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"The manner in which one endures what
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A light-hearted look back over the past 58 years |
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"The manner in which one endures what
must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured" |
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A light-hearted look back over the past 58 years |
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At the Old Wymondhamians' Committee meeting held in May, Bill's very generous offer to pass this web site to the ownership of the Old Wymondhamians was formally accepted. The Committee have expressed their thanks to Bill for all the hard work that he has put into building the web site and will continue to update and develop the site on behalf of all those who have attended Wymondham College over the years. If you attended Wymondham College as a student or member of staff, your membership of the Old Wymondhamians is automatic. You can use the OW website to register your details, search for old friends and exchange messages. This can be found by logging on to www.wymondhamca.co.uk . If you have already registered please take a moment to make sure your details are up to date, particularly your email address. |
Editor Update
My name is Julie Harding and I would like to introduce myself to you as your new Editor. I hasten to add that I am still learning the ropes and getting to grips with the technology so Bill is still in charge for the time being!
I was at the College from 1971 to 1976 - I was Julie Ebbens back then - and was in Peel Hall. I am married to Nick Harding who was in Fry Hall from 1969 to 1976 and we have two daughters and live near Milton Keynes. I have been on the Old Wymondhamians committee for many years and am very keen that this website can continue to flourish.
While I am learning I will just be updating the Notice Board and Regaining Contact sections of the website but hope to progress to editing the rest of the site as and when you send information in. Bill is an extremely hard act to follow so please bear with me - I will be doing my best!!
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2009 REUNION On Saturday 27th June a Reunion was held at the College. Tables had been set out on Kett Lawn and the College catering staff produced a great Barbecue. The weather was kind - it rained after the Summer Fayre and stopped in good time for the Barbecue! Almost 70 people attended what was a very successful evening. Lots of chatting and laughter and catching up with friends. It was lovely to see such a varied range of year groups from the 1950's to the 1990's. Photographs were poured over and memories shared. It was the first visit back for one lady who attended College in the 1960's - she was certainly amazed to see how it has all changed. Melvyn Roffe, the Headmaster, told us how important he felt it was for us to stay in touch with the College as we had helped to make it what it is today - and it is a very different place today - we were able to take a peek inside the new Sixth Form block which is very impressive and luxurious compared to the days of the Nissen Huts! Hopefully we will have some photographs of the evening at the next update. Thanks to all of you who attended and thanks also to David Jackson (Old Wymondhamian) for providing the bar! Watch this space for news of a Reunion in October at Headlam Hall, near Darlington! |
We
have been advised of the sad death of Bob Norton on Friday 19th June, 2009, aged
83 years.
The
funeral service will be at Morley Saint Botolph at 11.00am on Friday, 3rd July,
followed by cremation at Earlham Crematorium in
News from
The Rockin' Johnnies. John Langham has had to give
up playing for the time being for health reasons. As a
consequence The Rockin’ Johnnies are no more. John Dunn will be
carrying on either with Vic Salter or Gareth Butcher or solo, and hopes to be
able to do all the gigs on the list. I’m sure all ex-WC colleagues will wish
John a speedy recovery.
News
of the School Garden from Becky Davis.
"The most
recent update is that since I last wrote we decided against using the old site,
since it will be built on in due course once funding is secured for the proposed
International Centre, into which modern languages will go, along with some new
media and IT suites, a space for the new school radio station 'Radio Wym', and
other things. Instead we were given a patch of land just in front of Kett
woods. Judging by the rubble and beer cans and bottles we dug up, the site
probably hasn't been used since the old staff accommodation chalets were there.
Thanks to a generous grant from the PSA of £1500 the garden project has really
made excellent progress and we sold our first produce to parents last Saturday -
a selection of posh lettuces that raised a grand total of £10!"
Karen
Savage (Hazleton) has been in touch:
"I taught at WC from 1981 until 1998. Introduced Law and Sociology to Sixth Form. Lived in Kett, Lincoln and Cavell. Went on to Headington School Oxford and then lived in Manchester for 6 years doing bits of teaching and became a magistrate. Now Housemistress at Stonar School near Bath. Still run a lot." We do have an email contact if anyone would like to get in touch with Karen.
Read
all about The Sixties Bunch recent trip to
Paris [10MB PDF file!]
Forthcoming Events
REMINDER: Wednesday & Thursday 1st and 2nd July 2009 - Royal
Norfolk Show. The Old Wymondhamians will be attending as part of
the Wymondham College stand and numerous committee members will be pleased to
see any ex-pupils or staff.
60th Birthday Weekend (see Reunions page) - September 11th -13th at Wensum Valley Hotel and Country Club - Tel No. 01603 261664 - Ask for Sarah who has currently reserved 10 rooms and a table for 20 on the Saturday evening. Some booked already. Look forward to seeing you there. - Philip Wade
A Reunion will be held on 30th/31st October at Headlam Hall Hall near Darlington and it would be great to see some of you who live further North. Details to follow - watch this space!
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