Old Belmontians Day July 5th, Belmont School

Old Belmontians Day will this year be combined with Foundation Day at Belmont School, and The Old Millhillians Club are delighted to invite all OBs and their families to attend. The day is always very relaxed and informal and it is a wonderful opportunity to visit the School again.

The Old Belmontians Association recently merged with the Old Millhillians Club and both Peter Wakeham, Chair of the Club and Adrian Jordan, will be attending and look forward to meeting new and old friends.

Timetable for the Day:

12.00 Arrive at Belmont A welcome drink in the Rooker Roberts Room (hosted by OM Club Chair Peter Wakeham) 12.30 Join everyone on the Master’s Lawn for Lunch and Garden Party 1.30 Return to Rooker Roberts Room for tea/coffee and tour of the school 2.30 Depart

This is a wonderful opportunity to re-engage with your contemporaries and also see how much the School has changed. All OBs and familes are warmly welcome.

Please contact Laura - omc@millhill.org.uk if you plan to attend and the number in your party by 29th June, so we can plan catering accordingly. We look forward to hearing from you.

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A huge congratulations to Max Coupe King and his fiance Catherine Longthorpe who have recently got engaged. ..

Tom Lindsay (Farara) married Millie McClure on June 2nd at Lainstone House in Winchester. ..

Thursday 26th April 2018 saw us welcome another wonderful group of Upper Sixth to the National Liberal Club for an introduction to the Old Millhillians and their Membership of the Club. ..

Tribute to Terry Allan 1932 – 2017 Weymouth 1945 – 1949

Terry was a Middlesex grammar school boy who was a bit intimidated by coming to a public school. This was not helped by the fact that he was somewhat deaf following a childhood illness. This gave the impression of being slow, which was far from the truth. After school, when he learned to lip read it changed his life and in later life he worked very successfully as a volunteer guinea pig with a famous deaf aid company.

His family had a shop fitting business in Newcastle but his father had come south as a skilled joiner. Terry was a King’s Scout, which he carried on at school. His other interests were rugby and carpentry. He spent many hours in the maintenance workshop in the basement of the science block with ‘Carp’ the carpenter. One summer, Ian Jarvis and Terry completed a thousand mile tandem bicycle ride round England, Wales and Scotland in eleven days, staying in Youth Hostels.

On leaving Mill Hill, Terry joined Joe Lucas for a short while before enrolling for a degree at LSE. For his national service he took a three year short service commission in the administrative branch of the Air Force.

About this time at a family wedding he met his brother’s Swiss aux- pair and love of his life, Marianne. They married in Frauenfeld, Switzerland and he worked for her father’s small engineering company, which made machine tools. Once he had learned Swiss German, he managed to get a good job with the international company, Sulzer in Zurich, maker of half the world’s marine engines; he held a number of senior positions in different departments in the company until he retired.

Terry and Marianne set up home in Frauenfeld and had two children, Colin, who went on to study Law and works in Frauenfeld, and Susan, who became a doctor and now lives in the USA. There are four granddaughters two in each family. Terry was very much a family man and when he was away on his many country trips, he longed to be home with his wife and children.

Terry had a great love of music, taught himself to play the piano and both he and Marianne joined a choir. He involved himself a great deal in local affairs and in church life. All the family were keen skiers. Colin was an instructor, and on one occasion found a young lady in difficulties at the top of a big slope. He picked her up, put her over his shoulder and skied down. She is now his wife.

Terry had heart problems for some years and volunteered to allow for various new techniques to be carried out on him in Zurich University Hospital. He died peacefully in the Zurich hospital with his family around him.

A group of Old Millhillians of different vintages meet once a quarter for an informal lunch at the Beehive pub in White Waltham. White Waltham is a village near Maidenhead, a ten-minute drive from the M4. The pub serves excellent lunches. Its postcode is SL6 3SH.

These lunches were inaugurated by the late Keith Armistead and are now arranged by Graham Woodhouse. The meetings are designed not only to allow members to reminisce about their time at MHS, but more significantly to resolve global issues that have defeated the British government, the European Union, the MCC and the Security Council.

Would you like to be kept informed of future dates? Contact Graham at j.g.woodhouse@btinternet.com

Peter Collinson Garden Project – Those of you with good memories will remember that ‘Project 2018’, the plan to re-create the essence of the garden of the internationally renowned 18th century plant collector and botanist, Peter Collinson FRS, was announced in Martlet a few years ago. ..

It can be tough to differentiate yourself from all the other young people searching for jobs, work experience and university places. The OM Club has helped, and continues to help, many current lower/upper sixth students and OMs at university by putting them in touch with older OMs who can offer help and advice. ..

Madrid weekend 2016 – Brilliant sunshine provided the backdrop to the OM biennial European weekend on 19^th May.  ..

East Anglia Dinner – In the elegant and comfortable rooms provided by Trinity College, this year’s East Anglia Dinner took place on 16 September 2016.  ..

Tim Corbett's (OMC President's) New Zealand and Australian Travel Itinerary ..

I was 7 years old; it was a cloudy winter’s day when my mother first mentioned Mill Hill School to me. We were to go by the 140 bus from where we lived in Kenton near Harrow to find the school as a possible place for my brother Martin some 5 years older than me. We never found the school on that occasion but that was the beginning of a 66 year relationship with Mill Hill – the School. ..

We were delighted and honoured to receive a visit from the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr James Watson on 8th June 2016 to mark the centenary of the birth of Francis Crick (Ridgeway 1930-34). Together, James Watson and Francis Crick cracked the code to “the secret of life” when they put forward the double helical structure of DNA in 1953. The breakthrough is hailed as one of the most important scientific discoveries in history. ..

We were delighted to welcome the upper sixth at The National Liberal Club for the Leavers Reception. The school party consisted of over a hundred pupils as well as housemasters, tutors and the Head, Mrs Frances King. The students were given an introduction to the Old Millhillians Club by the President, Tim Corbett; and Chairman, Andrew Mortimer explained the purpose and benefits of the Club.  Leavers’ packs consisting of membership cards and club benefits will shortly be sent to all upper sixth parents. ..

It was cold but luckily dry on Friday evening and the gathered crowd was entertained by a spectacular fireworks display.   ..

An Evening at the Supreme Court ..

Inaugural event for current and aspiring OM entrepreneurs. ..

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The glorious weather helped to make Old Millhillians Day on Saturday 19th September a lovely occasion. Old Millhillians, several of whom had brough ttheir families caught up with old school friends and Masters and enjoyed a delicious lunch on the Headmaster's Lawn. ..

Appointment of the New Chief Executive of the Mill Hill School Foundation and Head of Mill Hill School ..

2014/2015 was a memorable year for everyone involved with Old Millhillians Football Club! ..

On July 10th 2015 five OM’s plus three wives met in Flanders for the weekend. This trip, to look at some of the First World War sites, was organized and led by Peter Mcdonough, retired MHS master, who has led forty or more tours to the battlefields. Whilst there we had very much in mind the 193 Old Millhillians who died in the Great War. ..

THE HOUSE OF RAYNE’S SUMMER RETROSPECTIVE PRIVATE VIEW Old Millhillians are invited to join Friends of the Gallery, at this cultural event. ..

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The Club has been keen to broaden the appeal of its merchandise to younger OMs, and to introduce a range of items for ladies. Former deputy Head Peter McDonough and marketing assistant and OM Paula Sanchez kindly agreed to lead a project with the help of a number of Sixth Formers and we have been incredibly lucky to have had advice and support from the design and production team at ‘Ted Baker’, whose founder is a school parent. ..

The annual dinner took place at the Carpenters' Hall on the 15th October with over 150 attendees. Musicians from the School entertained the guests and President David Short handed over the chain of office to Mike Corby the new President.  ..

It has just dawned on us that it is in fact 30 years in July since we left Mill Hill School; shocking news indeed!  I am in touch with a few of my contemporaries from our year group and have suggested that we should make an effort to have a get together to commemorate our 30 year anniversary. ..

The merger of OMCC with Totteridge CC last season has proved a great success both on and off the field. Although Headstone Lane will be missed as a playing venue, the picturesque setting at Totteridge Green is hard to beat.  ..

Laurence Olivier, Winterstoke 1946-51, sadly died on 10^th August, 2014.He will be hugely missed by his many friends and family, including his first wife Susie, his second wife Suzannah and his four children. ..

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Saturday 17th May 2014 - 1963 & 64 reunion Lunch at MHS ..

Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Old Millhillians Club will be held on Wednesday 9th April 2014 at 6.30 pm in the  Lady Violet Room at the National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1 to deal with the following business: ..

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San Francisco March 7th - Donald Haigh haighsf@aol.com  ..

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The large gathering offamily and friends that attended Tim Bunyard's Memorial Service in the Mill Hill School Chapel onthe 15^th January, 2014, was atribute to the high regard and affection that he was held in by so many. Tim, who was educated at Goodwins and then at Belmont and Mill Hill Schools, cultivated a wide circle of loyal friends through his varied, but mainly sporting, interests. ..

OMRFC triumphed 21 -17 in an extraordinary match against Ruislip II, played at Ruislip,  to lift the North West Middlesex Floodlit Cup for the first time in over 15 years.  Some lively and attractive back play saw the OMs rack up 21 points in as many minutes with 3 converted trys.  After that, the much bigger home pack exerted muscular control and made possession very difficult particularly in the set pieces. ..

Freddie Escott Thorne, who was born in Edmonton on the 22^nd November 1930, died at The Princess Alice Hospice in Esher on the 3^rd November 2013. He was seen on his way by a very large gathering of close relatives and a multitude of friends during a most thoughtful and excellently arranged service at the Parish Church of St Mary, Headley (close to his home in Ashtead), two days prior to his 83^rd birthday. ..

John Batten was probably Mill Hill’s most distinguished Physician. He came to Collinson House (then under the care of AD Whitehorn – ‘The Baron’) in 1938 and the following year went with the School to St.Bees.  ..

Did you know that Alford House caters for approximately 300 young people aged 8 to 19 years from the seriously deprived area of North Lambeth? It is run on a daily basis by the General Manager, Tim Saunders, and his small team of paid and voluntary staff. He is supported by the Governors who are a combination of local people and Old Millhillians. They generally have specialist skills e.g. accountants, lawyers, architects, surveyors, managers or are just “worldly wise”. ..

Sri Jayendra School - Mill Hill's Overseas Partnership school in Tamil Nadu - has just produced a website. Those OMs who support Sri Jayendra by sponsoring a child or making donations may be interested to browse through it. ..

Thankfully the weather behaved itself and over 100 OMs visited the School to have drinks in the Octagon followed by a superb lunch in the Dining Hall. It was good to see old and young mix and to have vistirs from afar. Unfortunately the OM 1st XV lost against Cheshunt but the spectators enjoyed watching the match. There was tea and cakes in the afternoon to round offthe day. Thank you to the School for their generous hospitality. ..

Noel Olsen, who has died of prostate cancer aged 67, was a public health consultant working in areas where there was clear and compelling evidence justifying advocacy for better health and social policy. He was prominent in the lobbying organisations Action on Smoking and Health and the National Heart Forum (now UK Health Forum), where he raised public awareness and he pressurised the tobacco, food and alcohol industries to stop promoting unhealthy lifestyles. He helped persuade the government to adopt more emphatic health warnings on cigarette packets and his work led towards the passing of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotions Act in 2002. ..

Passing on Thursday, August 22, 2013, Dr. Brian Harley, a retired Internal Medicine Specialist. Dr. Harley was born in 1924 and educated in England at Mill Hill School and St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School. ..

Adrian was bought up in Kingsbury and attended Kilburn Grammar School and Battersea College of Technology. He also ganied an Open University degree. ..

He was a qualified CPA, joined the family business and was subsequently bought out by Dunlop. He continued to work for Dunlop (or successor firms) including assignments in South Africa and Nigeria until retirement in West Sussex, living latterly in Chichester. ..