Royal Air Force Club - 128 Piccadilly, London W.1
Friday, 7th December 2007 - 7:00 for 7:30 pm
Dress : Lounge Suit
Paul Lewis assisted by Mike Bayliss have once again arranged for us to have the privilege of holding our Christmas Dinner at the RAF Club in Piccadilly. The RAF Club is steeped in history and yet friendly and welcoming. They always provide us with an enjoyable and memorable evening.
Tickets are priced at a very modest £35 for a single, but a pair of tickets will be only £60. Partners, guests, friends and those with links to the School and College are most welcome. The 2008 Anniversary Celebrations draw ever closer so this is a good time to bring along prospective members
Security issues dictate that bookings must be made by 24th November at the latest please.
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Friday, 26 October 2007
Eddy Young
Roy Edwards from Canada writes:
In one of my previous notes to you I mentioned “Eddy” Young as a possible member of OPS He was at Price’s during the period 1931(?) to 1938 or 1939 when he joined the RNVR and had a distinguished service as skipper of an MTB in the Adriatic and around Iceland. He was showing definite interest in the OPS but was regrettably hit by a massive, and fatal, stroke on September 19th.
In one of my previous notes to you I mentioned “Eddy” Young as a possible member of OPS He was at Price’s during the period 1931(?) to 1938 or 1939 when he joined the RNVR and had a distinguished service as skipper of an MTB in the Adriatic and around Iceland. He was showing definite interest in the OPS but was regrettably hit by a massive, and fatal, stroke on September 19th.
Monday, 17 September 2007
Prize Winners 1964
Here is the list of prize-winners from the CD version of the Lions. Can you put the names to the faces?
Names for the photograph...only a few though:
Row 1, L-R: no 1: Greg Parsons, no 2: Ian Kenway
Row 2, L-R, no 6: Nick Cotton, no 8: Phil Crawshaw
Back row, far right leaning forward, with specs: Neil Astley (I think).
regards to all,
Kev O'Carroll
Hello Michael.
I was fascinated to see the 1964 prizewinners photo submitted recently by Robin Ward - I had never seen it before, even though I am on it!
Robin says "Maybe someone else can put more names to more faces". Well, in the second-to-last row at the back, starting from the left-hand aisle, there is a younger boy I do not know, then four Upper VI formers, viz. myself, Colin Knowlton(I think), Neil Auckland and Peter Domone.
I'm afraid after all these years the names of the others escape me.
Best wishes,
Mike Bayliss
Row 1, L-R: no 1: Greg Parsons, no 2: Ian Kenway
Row 2, L-R, no 6: Nick Cotton, no 8: Phil Crawshaw
Back row, far right leaning forward, with specs: Neil Astley (I think).
regards to all,
Kev O'Carroll
Hello Michael.
I was fascinated to see the 1964 prizewinners photo submitted recently by Robin Ward - I had never seen it before, even though I am on it!
Robin says "Maybe someone else can put more names to more faces". Well, in the second-to-last row at the back, starting from the left-hand aisle, there is a younger boy I do not know, then four Upper VI formers, viz. myself, Colin Knowlton(I think), Neil Auckland and Peter Domone.
I'm afraid after all these years the names of the others escape me.
Best wishes,
Mike Bayliss
AGM and Lunch 5th October 2007
Annual General Meeting and Lunch
Lysses House Hotel, High Street, Fareham
Friday 5th October 2007
AGM commences 11.00 am with Lunch to follow at 12.30pm
A substantial change of format this year – the AGM will be at 11.00am followed by Lunch.
Lysses House Hotel (www.lysses.co.uk), will again be the venue for our Annual General Meeting. Lysses occupies a prominent position in High Street at the junction with Civic Way. There is a large car park to the rear and ample on‐street parking. The meeting will be in the Fareham Room.
The price this year will be £17.50 per person. To ensure that the meal proceeds as smoothly as possible please select your menu choices in advance from the list and return these to the Treasurer when booking.
Whilst the AGM is not suitable for partners they would be most welcome to attend the lunch at 12.30 so it might be an opportunity for some early Christmas shopping.
A booking form is attached and should be returned with full payment and menu selections to Michael Croad‐Brangwyn by no later than 28th September, please (later bookings might be accepted but this cannot be guaranteed). Numbers are limited so please respond promptly to ensure a place.
2008 Anniversary Event Outline
THE SOCIETY OF OLD PRICEANS
ANNIVERSARY EVENT 2008
Provisional Programme:
EXHIBITION at WESTBURY MANOR MUSEUM
Friday 2nd May 2008: Preview Evening; entry by invitation only as numbers are limited.
Saturday 3rd May onwards the Exhibition opens to all and will remain open as follows:-
Monday to Friday: 10am to 5pm Saturday 10am to 4pm
Sunday 8th June
WALK (optional) from the original school site via the 1908 Park Lane site then on to a
SERVICE of Commemoration at St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Church for 11.30am.
S.O.P. CENTENARY SUMMER LUNCH 12.30 for 1pm.
It is hoped the Exhibition will open later for a short time for a members’ only viewing.
Saturday 21st June
The exhibition will close at 4pm. An informal buffet lunch is being planned.
December 2008
S.O.P. CENTENARY CHRISTMAS LUNCH
This will be the final event of the 1908 - 2008 celebrations. Venue; The RAF Club, Piccadilly; 12.15 for 1pm – Guest Speaker: “England, Education, and Fareham in 1908”
THE EXHIBITION: for further details please read on.
**MEMBERS’ HELP IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE EXHIBITION A SUCCESS**:
The Society needs volunteers to help compile in design format the display panels. Presentation instructions are available.
SITUATION VACANT: A press officer is urgently required to promote the ‘2008’ event preferably with journalistic experience.
The Exhibition at Westbury Manor Museum:
The following display panels are planned:-
The Opening in 1908. The 1908 Opening Day Poster with overview. The ‘Lion Plaque’ to be displayed nearby plus also a display model clothed in the traditional uniform of a Price’s schoolboy.
The Buildings. (a) The School’s premises through the years from William Price’s house in West Street to the 1908 site. Illustrated by etchings and/or photographs with suitable narrative. (b) Photographic illustration of the transformation of the Park Lane site from Grammar School/Six Form College to a huge residential site.
William Price. His Legacy – Portrait with descriptive narrative – Original objects of the Will and the formation of The William Price Charitable Trust – selective samples with narrative.
Headmasters and Staff. Headmasters and selected masters using photographs with descriptive narratives with appropriate anecdotes, nicknames or comments.
The Pupils. Life and times through the ages at Price’s School – illustrated by photographs and narratives not forgetting the boarders. Speak bubbles to highlight boys’ and masters’ experiences, anecdotes etc., etc.
Sporting Achievements. Sporting successes and achievements of the School and pupils during their time at Price’s.
Price’s in Wartime. Price’s during the 1939-45 war.
Academic Achievements. Educational successes and statistics including typical University statistics.
The CCF and Band.
The Society of Old Priceans. Its history to include its forerunners and the LSOP.
Price’s Houses. The School’s ‘House’ set-up and explanation behind their chosen names.
School Activities. Other Price’s activities such as Drama, Music, Scouts, Debating Society, Chess, Sailing and others.
War Memorial Boards. Boards for the 1914-18 and 1939-45.
The following will also be evident:-
· Display Cabinets: Two display cabinets will show items best kept.
· An interactive CD: This will include a chance to view ‘The Lions’.
The Society is seeking your help in providing personal photographs, memorabilia, anecdotes and memories of Price’s School from your era. Any recollections will do.
The Society’s contact is David Williams and you can contact him either by telephone; 02392387869 or by email; david@family-williams.me.uk or by writing to 60 Wellington Grove, Portchester, Fareham, Hants, PO16 9RX.
ANNIVERSARY EVENT 2008
Provisional Programme:
EXHIBITION at WESTBURY MANOR MUSEUM
Friday 2nd May 2008: Preview Evening; entry by invitation only as numbers are limited.
Saturday 3rd May onwards the Exhibition opens to all and will remain open as follows:-
Monday to Friday: 10am to 5pm Saturday 10am to 4pm
Sunday 8th June
WALK (optional) from the original school site via the 1908 Park Lane site then on to a
SERVICE of Commemoration at St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Church for 11.30am.
S.O.P. CENTENARY SUMMER LUNCH 12.30 for 1pm.
It is hoped the Exhibition will open later for a short time for a members’ only viewing.
Saturday 21st June
The exhibition will close at 4pm. An informal buffet lunch is being planned.
December 2008
S.O.P. CENTENARY CHRISTMAS LUNCH
This will be the final event of the 1908 - 2008 celebrations. Venue; The RAF Club, Piccadilly; 12.15 for 1pm – Guest Speaker: “England, Education, and Fareham in 1908”
THE EXHIBITION: for further details please read on.
**MEMBERS’ HELP IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE EXHIBITION A SUCCESS**:
The Society needs volunteers to help compile in design format the display panels. Presentation instructions are available.
SITUATION VACANT: A press officer is urgently required to promote the ‘2008’ event preferably with journalistic experience.
The Exhibition at Westbury Manor Museum:
The following display panels are planned:-
The Opening in 1908. The 1908 Opening Day Poster with overview. The ‘Lion Plaque’ to be displayed nearby plus also a display model clothed in the traditional uniform of a Price’s schoolboy.
The Buildings. (a) The School’s premises through the years from William Price’s house in West Street to the 1908 site. Illustrated by etchings and/or photographs with suitable narrative. (b) Photographic illustration of the transformation of the Park Lane site from Grammar School/Six Form College to a huge residential site.
William Price. His Legacy – Portrait with descriptive narrative – Original objects of the Will and the formation of The William Price Charitable Trust – selective samples with narrative.
Headmasters and Staff. Headmasters and selected masters using photographs with descriptive narratives with appropriate anecdotes, nicknames or comments.
The Pupils. Life and times through the ages at Price’s School – illustrated by photographs and narratives not forgetting the boarders. Speak bubbles to highlight boys’ and masters’ experiences, anecdotes etc., etc.
Sporting Achievements. Sporting successes and achievements of the School and pupils during their time at Price’s.
Price’s in Wartime. Price’s during the 1939-45 war.
Academic Achievements. Educational successes and statistics including typical University statistics.
The CCF and Band.
The Society of Old Priceans. Its history to include its forerunners and the LSOP.
Price’s Houses. The School’s ‘House’ set-up and explanation behind their chosen names.
School Activities. Other Price’s activities such as Drama, Music, Scouts, Debating Society, Chess, Sailing and others.
War Memorial Boards. Boards for the 1914-18 and 1939-45.
The following will also be evident:-
· Display Cabinets: Two display cabinets will show items best kept.
· An interactive CD: This will include a chance to view ‘The Lions’.
The Society is seeking your help in providing personal photographs, memorabilia, anecdotes and memories of Price’s School from your era. Any recollections will do.
The Society’s contact is David Williams and you can contact him either by telephone; 02392387869 or by email; david@family-williams.me.uk or by writing to 60 Wellington Grove, Portchester, Fareham, Hants, PO16 9RX.
Swimming pool - coldest in UK????
Mike....
It certainly was not just you......I seem to recall most boys emerging from the that pool the same colour as the water !!
I also seem to remember the poor individuals who occasionally forgot their swimming trunks, and were made to go in starkers. Just imagine the furore that would cause these days....fortunately, I was not one of those poor wretches.
I may have, somewhere, some pictures of the 250th anniversary celebrations in 1971 . If I can find then I shall make them available, but don't hold out too much hope.
Regards,Kev O'Carroll
It certainly was not just you......I seem to recall most boys emerging from the that pool the same colour as the water !!
I also seem to remember the poor individuals who occasionally forgot their swimming trunks, and were made to go in starkers. Just imagine the furore that would cause these days....fortunately, I was not one of those poor wretches.
I may have, somewhere, some pictures of the 250th anniversary celebrations in 1971 . If I can find then I shall make them available, but don't hold out too much hope.
Regards,Kev O'Carroll
Tuck Shop
I attended Prices's 1960-64. During my stay there the tuck shop was no longer in the tin hall; that building wasn't even used as the woodwork shop any more. In fact for most of my first year there the "tin hut" - with the old toilets sited immediately behind it - was our classroom (1A) and we had Mr Alderson as form master. I seem to remember it ended its days as the CCF "Quatermaster's Stores".
(The CCF another good topic for memories?)
In my day the tuck shop was always on the ground floor of the "old building" .. opposite the stairs. I recall they sold items there which were never available anywhere else: "Spud Puffs" and "Mint Bingos" . I never came across these elsewhere, either before or since. They also sold some cheese flavoured crisp-type items, though I forget what they were called. Again, unobtainable elsewhere.
PETE BEWERS
(The CCF another good topic for memories?)
In my day the tuck shop was always on the ground floor of the "old building" .. opposite the stairs. I recall they sold items there which were never available anywhere else: "Spud Puffs" and "Mint Bingos" . I never came across these elsewhere, either before or since. They also sold some cheese flavoured crisp-type items, though I forget what they were called. Again, unobtainable elsewhere.
PETE BEWERS
Bert Shaw
Interesting reading a 1963 "Salvete" page out of an old "Lion", particularly as I immediately noticed it contained an error. A certain B. St. G. Butler-Davis is shown as arriving in IVA in the Summer term of 1963. This would have been Brinsley St. George Butler- Davis, who was in the same form as myself in both 1A (1960-61) and 2A (1961-62). I seem to remember him LEAVING when we were all in 3A (i.e. 1963). He should have been on the "Valete"
page, and as being in 3A not in IVA. Alastair Muir and Dick Boyce (also mentioned) DID join Price's in 1963 in the third form - I do remember that. So the page appears to be otherwise correct. I wonder if Mr. Butler-Davis ever noticed this mistake; as he left, he probably never collected his copy of "the Lion".
The page on Bert Shaw's retirement also brings back memories as I recall that on the announcement of his retirement during "Assembly", Bert got a resounding and spontaneous cheer from the whole school which actually moved him to tears. Certainly, he was a disciplinarian of the old school, which by the mid-sixties made him a little like a fish out of water. Nonetheless, he was popular with the boys and this despite his "hands-on" attitude to chastisement. The sort of methods that could land a teacher in court, even gaol, these days. You wouldn't keep your job at all, never mind for 38 years! Being unsporty, I was never one of Bert's favourite pupils. Notwithstanding this I did get on well with him and he had a lot of respect for me. I'd missed a month's tuition just days into my first year at Price's after breaking my shin bone in a football game. On returning to the school in mid-October I found myself clueless in Latin lessons. For about a week Bert gave me extra tuition after school and was pleased with the speed with which I managed to catch up. So much so that he publicly praised my progress to the whole assembled school at the end of the year (and much to my embarrasment!!). It is because of this that I always associate him with school Latin - despite the incredulity with which some old boys have greeted the idea of him ever having taught the subject.
yours
PETE BEWERS (1960-66)
page, and as being in 3A not in IVA. Alastair Muir and Dick Boyce (also mentioned) DID join Price's in 1963 in the third form - I do remember that. So the page appears to be otherwise correct. I wonder if Mr. Butler-Davis ever noticed this mistake; as he left, he probably never collected his copy of "the Lion".
The page on Bert Shaw's retirement also brings back memories as I recall that on the announcement of his retirement during "Assembly", Bert got a resounding and spontaneous cheer from the whole school which actually moved him to tears. Certainly, he was a disciplinarian of the old school, which by the mid-sixties made him a little like a fish out of water. Nonetheless, he was popular with the boys and this despite his "hands-on" attitude to chastisement. The sort of methods that could land a teacher in court, even gaol, these days. You wouldn't keep your job at all, never mind for 38 years! Being unsporty, I was never one of Bert's favourite pupils. Notwithstanding this I did get on well with him and he had a lot of respect for me. I'd missed a month's tuition just days into my first year at Price's after breaking my shin bone in a football game. On returning to the school in mid-October I found myself clueless in Latin lessons. For about a week Bert gave me extra tuition after school and was pleased with the speed with which I managed to catch up. So much so that he publicly praised my progress to the whole assembled school at the end of the year (and much to my embarrasment!!). It is because of this that I always associate him with school Latin - despite the incredulity with which some old boys have greeted the idea of him ever having taught the subject.
yours
PETE BEWERS (1960-66)
Can give some more names to the basket ball team submitted by Roy(aka Sid) Smith:front row: l-r: Ian Wallace, Nicky Rylatt, Geoff Vote, Roy Smith,
back row: l-r: Chris Packer, John Perry, unknown, Phil Withers.
I would date this picture as after April 1965.
The last time I saw Chris Packer was at St.John's School, Singapore, sometime shortly after I left Price's in January 65. Chris had certainly left Singapore by September 1965. Incidentally, other Singaporean Old Pricean's I know about are Kevin O'Carroll, RA (Dick) Boyce, Roy Parkinson and of course my brother Michael (MS) Crawshaw. There must be more!
I returned to Price's in September 1966, and ended up playing in the 1st XV with Nicky, JJ Perry and Roy Smith.
As I recall Steve Simpson and 'Sid' Smith were a great half back combination in 1967/8.
Best wishes,
Phil Crawshaw (1961-68)
1951 Title Holders
Mr Sec
Ref names on Soccer photo.Presumably D. Nobes is P.Nobes, (I see we are all one-initial chaps). Otherwise I have a double as handsome as I was!
PP
Ref names on Soccer photo.Presumably D. Nobes is P.Nobes, (I see we are all one-initial chaps). Otherwise I have a double as handsome as I was!
PP
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