WHAT'S NEW ON THE WEB SITE
The OHA web site, previously held on the School web site, has been transferred to this site as at August 2001.
A new Former Pupils Database has been introduced to the site, also at August 2001.
The Cricket Club site has been updated.
Database details for 1992-2000 have been added.
Pictures have been added to the Fathers and Sons (Feb 2001) report
Sports Clubs reports - extracted from the OHA magzine - have been updated as at September 2001
The index page has been updated to include News and Future Events
A web archive section has been introduced.
Names have been added to the Former Pupils Directories at the rate of 3-4 per week
Former Pupils Database - additional names added for 1959
Obituaries Section introduced in December 2001
Forenames added for most of the 1993 leavers
120 additional entries to the Pupils Directories after some 'lost' emails found on the School site.
Pictures from the June 2002 Old Lags Lunch have been added.
Pictures of sports teams from the era 1963-1990 added in ad hoc fashion - the School archive of photos is not catalogued. Names will be added - with support from surfers to the web site.
Pictures of the Annual Dinner in July 2002 have been added.
The obituary of Nobbly Tanner, probably the most influential member of the Old Haberdashers Association in its history, has been added. He died in 1997.
An article on the original housemasters has been added.
The social calendar has been updated to include all events to September 2003.
An article about the School during the war years by John Holmes has been added
A brief article about the new headmaster has been added.
Annual statistics for the cricket club from the start (1947) to 2002 have been added. Records courtesy of Nobbly Tanner and Simon Gelber. Click here to view
A photo archive for the cricket club has been started.
A photo archive for the Rugby Club has been started - all photos taken from the Nobbly Tanner collection.
A history of the Old Boys Cricket Club can be found here.
Promotion for the Rugby 1sts in April 2003. Pictures here.
A highly entertaining article about the Old Haberdashers Sports Ground and the characters who played at the ground in its early days has been transferred to the site. It was written by Ken Blessley in 1988.
Obituaries have been added for those who left us in 1998/9.
A new School Staff News section is being compiled. Currently it shows a summary of the retirements, leavers and deaths from 1987 to 2002. Over time, existing tributes to many of these staff members will be transferred to this section.
Two more articles have been added about Bruce McGowan written in the year of his retirement.
Tw further brief reminiscences from the twenties have been added to the end of the existing memory by Ken Blessley.
An article about the history of the Aldenham House Garden has been added to the Web Archive.
Photos and a video of the 1973 (30 Year) Reunion that took place on 27th June 2003. The video is 3.5 MB in size - only download if you are very patient or, preferably, have a broadband connection.
Obituaries that were included in the 2003 OHA magazine have been added. These include Tec Carrington and two distinguished medical men, Paul Freeling and Robert Horton.
Staff News has been updated to include tributes to leavers and retirements in 1996 and 1997. Includes long time servants of the School such as Antony Clark, David Davies, David Griffiths and Alan Taylor.
There has been a major update of the Cricket Club records. Based on the records of Nobbly Tanner, Simon Gelber has updated the all time individual records for the Club, including number of appearances, batting and bowling averages. These records include all curent players and many of the regular players from the past.
At the same time, Stephen Cronbach has been computerising the scorebooks lovingly prepared by Nobbly Tanner from 1947-1997. The results of this work is summarised here for the years 1947-1975. More is to folllow.
1984 Leavers Reunion. This was held at the School on 12th June 2004, for both male and female leavers from that year. Simon Gresswell has put together an entertaining web page, including picture gallery, which can be found here.
OHA Annual Dinner 2004. Pictures of the highly enjoyable evening can be found here.
School Photographs 1968-1970. Prompted by the 1974 leavers reunion, Jonathan Ratter (1967-74) has posted over 400 photos that he took at School between about 1968 and 1970 on the web at http://homepage.mac.com/quoin. A wide range of photos can be found, including pictures of boys, masters and buildings of the time. There are many photos of the Sports Days. Some of these photos were used by Hamish Adam in the full printed version of Confessions of a Boarder.
1968 Leavers Reunion. This took place in 1998 with more than 100 attendees. The pictures of the event were on a third party web site but have now been brought into this web site to ensure they are preserved. Click here to see the photos.
1998 Leavers Reunion. Held in London in February 2005. Pictures of the event can be found here.
Staff News Index. Has been updated for leavers, retirements and deaths as reported in Skylark 2004
School Newsletters. The Headmaster has kindly agreed that the School Newsletter sent to parents each term can be included on the web site. Click on the links for the Summer 2005 and Autumn 2005 Newsletters. The Spring 2006 letter has also been added.
Database. Courtesy of the efforts of Peter Marshall, 25 names have been added to the 1954 to 1957 databases
Next Stages:
Relevant data and pictures from the School archives, ie. Skylarks, will continue to be added
Due to continuing interest in "Confessions" one of the most popular items on the site, discussions are continuing to bring the full unexpurgated version to the site. At 137 pages long in the printed version, this may take a little time!
The School is currently considering the installation of some recently introduced software to aid contact with all former pupils. This would also include a Business Directory for Old Haberdashers wishing to do business with other OH - this feature was planned for this site but the new software, if purchased, will do the job far better. However, our latest information is that it is likely to be late 2006 at the earliest before this initiative will take place.