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Office
Donovan ’ s 73 Kingsgate Street Winchester SO23 9PE Telephone 01962 621217 E-mail wincollsoc @ wincoll . ac . uk Web site www . wincollsoc . org Directors : Lorna Stoddart
Alex Roe ( G , 72-75 ) Deputy Director : Tamara Templer Don Associate : Michael Wallis ( also
Director of The Friends )
The Council
Simon Toynbee ( D , 57-62 ) Nat Hone ( F , 68-72 ) Alex Roe ( G , 72-75 ) – Director of Win Coll Soc Winston Ginsberg ( I , 81-85 ) Paul Cleaver ( H , 85-90 ) Alasdair Maclay ( Coll , 86-91 ) – Chairman Michael Humbert ( B , 90-95 ) Mark Toone ( E , 90-95 ) Ed Matthews ( K , 91-96 ) Freddie Bjorn ( H , 95-00 ) Conrad Griffin ( I , 04-09 ) Dr Tim Hands – Headmaster Lorna Stoddart – Director of Development Tamara Templer – Deputy Director of Development Michael Wallis – Don Associate and Director of The Friends
Ten Sen Men
Lt Col the Lord Wigram MC DL ( H , 28-34 ) TA Bird DSO MC ( E , 32-36 ) MJP Martin DFC AFC ( F , 32-38 ) CJD Haswell ( K , 32-37 ) PNB Howell ( D , 32-38 ) RB Moberly ( Coll , 32-38 ) DV Bendall CMG MBE ( D , 33-38 ) Col AM Thorburn ( A , 33-38 ) Prof JC Dancy ( Coll , 33-39 ) Rev ’ d CG Pilkington ( E , 34-39 )
The Trusty Servant
Winchester College Society
Keeping in touch
This edition of The Trusty Servant has a large number of obituaries , 48 in all : in May 2007 , it was 32 . I think the reason for this increase is that the School grew in numbers after the War from 460 in 1945 to 520 in 1955 , rather than anything more sinister : indeed , the evidence is that OWs confound the actuaries and comfortably outpace the English Life Tables . It is a matter of pride that all OWs receive an obituary ( unlike at other schools ) and Colonel Christopher Van der Noot , our hardworking obituarist , makes much use of the information on our database . This is therefore a plea to all OWs , young and old and not just those with intimations of mortality , to keep us up to date with their careers and achievements : it also helps to fill the pages of ‘ OW News ’! We will send you a Keeping connected email once a term to update you about events and other information . Please also keep an eye on the Win Coll Soc website – www . wincollsoc . org
The Ralph & Cathy Townsend Bursary Appeal
Thank you for all the generous donations and pledges given in honour of Ralph and Cathy Townsend ’ s tireless commitment to Winchester . The £ 2m target has now been surpassed .
Please come to Winchester Match on 17 th June
This is the main opportunity for OWs of all ages to visit the school and to be royally welcomed , fed and watered , with a heavily-subsidised lunch in the Win Coll Soc marquee next to Hunter Tent . If you have not already done so , you will find a reply form enclosed with this issue , giving full details about the day ; alternatively , please register and pay on the Win Coll Soc website : www . wincollsoc . org
House 150 th Anniversaries in London - Save the date
We will be holding 150 th Anniversary Dinners for Kenny ’ s and Freddie ’ s on 6 th February and 2 nd October 2018 respectively . These will take place in the Great Hall of the Merchant Taylors ’ Company ( Finalist in The London Venue Awards 2016 !). Further details will be sent out in due course . 2019 dates for Chawker ’ s , Phil ’ s , Trant ’ s and Hopper ’ s are set out on the back page .
Friends of Winchester College
At the start of 2017 , the committee approved a substantial grant of £ 7,500 to finance a new project in the Fellows ’ Library . This will put an inventory of almost all our medieval collection of books and manuscripts onto a database , which will be available to scholars around the world . In recent years , Dr Richard Foster , the Fellows ’ Librarian , and his predecessor , Dr Geoffrey Day , have encouraged the consultation of our significant possessions by visiting researchers . This digitisation of our catalogue will allow us to welcome even more of those in academia who wish to research our wonderful collection .
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