Jungfraujoch 1989, courtesy of Brian Smith A Geography field trip taking a break 3000m up at Jungfraujoch in 1989 – kindly sent in to us by Brian Smith. There’s at [ … ]
Category: Team Photo
People always enjoy browsing old photos. Many of these have been lost in our many moves and adventures. However, here is an opportunity to share those that you have with others and to find out the names of any you may have forgotten!
Thomas’ House – 1968-9
Thomas’ House 1968-9 (possibly later?) kindly sent in by Richard Lane, son of Roy Lane (also variously known as “Sam” or “Bronco”). Norman (Fred) Cox centre, with Roger “Ty” Harding. [ … ]
Thomas’ House – 1974-75
Thomas’ House again – this time from 1974-75 – also kindly sent in by Richard Lane. Norman (Fred) Cox still Housemaster. Dave Impey 2nd from left seated? Nick Smith 2nd [ … ]
Thornton’s House – 1967-68
Thornton’s House again – this time from 1967-68 with Dave Cookson, Roy Lane and Bob Tuppen (who is also an OR!) Who do you remember in this line-up? Cock House?
Hockey 1st X1 – 1965
Hockey 1st X1 1965: Adrian Taylor (with thanks!), N. Holladay, P. Arnold, D. Smith, V. Thomas, D. Collison, “Tommy” Thomas, B. Allfrey, John Darby, K. Nicholls (capt.), D. Lunn, O. [ … ]
Chatham House Prefects from 1965
Here we see a happy bunch of Chatham House Prefects from 1965: Back row: K. Smith, K. Flower, M. White, J. Bowley, P. G. Everest, I. Smith, D. Mankellow. Front [ … ]
Form 2C – 1966?
Sent to us by Adrian Taylor, here we see a “relaxed” form 2C from around 1966. If you recognise yourself, or any others, do let us know!
Prefects 1953/4 and a Question…
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
The Masters – But In What Year?
The Masters… Who’d like to put a date on this one? We’re guessing 1955/58… Lots of familiar faces to us! A young Maurice Jordan, for instance. As usual, we’ll leave [ … ]
Colts Rugby XV 1962-1963
Many thanks to Terry Keane who provided this photograph of the Colts Rugby XV from 1962-1963. The reverse of the photo provided some autographs from the esteemed players. Terry identified [ … ]
Seeds of Cricket in Ramsgate
Bob Lee, amateur local historian, Old Ruymian and formerly a keen cricketer has unearthed a number of interesting items regarding cricket at the Chatham & Clarendon Chatham Street site and [ … ]
Junior School July 1963
Here is a carefully reconstructed version of most of the Junior School photo from July 1963. In the tradition of Kintsugi (the Japanese art of mending broken pots) selected scans [ … ]
Prefects with Bill Pearce
All contributions and comments gratefully received. editor@oldruymians.co.uk John Stroud has kindly informed us that this photo was taken in July 1963. The line up is as follows: Back row standing [ … ]
Feathers Rugby XV 1958
If you know anything about these guys, names, dates etc then please add a comment or email editor@oldruymians.co.uk. Thank you Ken Girkin here with a young rugby team. Tommy writes: [ … ]
Hockey 2nd XI 1963
A big thank you to John Stroud and Pete Somerfield for their comprehensive info and report. Please feel free to add a comment or email editor@oldruymians.co.uk. Thank you Tommy says: [ … ]
Rugby Colts 1948 – Where are they now?
Many thanks to Joan Mortimer who sent us this photo, with the message below. “Hello from Australia, it might be that Mike and Bonnie have been superseded by other [ … ]
CHS Junior Cricket 1959
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