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How appropriate that on Charter Day itself, the 480th Anniversary of the granting of the Charter to the School, the Old Bristolians'Society held its 100th Annual Dinner in the Great Hall.

 

And what a fantastic evening it turned out to be! The Great Hall was filled to capacity, as 380 attended, including The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and our Guest Speaker The Honourable Sir Rabinder Singh, an OB himself, who was appointed as a High Court Judge in October last year, as well as OBs' from all over the world.

 

One guest, Nick Bacon, had only flown in from New York on the morning of the event, and was flying back early the next day to work his shift later! Indeed there were a number of OBs' who had come from overseas to be there, and it was good to see all of them, and all other fellow OBs' on a truly memorable evening.

 

After an excellent meal, the Head of School Hannah Gil opened the speeches followed by the Headmaster Roderick MacKinnon whop proposed the Toast to the Society. The Society's outgoing President, Nick Baldwin, then responded with the Toast to The School and Sir Rabinder Singh ended the speeches, speaking of his gratitude to the School, and to former Headmaster Roy Avery for the encouragement that he had been given and the opportunities that had opened up for him. Whilst he was the second OB to be appointed as a High Court Judge, he thought he was the first Bristol Rovers' fan to be appopinted!

 

The formalities were completed with the installation of Godfrey Ratcliffe as the new President for the coming twelve months.

 

May I take the opportunity of thanking the OBs' community for their support of the 100th Dinner, its popularity regrettably meant that we were unable to accommodate everyone who wanted to come, but I do hope that in future years we will see the Great Hall full to capacity again.
 

It was so, so special.

 

Phil Tottle

Chairman

Old Bristolians' Society"