Honouring the missing OCs
How another 42 Old Cranleighans who fell in the 1914-18 war have been discovered and will need to be added to the Cranleigh memorial in the Jubilee pavilion […]
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Experienced OCs sink School at squash
On October 15, the Cranleigh School squash team (supplemented by a couple of teachers) took on the might of the OCs. Resplendent in their blazers the OCs cut quite a dash, and their younger opposition felt a touch intimidated. Rightly so, as it turned out, with Cranleigh being firmly put in their place in a […]
The challenges of taking the OC Society forward
Mike Payne interviews Martin Williamson (2&3 South 1980), who replaced Nick Meyer as chairman of the Old Cranleighan Society in January. What do you see as the main challenges of your new post as Chairman of the OC Society? We need to work hard to ensure that we look after all Old Cranleighans. In the […]
The father of the Old Cranleighans
Henry Casswell is an almost forgotten figure in Cranleigh history – in Alan Megahey’s History of Cranleigh School he warranted one passing mention – and yet aside from Joseph Merriman, the first headmaster, no single figure made more impact on the early life of Cranleigh and the Old Cranleighans. Casswell was born in Lincolnshire into an established […]
An ‘Incomprehensible’ Account
May 1962 certain members of the alumni of that year were pondering what to do during the summer holidays, which would be our last one before we either went to University or joined the palaces of industry after leaving school. I had the bright idea of going on a cricket tour to Cornwall and I […]