| Sherborne 1st XV 1963 Reunion - 40 Years On |
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Eight of us met, initially in the French Horn bar and then La Cappanina in Soho in December 2003. Robin Amoore Will Boog-Scott Peter Newbald (flew from Jersey) Robert Twyford (travelled from Northumberland) David Gray David Watney Charles Nicholas Ian du Pré, the organiser I can tell you it was a really entertaining and amusing evening, even for the thirty year-old ex-SSG and her slightly bemused fiancé who found themselves at an adjacent table to ours. Some of us indicated that this was the first occasion we had been 'allowed' to speak to a member of the 'opposite sex' from SSG since we all started at Sherborne in 1959!! David Watney reminded us of the Radley Match in 1963. We were being entertained to drinks by the Warden of Radley when a young Radleian boy came running up to their sports master breathlessly tugging his sleeve and spluttering 'Sir, Sir, Kennedy's been shot!! Kennedy's been shot!!' to which the master replied rather vacantly 'Kennedy? Hmm... Kennedy? Oh dear, which House (Social) is he in then?' Of course, it was November 23rd 1963. It was a great evening and I'm sure all will meet again some day before the Zimmer frames kick in. Ian du Pré (b 59-63) |
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