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News and Comments

2012 reunion:: the eighth reunion will be held on Saturday 6 October, at The Windmill.

Subscriptions from 1 January 2012:  the Management Committee has agreed to recommend to the next AGM (date below) that, in view of the Association's current healthy financial position and the lack of any major commitments for at least 2012, there should be a subscription "holiday" for those in membership at 31 December 2011 and wishing to renew for a further 12 months.  The standard fee (£10 for Full members, £6 for Associates) would still be paid by joiners, or those rejoining after a break.

2012 AGM:  to be held at 2pm on Saturday 17 March, once again at Lambeth Academy, Elms Road, SW4 9ET.   

"Henry Thornton Award": the Management Committee has agreed that, to foster an "academic" link with Lambeth College and Lambeth Academy (which occupy between them virtually the whole of the former HTS site), an annual award of £100 be made to each institution, for presentation to one nominated pupil for specific achievements, the latter criteria being entirely at the discretion of the College and Academy.  The Association's award is for three years in the first instance, from 2010, and is in the form of book vouchers. 

The initial presentation was made at Lambeth College's graduation ceremony, held at Battersea Arts Centre on Saturday 13 November 2010. The recipient was Georgi Kovachev, from Bulgaria, who came to the UK in 2009 to study his A levels.  He is in the Sixth Form and is now applying to take a Business and Marketing degree course at university.  This photograph shows Georgi receiving the award from Ted Hayward, Association Secretary, and Virginia Waterhouse, one of the College Governors:

 

 

 

The award certificate is pictured below, with a photo, taken later at Lambeth College, of Georgi with OT Mike Surridge (1947-52).  Behind them is one of the HTS pupil honours boards (see also following item).

Lambeth Academy's own  award was presented by Mike Surridge at its Foundation Year [2004] Celebration marking the completion of their studies by pupils comprising the  first Year 7 intake; the event was held at the Academy, Elms Road, SW4, on Saturday 2 July 2011. The selected student was Gazmir Ujkaj, who plans to read Economics at university, and he received the award for his "contribution to community cohesion".  A copy of the certificate appears below.

Pupil honours boards (December 2011 update):  the five boards covering the period 1918-50 inclusive are now on permanent display in the Conference Room at Lambeth Academy, Elms Road; to date, one photo, showing the set, has been posted in the Pupils (2) gallery.  The remaining entries, for 1951-68, are listed on the large composite board stored at the adjacent Lambeth College, South Side.  Further information will be given via the website and in the Association's newsletter once the College has decided on the board's long-term location. (Also in Pupils (2) is a transcribed list of names and years of all the pupils concerned.  Click on Memorabilia to access this and the other  galleries.)

WW2 Memorial:  it has not yet been possible to trace any surviving relatives (apart from Peter Wright) of the pupils named on the plaque.  If you are in fact related, or know someone who is (or might be), please let Ted Hayward know by submitting any relevant information to him via the contact form. 

Former Staff:   similarly, pass the word to Ted if you know of any ex-staff  who might be interested in membership of the Association, or at least in learning more about its existence and work.

Newsletters 

Please note that the Newsletters page is password-protected, and is available for viewing by Association members only.  Selection of this page will bring up a password window with the cursor already positioned at the left-hand side of the window ready for entry of the password. Just type in the password, remembering that it is case-sensitive. Do not try to position the cursor using the mouse, as otherwise the password entry will fail.

Links

The following sites may also be of interest.

Old Thorntonians Football Club   (Founded in 1928 and still going strong)

Amateur Football Combination  (For OTFC 1st XI fixtures and tables, go to Inter South column and click on Inter South; for 2nd XI go to column 5.South West, and 6.South West for the 3rd XI) 

Old Thorntonians Golf Society

Lambeth College   (South Side, Clapham Common)

Lambeth Academy  (Occupies site of the 1929 HTS building off Elms Road) 

http://www.claphamsociety.com/  (Registered charity actively involved in a wide range of local issues, including planning and conservation)

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/  (Lambeth Council's archives site, with 7000+ photographs of local buildings etc, including a few of HTS and others, such as Holy Trinity Church)

The Windmill-on-the-Common   (Venue for reunions and other Association meetings)

Friends Reunited

The Old Cicestrians Society - representing former pupils and staff of Chichester High School for Boys and originally known as CHALOBS - now has its own website:   www.oldcicestrians.com                     

 

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