 |
Contents List
Morley Mall
WCA Shop
The 100 Club
Internet Shopping
Earworms
 |
Limited edition (500) prints of a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire flying over the College, size 63 cm x 50cm. The original painting was done by David Chedgey (Head of Art at the College) in 1986. The prints are signed by David, Sir Michael Beetham (Marshal of the Royal Air Force), Sqn Ldr Tony Banfield (RAF Officer Commanding, BBMF) and Flt Lt Jim Wild (RAF Pilot - who flew the plane over the College on 15 September 1986). Price is £10 plus post & packing - £3 UK and £5 overseas. One of these prints was sold at auction by Keys of Aylsham for £40 on 19 August 2005! |
 |
STILL AVAILABLE AND REDUCED IN PRICE! 'Wymondham College - The First Fifty Years' was written by long-serving teachers Roger Garrard and Michael Brand, and provides a detailed and well-illustrated chronological history of the College. The book was published in July 2001. Price is £5 (was £10) plus postage (UK £2, overseas £5). |
 |
The Alumni office has several copies of College Magazines that are surplus to requirements, covering years from 1975 to the present, except 1977 and 1984. If you would like to complete your collection, copies are available at a price of £3.00 including postage. If anyone has any spare or unwanted copies from the 1950s up to 1974, please get in touch with the Office. |
Please order the above items by letter, enclosing a cheque for the appropriate amount made out to 'Wymondham College Association.'
| Alumni Office Wymondham College WYMONDHAM Norfolk NR18 9SZ |
Tel: 01953 605566 Fax: 01953 603313 E-mail: alumni@wymondhamcollege.com |
The 100 Club
from Phil Robinson
Recipients of the 2002 WCA Newsletter will be aware that Jack Smith, our then President, wrote about the need to raise funds to ensure the continuation of the Wymondham College Association (now Old Wymondhamians). To date, the College has assisted in the financial support of the Association but, as we now have a more formal structure, we need to be able to prove that we can “stand on our own two feet.”
The yearly newsletter is edited & compiled by Alumni Secretary Jackie Glenn who is our “link” with you all and the administrator of the past-pupil/staff Database system. The College has funded the Secretary’s time spent on Association matters so far but we are conscious that we, the ex-pupils/staff of Wymondham College, should do more financially.
The initial start up cost of the WCA Database package was sponsored by two committee members, to which we are grateful, but the system will have further maintenance/upgrade costs to keep it up and running, year on year.
We have previously relied upon donations & surpluses from functions to fund the activities of the Association. We have also realised that reliance on an annual subscription is not a cost effective way of raising funds. The committee have a number of fund raising ideas to explore but one that we have initiated is a “100/200” club. (suggestions for a catchier title than that would be gratefully received!)
The idea is that members pay £5.00 per month, by Standing Order/Direct Debit, into a designated bank account. Prize draws will then take place on a monthly basis. As an example, based on a fully subscribed 100 people signing up to the scheme, £6,000 per year will be raised. 40% of the yearly total will be paid out in prizes, with the remaining 60% retained by the Association. Two prizes of £50 per month will be drawn, but twice per year, (June & December) a “star” draw of a £500 prize and a £200 prize will be drawn. All prize monies will be pro-rata to the number of members involved in the scheme, i.e. should we have 200 members, the prize monies mentioned will be doubled; if we have only 50 members, the prize monies will be halved.
If you feel that you can support the us in this scheme, please complete our Bank Mandate form, or write to:
Phil Robinson – 100 Club Administrator
philip.robinson@constructionplus.net
“Pipkim,” Hill Road, Fair Green, Middleton, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1RW
The internet shops below are thoroughly secure and offer good discount on High Street prices. Check 'em out. If you buy something, the associated Company will pay back commission of between 2% and 5%, so it's a win-win situation!
There is no difference in buyer's price between these links and other links on the net!
I'll publish our 'earnings' details on this page and, when they are reasonably significant, the sum will be paid over to the Old Wymondhamians Association.
IMPORTANT: To gain commission, these links should be used on every occasion that you make a purchase, so please bookmark this page (add to Favourites) for future reference.
Come on then, let's browse ...
Links were displayed previously to Tower Records, Argos, Abebooks, B&Q and the BBC Shop. 'Affiliation' to these shops was achieved through an intermediary organisation - Commission Junction (CJ.com). In 2004, CJ began debiting money from our 'account' each month because there had been a period of inactivity (no sales). A well-hidden condition says:
"... any Publisher Account which does not generate any revenue within a period of six consecutive months will be charged a Dormant Account Fee of either $10 or the account balance, whichever is less. If the account balance is zero and a Publisher Account has not generated any revenue within a period of six consecutive months, the account will be deactivated."
After a lot of hassle most of the money has been restored (below). We'll carry on for the time being with just Amazon and Abebooks.
Our total earnings to date (as at 31st March 2008):
These figures are updated manually Tower Records, Argos, Abebooks, BBC Shop, B&Q £30.70 Amazon £320.79 CD-WOW £15.00 Totalling £366.49
Thanks to you, the Old Wymondhamians Association received:
- A cheque for £50 on 16th November 2002;
- A cheque for £50 on 12th September 2003;
- A cheque for £15 on 15th May 2004;
- A cheque for £50 on 9th January 2005.
- A cheque for £30 on 24th September 2005.
- A cheque for £25.83 on 10th May 2006.
- A cheque for £60 on 22nd February 2007.
- A cheque for £70 on 12th January 2008.
From Jeremy Moyle (Language College Director):
As part of our Language College programme, we are committed to supporting our extended community with their language learning. To this end, we are pleased to announce that we are able to supply our alumni with an innovative language learning product at a 20% discount off the normal £14.99 retail price.
Whether you want to learn a language for business or pleasure this product may be for you! Earworms, a company with origins in Norwich, has developed a suite of products to help learners effortlessly learn a new language by associating key language phrases with specially composed melodies.
The product is currently available in: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Greek and Arabic. Further information, demos and product reviews can be found at www.earwormslearning.com
If you are interested in purchasing, please visit the above website and enter the code “Wymondham” when prompted at check-out to receive your 20% discount.
Please note, that for every copy purchased, the College will receive a small commission to further improve language learning provision for our current students. Many thanks in advance for your purchase and good luck with your language learning!
Wymondham College Remembered