Summer Times is the Journal of the Old Scarborians Association

Not unexpectedly, despite there remaining a
large pool of non‐member Old Boys, new
memberships have dwindled, leading to
income dwindling, with the result that re‐
serves are rapidly being depleted.
Contained within this issue is an Appeal
form. Please don’t ‘bin’ it! Read it, read the
President’s appeal on page 1, read the Secre‐
tary’s and the Treasurer’s reports – then
complete and return the form and be as gen‐
erous as you can.
Thank you to those members who have sub‐
mitted old newsprint photographs. These are
welcome for our archives, but unfortunately
will not reproduce sufficiently well to appear
in Summer Times or the OSA Web site.
Finally, very many thanks to all contributors;
to proof readers; to committee members who
turn up for committee meetings and then are
faced with an ‘Agenda’ of enveloping, label‐
ling and mailing each copy to around 660
members; and lastly to all our members
without whom there wouldn’t be The Old
Scarborians’ Association, or Summer Times.
David Fowler (1949-55)
Editor
PRESIDENTIAL
May I say how honoured
I was to be re‐elected as
President this year.
Again the year started
with the Christmas Din‐
ner, which I hope all pre‐
sent were able to enjoy
and accept that all is done
for the good of the Association regardless of
the way it sometimes appears.
There was a break with tradition this year as
the Boxing Day rugby was played on the
27th December in front of quite a large
crowd. Once again Peter Pan Emms turned
out but there was a train of thought that he
played a far more important role when he
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was substituted and started serving port!
Well done Peter.
The trophy was presented by our youngest
old boy and the Rugby Clubʹs captain Nigel
Wilson. Although he was there kitted up he
was, for some reason, unable to get a game
for either side!
Again we thank Barry Beanland for his ef‐
forts with this fixture.
The only other event prior to this issue was
Bob Watsonʹs 81st birthday do. Bob is still as
sprightly as ever.
To finish I would like once again to thank the
committee for their continual support, to
Chris for keeping us solvent, Colin for taking
on the role of Membership Secretary, David
for Summer Times and Bill for the Web site.
Last but by no means least, of course, Peter
for his continuous hard work on the OSAʹs
behalf.
Mick Bowman (1954-61)
President
SECRETARIAL
numbers.
Following his election as
Membership Secretary at
the AGM in Nov 2003, I
have passed the member‐
ship files to Colin Hurd. In
future he will be reporting
amongst other things, the
trend in membership
I retain the sad responsibility of reporting
the deaths of members. During the past six
months, I have been informed of the passing
of the following:‐ David Mclintock (1939‐46),
Robin Pinder (1947‐54) and Joe Cooper
(1936‐44). I also saw announcements con‐
cerning Robert Palmer, Geoff White and
George Cooper, who were Old Scabs but not
members of the Association.
With this edition you will find an Appeal