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T he T rusty S ervant
Winchester College Society
From the Director
Office
Donovan’s
73 Kingsgate Street
Winchester
SO23 9PE
Telephone
01962 621217
E-mail
[email protected]
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)
Alex Roe (G, 72-75) –
Director of Win Coll Soc
Winston Ginsberg (I, 81-85)
Alasdair Maclay (Coll, 86-91) – Chairman
Henry Knapman (B, 86-91)
Caspar Uniacke (H, 86-91)
Guy Pascoe (I, 86-91)
David Hogan-Hern (Coll, 94-99)
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
MJP Martin DFC AFC (F, 32-38)
PNB Howell (D, 32-38)
Prof JC Dancy (Coll, 33-39)
Revd CG Pilkington (E, 34-39)
The Hon NHC Bruce (D, 34-39)
Professor HB Barlow FRS (I, 35-39)
Dr DH Malan (Coll, 35-40)
Sir Roger Du Boulay KCVO CMG
(Coll, 35-40)
RM Rigby (I, 36-40)
Major General HSR Watson CBE (F, 36-41)
Keeping connected-LinkedIn
I would be grateful if all those OWs
who use LinkedIn could make sure that
they have joined the Old Wykehamist
Network, currently containing 1,334
members; and please could they also join
a relevant OW Guild subgroup. OWs
update their profiles rather more readily
than informing this office and LinkedIn
is a useful way for me to find OWs to
help with providing careers advice for
current boys, among other things.
Calling all Chawkerites and Philites
We will be holding the 150 th Anniversary
Dinner for Chawker’s on Tuesday 5 th
February 2019. For Phil’s the date is
Tuesday 19 th March. These will take
place in the Great Hall of the Merchant
Taylors’ Company in London. Formal
invitations are in the process of being
dispatched.
The Trant’s Anniversary Dinner will
take place on Tuesday 8 th October 2019
and Hopper’s on Tuesday 12 th November
2019.
2019 reunions
As Win Coll Soc will be hosting four
150 th Anniversary Dinners in 2019,
where we expect a significant number of
attendees, we have decided to suspend
a number of the ‘years-on’ lunches and
dinners next year. It is the intention that
the full programme will be resumed in
2020. In addition, members of Don Soc
will be encouraged to attend Winchester
Match instead of us holding a separate
lunch in April.
Andy Sollars retires
In 1955, Podge Brodhurst, then the
newly-appointed Housemaster of Beloe’s,
strode into P&G Wells muttering
anxiously about the house photograph.
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Joe Spicer, one of Miss Wells’ assistants,
told him that, by chance, standing
quietly a few feet away in the shop,
was a promising young photographer
called Sollars. ‘Why don’t you give him
a go?’ So began the association between
Winchester College and Sollars père et
fils.
EA Sollars, always known as Bob, made
such a success of his first assignment in
the school that he was soon in demand
for every kind of team and house
photograph, Royal visits, Ad Portas
ceremonies and all major occasions.
He retired in 1989, when his son Andy
took over; between them they have
known seven headmasters. The school
is immensely grateful to Andy for
carrying on the Sollars family tradition
of expertise, loyalty and friendship and
we wish him and Fiona a very happy
retirement.