workshops in the
both postal and e-mail, of ows as they move ever onwards
Anthony Bruce, in his last address to the agm in October
are delighted to record that Peter Hunt and Nigel Howard-
College Artsfest in June, and
ows are warmly invited to
and upwards and the 150th is a handy time to ask for help from
as Chairman of the ow Society, reported on another busy
Jones have been elected Vice Presidents of the Society.
contribute to Artsfest 2009. Finally, David Walton brought
those who know ows and whose addresses we may not have.
the Garden Opera company to the College garden. Please
The Dinner on 4th July 2009 at St George’s Hill Golf
A
year. Charles Baker has succeed Anthony as Chairman
Events in 2008 have included
the Apsley Reunion