OLD ALDENHAMIAN DAY

Sunday 22nd June 2003

OA Day was a fabulous success with over 230 OAs and their wives and partners attending.  The day began with Coffee in Houses followed by a magnificent and very well attended Chapel Service which included moving tributes to two former members of staff, Geoffrey Crawshaw and Ken Barnard.  The Chapel Service collection amounted to £802.90, a fantastic sum, and will be split between two cancer charities nominated by the families Geoffrey and Ken.  The champagne reception afterwards was held in the Yard and the Shed, a first for this venue on OA Day - Sergeant Major Buckingham would have been delighted!  Lunch was a splendid affair and, due to the large numbers attending, was served in three separate rooms: the Main Dining Room; the Staff Dining Room (the former School House Library); and Leemans Day Room (part of the former School Room).

Amongst the many eminent OAs attending, the School warmly welcomed Bill Kennedy a principal member of the Common Room from 1934 to 1959 and a former Housemaster of McGill’s.  OAs spent the afternoon revisiting old haunts around the School grounds and seeking out former friends, some of whom they had not seen for many years.

 Please watch this space for details of OA Day 2004