On Tuesday 3rd September three of us, President Peter Ayling, Roger Goodman and myself, Barry Mellish, were privileged to attend the service which was held at the Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield followed by the Autumn Garden Party in the courtyard of Haberdashers Hall.
It was a lovely service and the choir sang beautifully. As we were leaving the service we met someone I knew who is a fellow Old Askean, albeit somewhat younger than us. We had a good conversation with him and he went away with an Association Application form! He had also recently met up with a number of his year group and he will forward the form to them – here’s hoping!
The Association Blazers attracted attention, we were not short of people to talk to.
The Association AGM and Dinner took place on Thursday, 11 July 2024 at the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, Court Road, Eltham.
It’s was that time of the year again and when twenty or so Old Askeans, with friends and partners gathered for the AGM followed by a splendid dinner ably organised by our Social Secretary Roger Goodman.
The AGM began at 7.00pm and the business part of the evening was conducted efficiently and with great aplomb by our president Peter Ayling. Peter was elected to serve for a second year of office. The full list of elected officers and committee members can be found on this website. A revised version of the rules of the Association was unanimously agreed and can be found on this website.
Following the meeting we were joined by our guests for dinner.
Our second informal gathering of the year took place at The George Inn, Southwark on Friday 5th July from 3pm onwards. Sadly there were only eight of us present, but we added two new members to our Association! It was the first Friday of Wimbledon and the weather earlier in the day had been somewhat inclement – tropical thunderstorms occurred in some places. So the lack of numbers was not surprising. Indeed those of there did our utmost to make up for lack of numbers by the number of beers consumed.
All in all a great time was had by those of us there. Sadly we forgot to take many photos and the one that I took is below – must try harder as my old school reports used to say!
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:
Formal Dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the school. Date confirmed as Thursday 6 November 2025, venue Haberdashers’ Hall. A black tie event.
November 2025 at Haberdashers Hall.
Black tie, further details to follow. If interested please contact Roger Goodman to book a place at roger1.goodman@btinternet.com
