As the Second World War ended in May 1945, millions tuned in to the BBC for the latest news and for reports from Berlin. The man they heard broadcasting from the ruined city was the corporation’s Paris correspondent, Thomas Cadett […]
OCs make hockey headlines
Several young Old Cranleighans have made hockey headlines in the last few weeks of the season […]
A middle-class revolutionary
The Old Cranleighan who stood for parliament against Tony Benn and called for a middle-class revolution against the Labour government […]
Over 70s’ Reunion on Sunday 26 April 2015
Bill Braid (East 1956) writes: The annual gathering of the ‘oldies’ was held at School. We numbered 70, some older than others, and as you would expect all the Houses were represented. The catering and wine was again excellent and we are so fortunate that the School team makes us so welcome. The hospitality is […]
Cordy-Redden lands England Sevens contract
James Cordy-Redden (Loveday 2011) has been selected for the full England sevens squad for the 2015-16 IRB World Sevens Series […]
The final days of Tertius Last
On April 26 1915, Harold Haile ‘Tertius’ Last (East 1905) died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in London from injuries received in Belgium the previous month. He was 22 and was the tenth Old Cranleighan to have died in the nine months of the war to that point […]
Historian portrays Napoleon’s softer side
World renowned historian and broadcaster, Andrew Roberts (East 1981), returned to Cranleigh last week with a fascinating presentation on Napoleon […]
Tragedy in the Sahara
Sixty years ago this month a failed Kenyan coffee planter and three associates set out from Nairobi in a Morris Traveller to drive across Africa, through the Sahara Desert and Europe to London. The poorly planned expedition was to end in failure and the death of Alan ‘Sweetie’ Cooper (East 1926).
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Cranleigh’s Halford Hewitt Heroics
11 April was a red letter day for our golfers. We reached the quarter-finals of the Halford Hewitt for the first time for many years. This was after victories over Blundell’s (3-2), Harrow (3-2) and Downside (4-1). We then lost a desperately close match against Watson’s by 3 matches to 2, denied by a 15-foot […]
OC DINNER 2015 – TIME-LIMITED SPECIAL OFFER
Dear OCs Having first been held in 1882, the OC Society Dinner has become a regular feature on the OC calendar. This year, the Dinner is being held at the Winchester House Club on the banks of the River Thames in Putney on 15 May 2015 and will be co-chaired by Mike Wilson, the Headmaster […]