Thursday 19 October 2023
OHIL informal Gathering
It was decided to make alterations this year and ‘ring the changes’ as to how we stage lunchtime events.Accordingly, a total of SEVENTEEN OHs came along to a casual reunion at Doggett’s Coat & Badge, SE1 on THURSDAY 19th OCTOBER 2023. (NB> 25 attended the more formal buffet lunch in May 2023) This time guests were made up chiefly of former boarders from Deanery & School House who were at HCS during the 1950’s/1960’s era.Meanwhile, we had elected to make the ‘change‘ this time by turning the reunion into a strictly casual event. The idea would be for guests to just turn up at the pub anytime after Midday and simply rendezvous downstairs in the main public bar area for drinks and a ‘mingle‘. This was a departure from all prior reunions, wherein we would hire a private room, pre-order a buffet then charge a set fee payable on arrival at the venue or in advance,Encouraging younger OHs. This new format seemed to have worked perfectly because, out of the 17 members present, at least FOUR were from the 1970’s (David Richards/Barry Sutton Headship era) and TWO from the period when Dr Howard Tomlinson was in charge..