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The Trusty Servant
40 Years-on Reunion Dinner : on Thursday 9 th February 2017 , 48 members of the Classes of 1976-78 came together for dinner at the Cavalry & Guards Club . They were welcomed by Alex Roe , Director of Win Coll Soc , who declared himself extremely happy with the large Philite contingent , many of whom he had not seen since 1975 . The Sub-Warden , Robert Sutton , was the home-team speaker ; Calum Sillars replied on behalf of the guests and extolled the benefits of getting on the water in general and OW Sailing Club in particular .
Under-25s Dinner
Roderick Wordie and Andrew Sutcliffe
The Tree of Gernika Dinner : on Friday 10 th February 2017 , Nick Rankin and George Steer ( K , 53-58 ) were Guests of Honour at a dinner in the Warden ’ s Lodgings . Nick had been the tour-guide on the Wykeham Patrons ’ trip to the Basque Country last September , ‘ in the footsteps of George Lowther Steer ’, and George ’ s father ( Coll , 23-28 ) had reported so famously on the bombing of the town of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War . Nick , whose biography of Steer , Telegram from Guernica , is highly recommended , had used his precious first edition of Steer ’ s own The Tree of Gernika ( the Basque spelling ) as his trusty prop throughout the trip , but it had seen better days . David Fellowes subsequently ‘ borrowed ’ it in order to commission a complete refurbishment and upgrade by Tim Wiltshire , Wells ’ book-binding maestro . 17 other diners were present to witness Steer jun returning Steer sen ’ s book back to his biographer .
Tim Anderson and Martin Norris
Robert Edyvean and Nick Janmohamed
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