William Parkin Pearce MA JP and his Prefects, 1953-4 Here’s a photo of the Prefects with Headmaster Bill Pearce from 1953-4 sent to us by Simon Clifford from Canada, which [ … ]
Category: News
News items may include news of specific events at the school that are thought to be of particular interest to Old Ruymians.
Colts U15 Hockey Squad – 1960
Colts 1960 U15 Hockey Squad, photo courtesy of Adrian Taylor We have just received this fantastic photo from Adrian Taylor of the Colts 1960 U15 Hockey Squad, under the ever-watchful [ … ]
Paul Chevalier, 1939 – 2025
Paul Chevalier 15/04/1939 – 17/11/2025 “AUF WIEDERSEHEN, HERR CHEV” Paul Chevalier, who has died at the age of 86, taught German at Clarendon House and then Chatham House for over [ … ]
Christmas 2025
The Chairman, Hon Secretary, Treasurer and the rest of the Committee would like to wish all Old Ruymians, wherever they are, a very Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year! For [ … ]
No bathing! It’s the Larkin Cup!
Anyone remember this incident from July 1965? Sent in by Adrian Taylor it recounts when, on the day of the Larkin Cup (which School House won) a “No bathing” flag [ … ]
The Long Hair Protest – 1971
Photo kindly supplied by Jill Riches Here we see pupils who joined the “Long Hair Protest” outside the Main Archway entrance to the School in Chatham Street. In a protest [ … ]
CHS School Play – 1959
“The Strong Are Lonely” Sent into us by Steve Villette, this unattributed photo is of the School Play in 1959 – the 50th Jubilee Year. “The Strong Are Lonely” was [ … ]
The Fire Bell
By Adrian Taylor, Aged 11 – Taken from his original script – with no additions or corrections A quote from the school magazine, “Ruym”, Summer 1958, Volume 23, No. 4: [ … ]
Sub-prefects 1965
Back Row: Nic Holladay, ?, Andy Thorpe, ?, Phil Povey, Ian Smith, David Lunn, Ken Flower Front Row: Roger Stroud, Peter Smith, Barry Allfrey, John Darby, Adrian Taylor, Barry Collyer, [ … ]
London Event Poll
Your Committee are considering organising a London-based “get together” even for all ORs. We would ask you to complete the online Poll with your best options, so that we can [ … ]
Cricket at the Chatham House site
Following discussions between our Hon Sec and the Head Teacher at CCGS, Debra Liddicoat, the Old Ruymians’ Club are pleased to announce that the School has graciously accepted our offer [ … ]
Update!
We are pleased to announce that our website is now running the latest WordPress version, 6.8.2, to ensure our site works as efficiently and safely as possible. You should notice [ … ]
Robin Garner – Obituary
Robin Garner died at the age of 94 in May this year after a short decline. Robin was born at the very end of 1930 and brought up in Ramsgate, [ … ]
Cricket Week 2025 – OR Cricket Club
A moment of celebration – Josh Christian takes the opening wicket. Photo by: David J Carr Old Ruymian Cricket Club Match Report 11th August – 15th August 2025 Cricket Week [ … ]
Old Ruymians’ Club Annual Reunion Dinner 2025
Our Guest Speaker for 2025, Mr Blake Dark The evening began at 6:30pm with an address from the Hon Sec, welcoming everyone to this year’s ORC Dinner and in particular [ … ]
Auction of “one-off” Book on 28th June 2025
For auction on 28th June Annual Reunion Dinner will be this unique proof copy (warts and all!) of the Third Edition of the Chatham House Story. This unique edition contains [ … ]
Old Ruymians’ Club Silk Ties now available…
We’ve just received the first tie – pre-production sample – from the manufacturer.. and it’s better than we’d hoped! Download the Order Form and instructions here: https://www.oldruymians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Tie_Order_Form.pdf
Colin Whitaker’s Obituary in “The Times”
The photograph above shows the Obituary for Colin Whitaker which appeared in “The Times” newspaper on 6th May, 2025. Whilst it is pleasing to see such an esteemed newspaper acknowledging the [ … ]
ORCC Cricket Week 2025 – NEWS!
Following the success of last year’s Cricket Week, we’re excited to begin preparations for this year’s event, taking place from 11th–15th August 2025. We’re now looking to confirm player availability [ … ]
OR Club Lunch at Taddy’s Barn – 30the April 2025
A fabulous time was had by all at the Taddy’s Barn OR Lunch on 30th April! Those attending were: the Chairman, Mr Mike Tyrrell and his wife Bonnie; the Social [ … ]