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Category: 1960s

OH Stories about Haileybury and Old Haileyburians during the 1960s

1930s…

Event- 26th April! Join us for our Annual London Lunch at the RAF Club

2 Feb 202311 Jul 2023
Above: The wonderful surroundings of the RAF Club in London will be the setting for our 2023 Haileybury Society London Lunch Join us for The Haileybury Society's Annual London Lunch!  Taking…
1950s…

Book – Ted Loveday (L 57) celebrates a life in theatre and so much more

2 Feb 20237 Feb 2023
OH Ted Loveday (L 57) has recently published Variety is the Spice of Life, an autobiography which tells how the son of a theatrical scenery designer not only followed the career of his…
1960s…

Col. Michael Vickery, OBE (Th 61) – Gulf War veteran who led from the front

1 Feb 20237 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Colonel Michael Jon Howorth Vickery, OBE (Mil) (Th 61) who has died on on 13th December 2022, aged 75. After…
1960s…

Piers Reed (L 66) – Barrister and Bencher

8 Sep 20228 Jun 2023
The Haileybury society is saddened to learn of the death of Piers Knowle Moorhouse Reed (L 66) who has died at the age of 70 on 31st August 2022, following a long illness.  …
1960s…

Peter Ellis (Staff 1964-96) – OHs share their memories

1 Sep 202215 Jun 2023
Following the news of the death of Peter Ellis (Staff, 1964-96),  several OHs have written to the Haileybury Society keen to share their memories of this influential coach. Each of…
1960s…

Peter Ellis (Staff 1964-96)- rackets and cricket pro

16 Jun 202215 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Peter Ellis, Haileybury Rackets and Cricket Pro from 1964-1996, on Tuesday 14th June, 2022, aged 89. A passion for cricket…
1950s…

Newspaper prompts more memories of Queen’s visit to Haileybury

31 May 202218 Dec 2023
Prompted by HM Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee year, OH Mike Halsey (BF 60) went through his own Haileybury archives where he found an article about the Queen's visit to…
1960s…

Photo Essay – 1960s Haileybury remembered

27 Apr 202212 Dec 2023
OH Mike Halsey (BF 60) has been going through his collection of old photographs and digitising them to make the collection easier to manage.  As he says: “I have been digitising rather a…
1960s…

Lt. Col. Peter Fairgrieve, MBA (K 65)

28 Mar 202219 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Lt. Col. Peter Brian Fairgrieve (K 65) who has died on 18th March 2022, aged 70  after a long battle with…
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Michael Pinfold (E 60) unearths CCF treasures

15 Feb 202215 Dec 2023
Following our recent request for missing back issues of The Haileyburian, The Haileybury Society was delighted to be contacted by Michael Pinfold (E 60), who not only donated his own…
1960s…

My Haileybury Days – Naresh Sethi (A 69) offers a different perspective

1 Nov 202111 Dec 2023
The Haileybury Society was delighted recently to hear from Professor Naresh Sethi (A 69) who has been in contact about his memories of Haileybury and about his career. His words shed…
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Nick Downie (A 59) – SAS soldier and combat photographer

27 May 202115 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death in South Africa of Nick Downie (A 59), who has died from a Covid-related illness on May 12th, aged 74. After…
1960s…

Consultancy: Nick Gandon (M 69)

3 Feb 202121 Aug 2023
Nick Gandon (M 69) runs Aureus Social Ventures Ltd, a socially-driven business which provides expert help for individuals and organisations in the charitable and not-for-profit sectors wishing to achieve social good…
1940s…

Remembering the Forgotten War – an OH and the Chindits

26 Aug 202011 Dec 2023
Richard Rhodes James (Staff 1947-81), former HM of Melvill and erstwhile Haileybury Head of Economics, must count as one of those people  who, if you'd never met him, you wish…
1960s…

The importance of the Old School Tie – a story of two friends and a crowded platform in India

17 Aug 202018 Dec 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm McVittie (E 60) recalls a meeting in Dehli in 1978 when an OH tie helped two old OHs identify each other on a crowded platform in the Indian…
1960s…

A right royal occasion – the day the Queen came to Haileybury

22 Jun 202011 Dec 2023
In 1962, HM Queen Elizabeth II visited Haileybury on the occasion of its centenary; alongside Prince Philip, she toured the College and also took an inspection of its Navy and…
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Bruce Curran (C 62) – international financial adviser turned writer

19 May 202023 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death in the Philippines of Bruce Malcolm Curran (C 62) who has died on 17th April 2020, aged 71. Economics and…
1960s…

Patrick Curry (C 66) – leading figure in global chemical tanker chartering

1 Apr 202023 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Patrick John Curry (C 66) who has died on 31st March 2020, aged 66. He had been admitted…
1950s…

Nicholas Crichton, CBE (Tr 57) – influential figure in family proceedings

21 Dec 20189 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to announce the death of Nicholas Crichton, CBE (Tr 57), who has died on 17th December 2018 aged 75.  After leaving Haileybury, Nicholas studied law…
1960s…

The death of William Stewart (Master, 1963-75) remembered

18 Jun 201818 Dec 2023
We were greatly moved this week to receive a letter from the former Dean of Leicester Cathedral, the Very Reverend Alan Warren (retired), who visited Haileybury in 1975 in harrowing…
1950s…

Blayney Chetwode Hamilton (E 59) – Lawyer with a passion for horseracing

1 Dec 201629 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Blayney Chetwode Hamilton (E 59), who has died on 7th June, 2015, aged 69. Chetwode Hamilton was brought up…

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