OBS Welcome Back Dinners - to 1955
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ACCEPTANCES CALLED SURNAME INITIALS START END Mr Peter Ascroft PJ 1948 1956
Rt.Rev. Colin Bazley CF 1946 1954
Judge Philip Berkson PH 1947 1954
Mr David Blythe DA 1946 1952
Mr Peter Bolton PGT 1940 1947
Mr Ralph Bond RN 1945 1953
Dr John Bond JA 1944 1953
Mr Ken Botting KW 1942 1951
Mr John Britton J 1946 1954
Mr Geoffrey Brown GR 1947 1955
Mr Martin Brown MG 1944 1955
Mr Robert Caine RE 1946 1953
Prof David Colquhoun D 1947 1953
Mr Geoffrey Constantine G 1944 1952
Mr Neil Coupland NH 1945 1950
Lt Col Tudor Davies TH 1942 1949
Mr Brian Dunn BJ 1948 1954
Mr John Edwards JKP 1941 1946
Mr Ken Ellerton KG 1935 1947
Mr David Fletcher DA 1940 1947
Mr Donald Fraser DL 1943 1947
Mr Peter George PM 1945 1954
Reverend John Hallatt JL 1944 1953
Mr Ronald Hampton FR 1935 1945
Dr Neville Harris NL 1944 1947
Judge David Harris QC DL 1944 1952
Mr George Hayes GA 1936 1940
Dr Mike Hayes MJ 1944 1951
Dr Eddie Hignett 1948 1956
Mr Sean Hignett KG 1946 1953
Mr Douglas Hoblyn DM 1940 1948
Mr David Hollins JD 1941 1950
Mr Derek Hornby DG 1944 1952
Mr Jim Houghton JG 1944 1952
Major Tony Hughes TIA 1939 1940
Capt Mike Hurley M 1943 1949
Mr Graham Hurton AG 1946 1953
Mr Brian King BAG 1944 1948
Mr John Lemon JA 1944 1951
Mr John Mack JGA 1941 1948
Mr Jim Maddocks JE 1941 1947
Mr John Marsden JMG 1944 1952
Mr Harold McCready HW 1939 1948
Dr John Meecham J 1945 1949
Mr John Moore J 1948 1954
Mr Arthur Owen AC 1939 1946
Judge Richard Pickering REI 1942 1948
Mr Peter Rae PG 1945 1953
Mr Martin Shelton OBE MS 1947 1955
Mr Kevin Taylor CBE K 1944 1955
Mr Robert Tunstead RJ 1941 1949
Mr John Wallace JD 1948 1955
Mr Peter Walling PG 1948 1955
Rev Derek Whittaker D 1941 1948
Mr David Williams DH 1942 1948
Mr David Williams DG 1945 1951
58 Old Birkonians attended the Headmaster’s Welcome Back Dinner in April 2013. As the photographs testify, they are still in good shape and still recognisable from their School photographs. The letters of thanks afterwards to John Clark bear witness to an excellent evening. Just a note to thank you for your hospitality at the Welcome Back Dinner yesterday evening. Like some others I spoke to, I was somewhat apprehensive before the event, particularly as I actually remembered only two of the names who left in the same year that I did. My apprehension was unfounded and the whole evening was extremely enjoyable. The physical changes since I left 58 years ago are remarkable, although much of the old skeleton remains. The classrooms below Big School hold few happy memories, but in retrospect I had a wonderful education at the School, even if I didn’t appreciate it at that time. Kevin C Taylor, CBE The tour of the School brought back memories with almost every pace. You created a relaxed atmosphere from the start and the absence of a formal seating plan made it possible to sit with one or two friends but also to strike up conversations with people one remembered as being too senior to dare to approach when at School! MS Shelton
APOLOGIES
MR ROGER ABBEY-SMITH R 1926 1934
MR JAMES ARDEN JA 1938 1945
MR GRIFFITH BARRIE BW 1946 1954
MR ERIC BARTLETT EJ 1950 1955
MR JOHN BARTON JF 1938 1944
MR ROY BATEMAN RD 1941 1947
MR WILLIAM BENDER W 1941 1945
MR DENIS BETHELL DE 1943 1949
DR IAN BLACK IJ 1942 1953
REV ANDREW BLACK AJ 1949 1957
MR DAVID BLYTHE DN 1945 1951
MR GEORGE BOLTON G 1940 1947
MR CHRIS BOWER CR 1949 1953
MR ALAN BRADLEY AK 1944 1951
MR R DENIS BROMLEY RD 1936 1941
MR GEOFFREY BROWN GR 1947 1955
MR HARRY CASEY H 1945 1951
MR COLIN CASHIN CH 1947 1954
MR C CHAPPELL CL 1934 1937
MR ROBERT COCKBURN R 1936 1940
CAPT D COSKER DA 1946 1951
MR NEIL COUPLAND NH 1945 1950
MR ANDREW DINGWALL AR 1943 1950
MR PETER DUTTON PR 1935 1940
MR GRAHAM DYKES GB 1945 1951
MR GEORGE FLETCHER GH 1937 1943
MR DAVID GILCHRIST RD 1944 1951
MR GEORGE GILL GD 1941 1951
REV DEREK GILL D 1940 1951
MR ANTHONY GODBERT AH 1934 1941
MR RICHARD GRICE RA 1948 1953
MR KEN HALSALL JK 1942 1949
MR DAVID HARCOURT DA 1926 1933
MR JOHN HARGREAVES JS 1946 1954
MR DENIS HARRISON DB 1928 1934
MR J HELM JGE 1946 1951
MR MICHAEL HERINGTON MJ 1949 1953
MR EDMUND HOLLING-WORTH 1948 1955
MR JOHN HOLT JC 1932 1942
MR DAVID HOPE DE 1945 1951
MR GEOFFREY HOUGH G 1945 1950
MR MALCOM HUNT MB 1947 1953
MR TREVOR JAMES ET 1947 1949
MR T KIRKPATRICK TA 1945 1950
MR CLIFFORD LAWRENSON CM 1943 1948
MR DAVID LEAVER DC 1945 1951
MR MAURICE LIPSEDGE
MR L LISTER LJ 1933 1939
MR CHRIS MATHIAS CH 1939 1955
MR BARRY MILLS BW 1938 1946
MR MICHAEL MINTER M 1938 1942
MR IAN MITCHELL IW 1941 1951
MR JOHN MOOR JF 1948 1954
LORD DONALD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD
DJ 1943 1949
MR KEN NORRIS KJ 1939 1945
MR DAVID PARRY DRS 1945 1950
MR DAVID PARRY DM 1939 1946
MR PHILIP (PIP) PENNELL PN 1948 1955
MR PETER PENNINGTON PR 1944 1954
MR MIKE PHELAN MEK 1947 1954
MR R POWELL RJ 1938 1943
MR JOHN PUGH JR 1940 1946
MR THOMAS PURCELL TA 1946 1954
MR PHILIP PURSER PJ 1939 1946
MR KEN PYKE KN 1941 1953
MR JOHN PYKE JL 1945 1950
MR HUGH ROBERTS HL 1943 1949
MR P ROBERTS PJ 1943 1951
MR CHAS ROBINSON CA 1946 1952
MR ALAN ROGERS AG 1934 1943
MR ANDREW ROSS AN 1947 1953
MR KEN SENAR KB 1943 1950
MR HARRY SMALLMAN H 1947 1954
MR AUSTIN STIRRUP AB 1946 1951
MR GRAHAM THOMAS GR 1947 1954
MR MICHAEL TOMPKINS M 1942 1945
MR ANDREAS WHITTAM SMITH A 1947 1955
MR CLIFFORD (SCOP)
WILLIAMS CG 1948 1955
MR BOB WINSTANLEY BW 1947 1954
MR DEREK WRIGHT DB 1937 1944
The League of Gentlemen The Headmaster received over 80 apologies from Old Birkonians who were unable to attend the Dinner.