REUNION OF CLASS OF 1967

Sharon Upton (Vickers) is organising a reunion for this year group on the weekend of Friday, 4^th September in Cambridge.

On previous occasions accommodation has been arranged at King’s College for those OFs who wish to stay over on Friday and/or Saturday nights.

If you wish to attend and Sharon does not have your e-mail address, please contact her on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further details.

A MUSICAL SOIREE

Saturday 20th March

An evening of Music and Fine Dining is being held at Glemham Hall in aid of the Isabella Gardiner Fund on Saturday, 20th March.

The programme includes a Champagne Reception at 7.00pm, Choral Music at 7.30pm (including the winners of the Suffolk Festival) followed by a three course dinner (wine included) and auction.

Tickets are strictly limited and cost £50 each. (Tables vary in size so all party numbers can be accommodated.)

Tickets and further details are available from Mrs John Whyte, Becks Green Farm, Ilketshall St. Andrews, Beccles. Suffolk. NR34 8NB. Telephone: 01986 781221. Alternatively, contact Fran D’Alcorn at Saint Felix School: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 01502 722175.

Cheques should be made payable to IGF.

OLD FELICIANS LUNCH and AGM

Saturday 6th March 2010

The Old Felicians Club's Annual General Meeting will be held at 11.00 am on Saturday 6th March 2010 at The Magdala, 2a South Hill Park, Hampstead, London, NW3 2SB.   Nearest underground is Belsize Park (10 minutes walk) and overland rail Hampstead Heath (1 minutes walk).

The meeting will be in a private room and followed by drinks and lunch.  The Magdala is on the edge Hampstead Heath and after lunch visits are planned to Kenwood House (free entry) and a walk on the Heath (weather permitting) Sylvia Hillier has kindly invited Old Felicians back to her nearby home in Hampstead for tea.

For more information contact Lizzie Strowlger, 01243 373122, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

NOVEMBER MEETING OF DORSET OLD FELICIANS AT POUNDBURY

Thanks to Jean McArthur and Mary Gosling's organisation, nine Old Felicians met at the Poet Laureate pub at Poundbury on the 18th November.   It is an interesting venue, Poundbury being an extension of Dorchester and built on Duchy land with houses and buildings of traditional architecture inspired by the Prince of Wales.   The pub was named by the Prince in memory of Ted Hughes, a previous Poet Laureate.

After pre lunch drinks when the noise of the chatter bemused and possibly startled the local customers, an excellent meal was enjoyed and the OFs were the last to leave the hostelry.   They was a lot of "Do you remember?" and with all being at Saint Felix in the time of Miss Williamson, it was agreed she had charisma and authority combined with a strong sense of fairness. Mary Gosling remarked that her father said that his interview with M.T.W. was the most terrifying he had ever had!

Those present were:
Jane Brochner (Clough 1946-52), Anne Corfield (Bingham - Gardiner 1944-49), Mary Gosling (Hudson - Fawcett 1954-61), Elizabeth Hamilton (Spurling - Gardiner 1944-47), Jean McArthur (Clarke - Somerville 1945-50), Ann Robson (Gardiner 1944-48), Susan Wynn Williams (McMillan - Somerville 1950-56), Olive Robin (Blake - Gardiner 1943-45), Angela Pocock (Tressider - Gardiner 1944-49).

It is planned to hold another lunch in 2010 and any Old Felician from neighbouring counties who could travel to Poundbury is most welcome. Contact Jean McArthur This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Telephone: 01202 640066.

KINDERTRANSPORTE DECEMBER 1938

At the end of the Autumn Term 1938 200 Jewish boys who had been based at Pontins in Kessingland were relocated to Saint Felix for the Christmas holidays. Waveney Community group are trying to trace anyone who was involved as part of their Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in January. Please contact Fran D'Alcorn ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you have any contacts with any of the boys / staff who were based at Saint Felix at this time.

OLD FELICIANS' ROUND THE WORLD REUNION WEEKEND

3rd and 4th October 2009

The Old Felicians'  Round the World  Reunion washeld over the weekend of 3rd and 4th October 2009. It took place at St. James’s Bar, The Old Star, 66 Broadway, London, SW1H 0D.

This delightful pub, opposite St. James’s Park underground station was an ideal venue in central London.  
Those present were:
Judy Bailey (Horlington), Caroline Cannar (Hay), Helen Center (Sherwood), Deborah Digby (Wilkinson), Charlotte Hare, Stephanie Jacobs (Heeson), Sara Lawrie (Levine), Caroline MacMillan (Hayward), Sarah Robinson (Forsyth), Carol Smithers (Watts-Jones), Christina Walmsley (Melvill), Anne West (Cooper) and Carolyn Wooldrige.

The Old Felicians' Southwold Weekend

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th March 2009

Over 50 Old Felicians, together with husbands and partners, made their way to Southwold for another special weekend on the 7th and 8th March. The weekend officially started on the Saturday morning with a guided tour of Southwold to discover the houses rented by the school after their move from Aldeburgh in 1898 until the buildings on the school's present site were ready for occupation.  More OFs converged on the Lord Nelson for a pub lunch and then it was back to school for the AGM in the new Silcox Theatre (formerly the gym).  This was followed by a very interesting and informative question and answer session with the Head Master and the Head of School, the latter enlightened us with A Day in the Life of a Felician 2009.   After tea (and delicious cakes) OFs explored the school until time for Adnam's wine tasting in the library.   The day finished with a reception and excellent dinner in the school dining hall.

The school choir sang beautifully at the Chapel service on Sunday morning at which there was a collection for Saint Felix School, Koinambe, Papua New Guinea which had been founded by Olive Robin, an Old Felician.   The weekend finished with the Old Felicians and their guests having a private (and very jolly) lunch in the Theatre on Southwold Pier with its amazing views out to sea and along the coastline towards Lowestoft to the north and Aldeburgh to the south.

It was a very happy weekend and our thanks to David Ward and his staff who made us all so very welcome.   Another OF Southwold Weekend will be arranged in March 2011.