A stirring Memorial Service for Vivian Cox, a really remarkable OC, was held in the Chapel at Cranleigh on October 2, in the company of many friends and admirers. In his eulogy, Mike Payne said: “Vivian’s ashes could have been laid in the North Sea or the Mermaid Theatre or elsewhere, but they are where […]
Mike Payne’s eulogy to Vivian Cox delivered at his memorial service in the Chapel on October 2, 2010 Vivian, you have completed the last Act of your Play on Earth. This service is our standing ovation for you. On earth, Vivian, you were a man and a half! And for me and many others, a friend […]
Ironman Richard Hume’s exploits have been well documented in various OC publications – his most recent feat was to row the Atlantic – and now he has launched a business at www.challengechaser.com writing bespoke sporting programmes for people’s sporting events. Hume, who is a personal trainer, has compiled a remarkable list of achievements which would […]
Fast bowler Stuart Meaker continued to impress in his third season at Surrey, playing in more than half the county’s Championship matches and taking 28 wickets at 32.00, a really good return for a side which struggled throughout. Starting the summer in the 2nd XI, he took 12 for 156 against Middlesex and then smashed […]
Guy Andrews (2 North, 1979) has added another major ITV drama to his screenwriting credits with the recent three-part series Bouquet of Barbed Wire, a remake of a series which caused a national debate back in 1976. The Mirror noted “screenwriter Guy Andrews has sensibly reined in the fruitier dialogue” while the Independent said “Andrews […]
Duncan Allen, a leaver in 2010, made his debut as a top-order batsman for a Kenya XI against Indian state side Baroda in Nairobi in August and scored 34 and 12 in a heavy defeat. He then played for Kenya A twice against Uganda, scoring runs and taking wickets, and that earned him a call-up […]
On Friday, September 10 a large audience, which included a number of Old Cranleighans and current and former members of the Common Room, gathered in the chapel to hear an inaugural concert given on the new Mander organ by Bruce Ogston, Philip Scriven, the new Organist in Residence, and the world-renowned Thomas Trotter. Guy Waller, […]
Julia Ormond (1&4 South 1983) has confessed to experiencing the “randomness and rejection” of being a working actress in Hollywood. The British star – known for films such as Legends Of The Fall and First Knight – picked up the Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her TV movie Temple Grandin at the weekend, and admitted she […]
We are sorry to report that Ken Wills, who taught physics at Cranleigh between 1949 and 1988, died on August 19 after a short illness. Ken was second master to Marc van Hasselt and then Tony Hart between 1974 and 1988, and before that was housemaster of 1 North from 1959 to 1974. The following […]
It is with great sadness we have to report that David Bluett (2 North, 1951-55) died on July 19 shortly after being admitted to hospital. He was 71. It is not overstating the case to say David was one of the most recognisable Old Cranleighans, known to all generations as a larger-than-life character whose booming […]