Mike Payne writes: Peter Wightman-Mountain (East, 1928-31), whose 100th birthday was last 30 June, has died peacefully in his sleep after only two days in bed. He was only the second OC centenarian to my knowledge, the first being Percy Bradley who died many years ago at the age of 107. He was the only living […]
Christopher Phillips writes: Once again the annual OC South West lunch was held on 25 March at the Flintlock Inn in Marsh, Devon. This is the third year we have gathered here and lunch was as good as ever. Seventeen sat down including the ever welcome Mike Payne. The raffle raised £120 in aid of […]
The Halford Hewitt has been described by the golf writer Nick Tremayne as “the greatest of all truly amateur tournament”. Founded in 1924 it is competed for today by the old boys of 64 English and Scottish public schools which each field five foursomes pairs, making 640 competitors in all. The sheer size of the […]
You are invited to come to a free talk by Andrew Roberts (East 1981) on his new book Napoleon the Great at Cranleigh on Thursday 16th April – Drinks Reception 7.00pm in the Emms Centre, Lecture 7.30pm in Speech Hall […]
Michael Ashley-Brown (1&4 South, 1962-66) writes: Noting that Jolyon Palmer is the reigning GP2 Series motor racing champion I was struck by something a little bit spooky. Back in 1958 the GP2 series was known as Formula Junior and as today, was the feeder class for the Senior Grand Prix class. I have owned a […]
John Tysoe, (1&4 South, 1965-69) writes: Someone was good enough to send me the latest copy of The Old Cranleighan and I read your amusing piece on school slang. It stirred up some memories and if you were planning to repeat the feature at any stage, here are a few other terms which may have escaped […]
Ted (2&3 South, 1986-90) describes his 7x7x7: This January, I completed seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. I often have to say all that twice as people don’t quite believe it the first time. It was pretty nuts, but I’ve been doing this kind of thing for a while – I’ve done the […]
Cranleigh is ranked Number 3 in 2014 Sport among Britain’s Independent Schools, up from 43rd in 2013. First and second, as in 2013, were Millfield and Whitgift. The list reflects competitive achievement in 20 different sports and more than 120 different national competitions. Cranleigh won a variety of national titles. Congratulations to the many boys […]
This month sees two notable landmarks: on 16 February the 90th birthday of David Emms (Headmaster, 1960-70), and on 28 February the 100th birthday of Trevor Stephenson (1 North, 1929-31). Trevor will be the second living OC Centenarian, the first being Peter Wightman-Mountain (East, 1928-31) who was 100 on 30 June last year. But both […]
The extraordinary growth of Old Cranleighan mini rugby at Thames Ditton continues apace, with over 200+ children regularly attending training every Sunday morning throughout the season […]