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chris potter [c 1960–1965]
T
he winds of change gusting through the
far the cheapest and quickest way of keeping in touch.
a
(A mail-shot from the office to
new alignment of College, Development
ow
Society. Together we shall face the challenges of the
next 150 years, even if it seems that the
Apsley Picnic
Sam Leckenby, Sarah Allen, Vanessa Caiden and Liz Hughes
ow community is 10,000 strong. E-mail is by
Wellington quadrangles are bringing about
Office, Wellington College Association and the
Apsley Picnic
William Marshall, Chloe Marshall and Alison Eyles
The
ow office has
been lightly tossed to yet another home, now close to
the Driver Rooms, once the Art School overlooking Turf.
ows costs £3000, while
e-mails cost next to nothing).
Not everyone is on
e-mail, however, and an important letter will be posted
in January to all ows.
The Wellington 150th celebrations have been
recognised by
ow gatherings around the globe and a
e & f Committee,
The innovations at College in recent years, such as
The Apsley reunion picnic also took place in June and
who have put in an unusual amount of work in the last
the introduction of an exciting and fizzy style of 20/20
College, the
was attended by some 20 former Apsley ladies and, in many
12 months, thereby also increasing the workload on Chris
cases, their families.
education with white boards, Harkness tables and gurus
end the fund-raising activities for the 150th Anniversary
Potter and Kay Mitchell. Numerous
ows of all vintages. E-mails
are daily whizzing into the Society hq to support the trail
charity Hope and Homes for Children. Many of you have
by Charles Linaker and Andrew Martell.
Our Society celebrated the Jubilee with an excellent
dinner at St George’s Hill Golf Club by kind permission of
I am enormously grateful to the
e & f meetings have
taken place to re-define the Society’s relationship with
College in certain key areas.
our Vice-President and this year’s Captain, Peter Hunt: 115
Improved communication with
ows and the
ows and their spouses or friends were present, ows under
wider Wellington community through a more
25 benefitting from tickets at the subsidised price of £25.
versatile website hosted on the College’s servers
The Clubhouse was a magnificent venue and a very good
and benefitting from improved software currently
time was had by all.
being acquired by College and the ow office;
The next event was the opening of the Hugh Monro
The setting up of a Career Scheme with
ows’ career
pavilion on Bigside on 12th September. It was good to see
a database containing details of
ows, many of whom had contributed
generously to the project, turn up to watch th e owrfc
experiences, grouped by profession, which can be
scrape a hard-fought victory against Old Wimbledonians
will also be used to increase visits to College by
and stay on for the opening ceremony.
panels of ows to give talks on specific careers.
a large number of
accessed by Wellington students and
ows. This
ows joined in the
As 2010 dawns so is there the opportunity for all
ows to support the work of the Society in whatever way
four arms of Wellington in its push forward. The rich human
they choose. There are social functions and events for
ow Society will increasingly be used to
all age groups, details of which are on the website www.
ows with career advice and net–working with
owsociety.com No password is needed. Please get in
ows in all career fields during these difficult times
and to help with the education of ow offspring, amongst
other initiatives. To this end the ow Society is seeking
touch, stay in touch and it is always a great pleasure to
visit. The chances are there will have been some change
to add to its membership, not least from the over 50s, of
made at Wellington between the writing of the first and
whom only 45 percent are members—which means that
the last word of this piece and my next job is to spot it.
55 percent do not receive the Year Book.
Semper Domus Floreat !
resources of the
help young
other
though all the costs are borne by the Society. A
Academy in Tidworth.
contributed, for which our thanks.
Improved (with expensive capital costs) it will link the
but only about 30% was about the Society, even
by both the College and students from the new Wellington
blazing 13th Master.
ow Society and wca, brings closer to an
current proposal is that College recognise that
show
ows around the school whenever they choose to
The last Year Book contained some 140 pages,
special service at St Paul’s Cathedral which was attended
in residence, has delighted
Grand Finale Ball on 28th November, hosted jointly by
Finally on 24th September many
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it is to a large extent a ‘school’ publication and
b e h in d th e scen es
The ow office has moved once more and is now to be
found in the passage leading to the Driver Rooms (the old
Art School).
take over much of the cost. This would release
sorely needed funds to be invested in setting up
and running the Careers Scheme;
Finally, we are looking at ways of re-invigorating
T
he Gaudy was held on 25th April 2009 in fine
new ‘hotel-style’ Beresford stretched even the most elastic
ows, guests and
memories of life in Front Quad. After the wander around
former members of Common Room arrived in
the College it was back to Great School for drinks and then
weather and more than 100
ow Charitable Trust, notably with a view to
mid afternoon, well prepared and ready to take trips down
on to Dining Hall for an excellent dinner and an increasingly
year a small Task Force was set up, consisting of Deborah
attracting funds to help children and grandchildren
memory lane. Tea in Great School was followed by Chapel
noisy hubbub of reminiscence. Tales of fug-rugger, tish-
Alun-Jones, Ed Venables and Toby Allen, to look at what the
of ows attend College.
(without Roll Call) and an amusing update on Wellington
popping, and unrepeatable derring-do from those years ago
Society was doing and, in particular, what it was not doing
More news on these initiatives will be available by the
post 2006 from the Master. Tours, guided by pupils, took
resounded around the room. Wise heads had booked into
for its members. The Task Force’s report was delivered at
Spring General Meeting. In the meantime, no one should
the assembled throng into venues the assembled can
the Waterloo but, as ever, wise heads were in the minority
the end of April and its recommendations, widely endorsed
hesitate to let me, Chris Potter or any member of the
by the General Committee, have influenced all of the e & f
only have dreamed of in the spartan days of their own
and breakfast was being laid before the last of the one-time
General Committee know if you fear that we are missing
youth. The
v&a café was reckoned a more than adequate
squealers stumbled towards the rising sun. A greatly enjoyed
Committees’ activities since then.
a trick or charging up a cul de sac.
replacement for the ‘Change Baths’ (1914) and a visit to the
Towards the end of last year and first few months of this
the
occasion and thanks to College for hosting us so well.