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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 8 1 EDITORIAL To come... Geraint DATES for the DIARY AGM & ANNUAL DINNER Friday March 27th 2015 Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane London EC4 7DD AGM 6.00pm. Annual Dinner 7.00pm. LUNCHEON MEETINGS Tuesday, 12th May 2015 Imperial Hotel, Russell Square Wednesday, 9th September 2015 Imperial Hotel, Russell Square Wednesday, 2nd December 2015 Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane PRESIDENT'S DAY Sunday, 30th August 2015 43rd Annual Cricket Match Botany Bay, East Lodge Lane, Enfield, EN2 8AS Lunch 12.30pm; Match 2.00pm. OSA CAROL SERVICE Sunday 6th December 2015 4pm at St Mary with St George Church, Cranley Gardens, Hornsey. N10 3AH 4
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 8 1 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS I am delighted to have been elected as President of the OSA and even though I have only been in office for a short while, I am thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to serve and look forward to the various events that I will be attending during my year. I joined the school in September 1965 having been at junior school at North Harringay, in Falkland Road. At that time I was living in Sydney Road, the first road from Turnpike Lane along “the ladder” from Wightman Road to Green Lanes. I recall in my first term I wore shorts; one of just a few, much to my disgust. I recall Geoff Blackmore also being in shorts; clearly good grounding for future OSA Presidents! I am the 2nd President from the 1965 intake; Geoff served way back in 1993/4. The school became comprehensive at the beginning of my 3rd year when I moved from Norton to Hodgson house. For many OSA members you will have no concept of the change that comprehensive education brought upon the school; it quickly became a completely different school not least going from c 630 boys to over 1300 in the next 5 years. Unfortunately unlike many of my immediate Presidential predecessors, I was not particularly academic & nor was I much of a sportsman either. I was, however a reasonable PRESIDENT'S DAY SUNDAY 30th AUGUST 2015 I would like to invite you and your family & friends to a special day on Sunday 30th August, when I am hosting the traditional Old Stationers` President`s Cricket Match in the beautiful setting of the Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane, Enfield. Middx. EN2 8HS. I am grateful to Geoff Blackmore for selecting for me the team of OSA Cricketers to play a team from Botany Bay. The match will commence at 2.00pm, closing at around 7.30pm. The bar will be open from 11.45am and lunch will be served at 12.30pm. If you wish to have lunch, the cost will be £20 per head. Please send your cheque to Gordon Rose (made payable to him) at the earliest opportunity & certainly no later than 20th August. Gordon`s address is 39 King James` Avenue, Cuffley, Herts, EN6 4LN. I do hope you will join Lesley and myself for this special occasion. Regards Peter Sandell President 2015/2016 musician, being a member of the school choir for all of my 7 years and in my final 2 years in the 6th form, I was school organist, which mainly entailed a visit to Robert Baynes` office before morning assembly to find out what hymn he wanted me to play at assembly. The music tradition of the school was excellent and especially the choir ably led by the four Music masters, namely Norman “Jack” Rimmer, Roberts, Richard Hickman and Donald Ellman. The most notable choral work undertaken was Haydn`s Nelson Mass which the choir performed in the school Hall in 1968 and subsequently in Christ Church, Crouch End and St Andrew`s Ealing with the school `s own Graham Bentley (1961-68) singing the tenor soloist part when he was in the 6th form. The work was accompanied on the organ by a contemporary of mine, Paul Bateman when we were both in the 4th year. Paul was an exceptional musician and he has gone on to be a renowned conducted and arranger. I saw him conduct the Royal Philharmonic at the Royal Albert Hall a couple of years ago. Membership of the school choir also took me to Stationers` Hall for the first time in 1966 when I was just 12, following the Ash Wednesday service held in the crypt of St Paul`s Cathedral. We were given tea and cakes and half a crown. I attended every year until 1972 and I remember even as a 12 year old appreciating what a magnificent place the Hall was. I still have that same feeling and I know how lucky we are to have the opportunity to use the Hall for our Christmas Lunch and annual Dinner. During my 1st year, my parents moved from Hornsey to Winchmore Hill, so I became one of many commuters travelling into Harringay West station each morning from Grange Park station on the Hertford North line. It was very handy to get home from games afternoon as I just jumped on the 244 bus from Winchmore Hill Broadway. Also at that time I joined the church choir at Holy Trinity church on the Broadway in Green Lanes Winchmore Hill, diagonally opposite the school ground. By the age of 14 I was asked to help out playing the organ as the organist had retired, so I agreed to help out & ended up being organist at Holy Trinity for nearly 40 years!! I am currently organist at St Peter`s church in Roydon, Essex. At the beginning of my lower 6th, Geraint Prichard arrived back at the school to teach Geography and for his sins, he was also our form master. Despite there only being about 35 in total in the sixth form with just one class, we had a great time and we all had a great bond for those 2 years, which made life bearable despite many issues that I recall the school having at that time as standards fell which coincided with the growth of the school. I only achieved one “A” level in music, so it was appropriate with such a qualification that I left school at 18 and went into banking! I knew I wasn`t talented enough to have taken up 5
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