The 2013 Old Cranleighan Dinner was held on April 26 on the SS Elizabethan, a replica of an 1890’s Mississippi Stern-Wheeled Paddle Steamer, which transported 140 OC diners and dancers down the Thames from Westminster Pier to beyond Tower Bridge and back.
It really was an event with a difference which was originally the inspired idea of our erstwhile intern, Seb Sharpe, and brought to fruition by Rick Johnson.
The chairman was Neil Bennett, recently retired from Common Room and a most popular choice. He was introduced by new OC Society secretary Dodie Khurshid, who also welcomed the oldest aboard, Talbot Bashall (West, 1943), over for the occasion from Australia.
The Headmaster gave a brief and encouraging update as to how well the school continues to do, while Martin Williamson, new OC Society chairman, paid a warm tribute to Rick who, with his planning of the 2007 Dinner at Madame Tussauds, began occasions which have really appealed to younger OCs in particular.