One hundred and eighty people attended the 118th Old Cranleighan Society Dinner at BAFTA in London where Mel Williamson (1 North 1984) made history as the first female chairman of an event first held in 1882. In a well-received speech, Mel, who formed the OC Ladies Hockey Club and was also the first female OC […]
A group of former members of 2&3 South held a dinner for their housemaster John Bain and his wife Cynthia at the Caledonian Club in London on October 20. John wrote to Jaime Stewart the next day: “Many thanks to everyone for your kindness and generosity; to you, Matthew [Pragnell] and Carrie [Swanson] for initiating the […]
The relationship between the School and Old Cranleighans has been further strengthened by the launch of a new project which will see two interns working at Cranleigh to support a mixture of OC and School projects. The project, which is co-funded by the OC Society, employs two OCs in the year after they leave Cranleigh. […]
A stirring Memorial Service for Vivian Cox, a really remarkable OC, was held in the Chapel at Cranleigh on October 2, in the company of many friends and admirers. In his eulogy, Mike Payne said: “Vivian’s ashes could have been laid in the North Sea or the Mermaid Theatre or elsewhere, but they are where […]
Mike Payne’s eulogy to Vivian Cox delivered at his memorial service in the Chapel on October 2, 2010 Vivian, you have completed the last Act of your Play on Earth. This service is our standing ovation for you. On earth, Vivian, you were a man and a half! And for me and many others, a friend […]
Ironman Richard Hume’s exploits have been well documented in various OC publications – his most recent feat was to row the Atlantic – and now he has launched a business at www.challengechaser.com writing bespoke sporting programmes for people’s sporting events. Hume, who is a personal trainer, has compiled a remarkable list of achievements which would […]
Fast bowler Stuart Meaker continued to impress in his third season at Surrey, playing in more than half the county’s Championship matches and taking 28 wickets at 32.00, a really good return for a side which struggled throughout. Starting the summer in the 2nd XI, he took 12 for 156 against Middlesex and then smashed […]
Guy Andrews (2 North, 1979) has added another major ITV drama to his screenwriting credits with the recent three-part series Bouquet of Barbed Wire, a remake of a series which caused a national debate back in 1976. The Mirror noted “screenwriter Guy Andrews has sensibly reined in the fruitier dialogue” while the Independent said “Andrews […]
Duncan Allen, a leaver in 2010, made his debut as a top-order batsman for a Kenya XI against Indian state side Baroda in Nairobi in August and scored 34 and 12 in a heavy defeat. He then played for Kenya A twice against Uganda, scoring runs and taking wickets, and that earned him a call-up […]
On Friday, September 10 a large audience, which included a number of Old Cranleighans and current and former members of the Common Room, gathered in the chapel to hear an inaugural concert given on the new Mander organ by Bruce Ogston, Philip Scriven, the new Organist in Residence, and the world-renowned Thomas Trotter. Guy Waller, […]