City Diners is Back !! 28th March 2025 at the Mudlark

WE’RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OLD ASKEAN CITY DINERS advise news of their passing is as accurate as Elvis being found on the Moon!!!! Having not met in 2024, I am pleased to advise we have a new venue and a date for your diary.

We will be dining at The Mudlark, Montague Close, SE1 9DA, by Southwark Cathedral near the river at London Bridge on Friday 28th March 12:00 for 1:00

I now have the menu for our new venue, The Mudlark at London Bridge, for our resurrection lunch! Well, it will be during Lent.

We are dining at

The Mudlark, by Southwark Cathedral at London Bridge

on Friday 28th March, meet in the bar from 12:00 for 1:00

The menu is as below and the price £34 for 2 courses or £42 for 3 courses including wine

Starter Scotch Egg served with brown sauce

Main Steak & Pale Ale Pie with mashed potato & thyme roasted carrots

Dessert Apple & Blackberry Crumble with vanilla custard

Vegetarian or vegan alternatives available. Please contact me for details

To confirm your attendance, please send an e-mail to me at homewood.steve@yahoo.co.uk or give me a call on 07795 445404 advising whether you require 2 or 3 courses. To assist with the administration on the day, it would be appreciated if you would transfer the appropriate funds to our bank account, details below, ensuring you give your name as the reference. You are welcome to invite your classmates who are not members of the Association or your male guests to show them how Old Askeans like to enjoy themselves!

Bank details

Barclays Bank

Account Name: Old Askean Clty Diners

Sort Code: 20-20-62

Account Number: 23060004

Remember to give your name as the reference

The address of The Mudlark is Motague Close, SE1 9DA and is situated just to the west of London Bridge. From the lower main line station, you can take the exit into Tooley Street, where there is easy access via a pedestrian path under London Bridge rather than negotiating the steps down from the bridge

Celebration Dinner to mark 150 years of “The School”

This is a Formal Dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the school. The event is being run in conjunction with the Hatcham Association. The date confirmed as Thursday 6 November 2025, venue Haberdashers’ Hall. This is a black tie/cocktail dress event. The cost is £97.50 per person. Processco reception on arrival, cash bar for wine and other drinks. Further details to follow.

November 2025 at Haberdashers Hall.

If interested please contact Roger Goodman to book a place at roger1.goodman@btinternet.com

Early booking essential as limited places

Links to other sources of Old Askean Information

There are at least two FaceBook pages/groups related to the Association. The “official” one can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554107793748

Then there is the “Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham (1960s)” group which is an “unofficial” group. This can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/248952745141810

Anthony J. Sargeant who was at School from 1955 -1962 has a wonderful series of Blogposts that can be found at:

https://tonysargeantshropshire.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/haberdashers-askes-hatcham-boys-school-school-captains/

It is well worth following the links on these posts as they bring back memories and have a great wealth of detail about the school and life in those days. Imagine teenagers going to a party wearing jackets with a collar and tie!! It really happened and there are photos to proof it.

Sadly there are parts of school that were less than perfect to say the least. The account below happened in eighties; but I know of abuse (not to me) that happened in the sixties. You can find out about the less savoury parts here:

https://oldaskean.wordpress.com/