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 [ … ]
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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 [ … ]
OR Club Membership…
Just a reminder to all of you who may not yet be an OR Club Member. All NEW OR Club Members who sign-up using our Membership Update Form and Standing [ … ]
New Committee Members
Our Chairman, Mike Tyrrell, was pleased to welcome two new faces around the Committee table at the recent Meeting on 15th October 2025. With two vacancies on the Committee since [ … ]
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, [ … ]
“A Young Geographer’s Wanderlust” by John Charles Western
“The Young Man Leaves Home” Original Artwork by David J Carr Out of England Somewhere over Sudan from the window of my VC10 I saw the coming of day from [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
ORC AGM
Information regarding this year’s ORC AGM on 28 June 2025 can be found here: https://www.oldruymians.co.uk/annual-general-meeting-28th-june-2025/