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OBA Annual Dinner 2006
Saturday, 25 November 2006What an evening! If you don't believe me then just take a look the ‘photos on this website, you will see plenty of animated smiling faces which, for me, sums up the purpose of events like this. Mind you with a combination of Ann Widdecombe as guest speaker, over 150 guests and a large contingent of 1981’ers what more could one expect?
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Graduation Day 2006
Saturday, 01 July 2006The 2006 Graduation Day Ceremony, attended by all 6th form leavers, friends, family, staff and alumni, was every bit as uplifting as the OBA President David Gold had told me it would be...
I had been asked by our esteemed leader to attend on his behalf as he was busy darting around the country amassing support for his imminent assault on government. I was happy to do so, even though it meant addressing the assembled throng on a summer’s day so hot that it lent new gravitas to the expression "passing-out ceremony"!
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President's letter April 2006
Saturday, 01 April 2006
The new Headmaster of Brighton College has certainly made his presence felt, what with making Mandarin Chinese compulsory for all students and teaching History to the Fourth Form! With his worldwide search for a young lad to benefit from the Peyton Scholarship, he has also enjoyed considerable media exposure.
On my recent visits to the College it is good to feel the warm welcome for OBs continues under his leadership and already Richard Cairns has proved himself to be a strong supporter of our Association. Such a mutually strong relationship can only benefit the College and I look forward to many more OBs returning to see the changes which are making it one of the most successful co-educational schools in the UK.
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President's Annual Report 2005
Thursday, 01 December 2005This has been a year of innovation for the Association, especially in the way we communicate with our members and the College community.
The Association website, which is now updated almost daily, has been totally revamped with the addition of a community notice board, photo gallery, and an expanded OB Hall of Fame. We are registering an average of more than 150 hits a day on the website and many OBs are emerging from the woodwork to provide us with news. Going forwards, we are developing a new membership page, and looking for greater expansion of the Directory of OB Businesses and Services. My thanks go to our web designer, Alex Bremer (R. 1979-83) for all his hard work and constant enthusiasm which goes well beyond the call of duty. -
President's letter Winter 2005
Tuesday, 01 November 2005Dear Old Brightonians,
As we approach the end of 2005 it’s with some pride that we look back at what the Association has been able to achieve in this, Brighton College’s 160th Anniversary year.
We opened with a very well attended Drinks Party at The International in London. Proving what a sociable lot we are, there were plenty of familiar faces but also friends and family to add to the mix and a good few OBs who had never attended an OBA event. It was a promising start to the year.
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Vice-Presidents’ Luncheon 2006
Friday, 14 July 2006The Army & Navy Club, London SW1
As the old saying goes: "Yesterday, I couldn’t spell Vice President! Today I is one"! Well you might ask: "How did this happen"?
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OB Day 2006
Friday, 16 June 2006Attendance at these things seem so often to be reliant on the weather, and this year the sun certainly appeared to have delivered a good assortment of OBs to the College on a glorious September morning.
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President's letter February 2006
Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Dear Brightonians,
If anyone thought the departure of Dr Seldon would also signal the departure of the camera crews and hacks we’ve grown used to seeing around the College they were wrong. After what seemed like only a few minutes in the job, Richard Cairns marked the Chinese New Year by making Mandarin Chinese (Puotonghuà as it is called in Chinese) compulsory for all new pupils at the College and instantly he was the lead item on national news broadcasts across Asia – and CNN, the BBC, most of Europe... Hits to the College website reached their monthly average in one day, calls from diplomats and government departments, not to mention prospective parents, from across the world flooded the College switchboard. The College is the first British school to make Chinese a core subject alongside Latin, French and Spanish, reflecting the international flavour of the community but also providing the best possible preparation for the modern world. We just pray the compulsory element doesn’t reach former Brighton College pupils….
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OBA Annual Dinner 2005 - "Two Golds, a Silver and the Seldon babes"
Saturday, 26 November 2005A short review of the OBA dinner 2005 by one of the 1980 leavers celebrating 25 years.
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President's letter Summer 2005
Wednesday, 01 June 2005Dear Old Brightonians,
As Brighton College celebrates its 160th anniversary, in spite of several near misses, it is good to see the place continuing to evolve, experiment, and adapt. I am sure that just as Anthony Seldon will be missed when he leaves us at the end of December, so the newly appointed Headmaster, Richard Cairns, will make his own mark and make his own changes. Sometimes we will approve of those changes, other times not, but he will be aware that to retain the College’s position as a school of excellence, standing still is not an option.
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