Fwd: Latest News

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From: Brian Screaton 
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 at 11:58
Subject: Latest News
To: All 

Hello all,

Firstly a message to all our antipodean Old Wyvernians. John O'Grady, who lives in Victoria, Australia would like to contact all the other Old Wyves who are resident 'down under' with a view to setting up perhaps a whatsapp group or a Facebook page for 'Old Wyves in Australia'. John's email address is wattlegully@gmail.com

Turning to more local matters, don't forget to contact me if you would like to come to the Special Viewing of Peter Robinson's sports photos, hosted by Peter, at De Montfort University. Quite a few of you at the Lunch indicated your interest but I didn't take any names, so please just drop me an email to confirm your interest asap.

Talking of the Lunches, Tony Baxter emailed me to note the success of the Lunches and said 'I found there wasn't time to chat to everyone and again these lunches are an excellent way for stirring up old  memories and old friendships'. Maybe we ought to combine the Lunch with an Afternoon Tea next time! Anyway, many thanks Tony, it's always good to see you at the Lunches.

Kind regards,

Brian

Fwd: Lunch and a Special Viewing

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From: Brian Screaton 
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 at 12:23
Subject: Lunch and a Special Viewing

Hello Everyone,

I hope this email finds you well. The Old Wyves Lunch on Wednesday was excellent, with twenty-seven present and a great buzz of conversations and laughter. We even had an Old Wyve all the way from Australia present - that's dedication for you! No seriously, he happened to be on an extended holiday in the UK. The next Lunch will be in March 2026. I'll let you know the date soon.

Some of you may know Peter Robinson, an Old Wyvernian who went on to find great fame as a sports photographer. If you don't then just google his name and 'sports photographer'. He specialised in football photos, and was described by the New York Times as 'The world's greatest living soccer photographer'. He was also an official FIFA photographer for 24 years, and was at 13 World Cups and 9 Olympic Games. Peter currently has an exhibition of his work, called 'Keep off the Grass',  on display at De Montfort University in Leicester and has kindly offered to host a Special Viewing for the Old Wyvernians, at a date to be agreed.

If you are interested in going to the Special Viewing of Peter's work, then please let me know in the next week or so and we will make the necessary arrangements. If you prefer to go under your own steam then the exhibition is open from 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and 12 noon to 5 pm on Saturdays. It is in the Leicester Gallery of the Vijay Patel Building at DMU. 

I realise that those of you in far-flung places will not be able to go, but hopefully we will put some photos on the website and our facebook page.

Best wishes,

Brian

PS examples of Peter Robinson's work can be found at https://www.thesaturdayman.com

Fwd: Bunny

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From: Brian Screaton 
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 at 13:06
Subject: Mr Hutchinson RIP
To: Frank Smith 

Brian Screaton attended the Memorial Service for former woodwork teacher Frank Hutchinson. Here's his feedback:-

"Four Old Wyvernians attended the Thanksgiving for the Life of Frank Hutchinson at St John the Baptist Church in Cold Overton on Wednesday 1st October. They were John Williams, David Billsdon, Stephen Thompson and myself. The church was absolutely full with extra seating filling every possible space. The service was conducted by the Reverend Canon Philip Norwood, and the tributes to Frank (or Fred or Bunny, as we knew him) were led by Sir Mark Prescot Bt, a long time friend of Frank's and a horse trainer with over 2,000 wins to his credit. We learnt much about Frank's 'other life' as a jockey and a poem read by Frank's wife, Jane, called 'When the Riding's done' was particularly poignant.  The wake was held in the Tea Rooms at Gates Garden Centre in the village and was very well catered. A toast was drunk to the life of dear old Fred."

Bob Fionda also attended the funeral. Here's his feedback:-

Fred's Funeral - Summary

The funeral service went very well with about 165 people attending. He had many friends with varying backgrounds, including many from the horse racing world with a personal tribute delivered from the lectern from Sir Mark Prescott the famous trainer who won the Prix De L'Arc du Triomphe ( probably the most prestigious race in the world)  a couple of years ago. He also received an e-mail from Gary Lineker offering his condolences and explaining he would be unable to attend because of filming commitments in Europe.

I had five replies from former members of staff and one from a grateful PGCE student of Fred's, who came to the service.

Bob Fionda

Fwd: City of Leicester Boys Reunion

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From: Clive Langley <clangleypsafinancial1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Subject: City of Leicester Boys Reunion
To: City Boys Admin <cbsleicester@gmail.com>

Dear Sir

I wonder if you could help me. My name is Clive Langley and I am in the process of trying to organise a reunion of Old Boys who started out at the Downing Drive site in 1967

I notice you have the following pupils on your database and I would be grateful if you could contact them for me to make them aware we plan to hold a reunion Th Dove Pub on Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester  on Friday, 17th October 7~30pm

Their names are

Richard Chatham 685

Andrew Coombes 637

Glynn Curtis 120

Dennis `Sweeney 728

Nick Thornton 481

Ian Thorp 482

Lee Tracy 617

Tim Watson 611

Neil Hammonds 186

Warwick Hunt 61

Michael McShane 742

Chris Jinks 236

I was also wondering if you could also post something on the website about this. My email is clangleypsafinancial1@gmail.com 

Please ask anybody who is interested to email me

Thanks

Clive Langley

The event took place with several people attending. To view a couple of photos on Facebook click/tap HERE

Fwd: Latest News

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From: Brian Screaton
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 at 14:50
Subject: Latest News
To: Brian Screaton

  Hello All,

Hope this finds you well. There are a few items of news which I thought I would update you on.

Firstly the date of the next Old Wyves Lunch has been fixed for Wednesday 9th April at the usual venue, AgeUK in Humberstone Gate. I shall need to know numbers so if you want to be there (and I'd highly recommend both the company and the food) then just drop me a line. Closer to the date I will send out the menu for you to let me know your choices.

Secondly Mike Burden tells me that Bill Mann has been out of hospital for some time and he is back to his pre-hospital self. He is well settled back in Welford Court, is content and well looked after, but his dementia means that his short term memory is not good.

Next, news of another Reunion - Former pupil Adrian Clive Langley is organising a CBS reunion for a specific intake at the Dove pub in Evington. The plan is to hold it on the 17th October 2025 (a Friday) at The Dove on Downing Drive. It is only for former pupils who came to the school aged 11 in 1967 and would have left aged 18 in 1974. Anyone interested or wanting more details should email

clangleypsafinancial1@gmail.com  Details are also on our website and Facebook page.

Lastly, when Bill Mann was in hospital many of you were kind enough to send me your very nice memories of him and his teaching, which I passed on to Mike Burden. Dennis would like to include these in the next OWT for everyone to share, but if you would prefer your contribution not to be included or if you want it to be anonymised, it's no problem, just contact Dennis at djduggan2023@outlook.com

Best wishes,

Brian

Fwd: School Films now on YouTube!

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From: Brian Screaton 
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 at 09:55
Subject: School Films now on YouTube!

Good Morning All,

The School Films are now available to view on YouTube, thanks to Old Wyvernian Mick Howell. Here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/@Wyvernians/videos - hope it works! Eighteen films are there for you to binge-watch! Well, it's got to be better than watching Strictly Come Dancing or Bake-Off! The 1970 film, entitled 'The City we Live in' has already amassed 220 views and includes some rare footage of the demolition of the Bell Hotel in Humberstone Gate.

Thanks again to MIck for all his work on this. I hope you enjoy looking for yourself in the films....it's possible to slow them down on YouTube.

Best Wishes,

Brian

PS The Old Wyves Lunch last Wednesday was a cracker with a great buzz and some Old Boys from as far afield as Dorset and Yorkshire.

CBS Book

GREAT NEWS!!

From April 2024 the authors of the book about our school (that was first published in 2012) have agreed to allow digital copies of the book to be downloaded (in PDF format) ....

BUT for FREE! (file size 38 MB)

To get your copy click/tap HERE and follow the instructions:-

 - ENJOY!!