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Category: Memories of Haileybury

Old Haileyburians share their memories of Haileybury. A fascinating collection of memories can be found here, forming a valuable archive of life in a different age.

Armed Services…

80th Anniversary of VE Day 8th May 2025

7 May 20257 May 2025
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe from our community’s perspective, we remember with gratitude those OHs, OISCs, Masters and College staff who gave service to their country…
Armed Services…

Wonderful Archive Donation – Julian Cope (Tr 71)

23 Apr 202523 Apr 2025
We are excited to share a piece of Haileybury history that has been generously donated by Julian Cope (Tr 71). Julian, a third-generation son attending the school, has contributed his…
1950s…

Peter Close (C 57, Former staff 65-69)

3 Apr 2025
We are very sad to advise the passing of Peter Close who passed away on 16th February 2025 aged 81. As a pupil at Haileybury Peter was a Prefect and…
Memories of Haileybury…

JUDY HUNT

24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025
We are very sorry to advise the death of Judy Hunt on 6th March 2025. Many OHs will recall Judy as the wife of David Hunt, HM of Trevelyan and Head…
1970s…

A Bittersweet Haileybury Family Story, Familial MND – Hugh Anderson (Tr 72)

16 Dec 20243 Feb 2025
I received the Haileybury newsletter, and it stirred up so many wonderful memories of my time there (Trevelyan - 1972 – 1977). It also stirred up memories of my whole…
1960s…

Lloyd Bookless (Former Staff 1969 – 2005)

4 Dec 20243 Feb 2025
We are very sorry to announce the death of Lloyd Bookless (Former Staff 1969 – 2005). Lloyd spent his entire career teaching Classics at Haileybury, He served Haileybury as Assistant…
1960s…

Humphrey Nye (Former staff 1961-1994)

3 Dec 20243 Feb 2025
We are sad to announce the death on 19th November 2024 of Humphrey Nye, aged 88. Educated at Dulwich College where he was a head prefect, played in the XV…
2020s…

Foundation Day 2024

30 Sep 20243 Oct 2024
On Saturday 21st September 2024 110 Society Members and their guests were welcomed back to Haileybury for a jointly hosted event. We were very lucky that the weather chose to…
1970s…

The Reverend Peter Lewis

23 Sep 20243 Feb 2025
Haileybury Chaplain 1978-1985 We are very sad to notify members that Reverend Peter Lewis passed away peacefully on 12th September 2024, aged 79. Peter served as Senior Chaplain of Haileybury…
1990s…

Reverend Martin Beaumont (Haileybury Chaplain 1992-2000)

3 Sep 20249 Sep 2024
It is with much sadness that the Society brings news of the death of the Reverend Martin Beaumont on 30 August 2024. A Yorkshireman, educated at Pocklington, Martin read Theology…
2010s…

It started with a hymn…

24 Jul 20243 Feb 2025
There is no greater story than a Haileybury love story - Olivia Duckworth (H 10) & Joe Reed (LS & BF 11) were happy to share theirs with us! "We…
1990s…

Trevelyan Reunion 1992 Leavers

3 Jul 20243 Feb 2025
We were contacted by Ian Springall (Tr 87) to advise of a gathering of old friends at The East India Club. As Ian writes,'This is an impromptu reunion from 9…
1960s…

Mikado reunion a great success

23 Apr 2024
The Haileybury Society was delighted to be invited to a special reunion of the cast of a 1964 school production and tour of Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado hosted by Richard…
1970s…

Haileybury made me brave! Clare Hanbury (Tr 77) tells her story

7 Dec 202315 Dec 2023
In this fiftieth anniversary year of girls first joining Haileybury in 1973, we have been pleased to hear from a number of OH women who remember their years at Haileybury…
Alban's…

Fabulous at 50! Girls’ anniversary event a huge success

6 Dec 202318 Dec 2023
The Haileybury Society was so delighted to host a very special event on Friday 1st December at the prestigious Oriental Club in London's West End to mark 50 years since…
1970s…

Happy times at Haileybury recalled as former girl pupils meet at College Arms

18 Sep 202318 Dec 2023
In September 1973 twelve girls joined Haileybury as pupils in the sixth form thus starting the process which fifty years on has turned Haileybury into the fully co-educational school of…
1970s…

David Wright (Staff, 1973-2006) – OHs share their memories

6 Dec 20226 Jun 2023
Following the news of the death of David Wright (Staff, 1973-2006),  we have created this page for OHs to share their memories of the popular history teacher and polymath. If…
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…
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…

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…
1940s…

The end of WW2 remembered – Roger Nix (K 44) shares his story

13 Dec 202113 Dec 2023
Following our publication of Imogen Thomas's memories of Haileybury on VE Day, OH Roger Nix (K 44) has been in contact with his own memories from that period. In this…
1970s…

Unbeaten rugby XV of 1971 meet once more fifty years later!

2 Dec 202111 Dec 2023
Saturday 27th November 2021 marked a very special occasion when The Haileybury Society hosted a wonderful reunion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unbeaten rugby XV in 1971. The afternoon…
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…
1900s…

Old photo of 1914 Haileybury Gymnastic Team poses new questions

12 Oct 202118 Dec 2023
The Haileybury Society was fascinated to hear from Richard H C Wooles (Th 92) about a photograph uncovered following the death of his father. Taken on the eve of the…
1940s…

Imogen Thomas remembers VE Day at Haileybury

13 Sep 202114 Dec 2023
We were delighted to hear from Imogen Thomas recently who sent us her memories of the war at Haileybury - and also its aftermath. Imogen's father, Edgar Matthews, taught at…
1950s…

Is it time to reform public schools? OH autobiography asks challenging questions

29 Mar 202115 Dec 2023
Jeremy Bourne (L 52) recalls joining Haileybury, his happy days there,  and his thoughts on education. In Looking West, a privately-published autobiography written for his family, OH Jeremy Bourne (L…
1940s…

A play well-received, remembering Edward Miller (Staff 1943-62)

18 Mar 202112 Dec 2023
The Haileybury Society was delighted to hear from David Hart (Tr 45) who has been in contact concerning his time at Haileybury and his memories of a play written by one of…
1940s…

Remembering the merger of the ISC with Haileybury in the 1940s

8 Dec 202018 Dec 2023
In the light of the 2021 announcement of Lawrence becoming a girls' house, we were delighted to hear from Michael O'Neil Shaw (L 47) recently who was in touch with…
1940s…

Near miss! How an Old Haileyburian avoided a plane crash in WW2

24 Nov 202018 Dec 2023
We are always delighted to hear from OHs. Recently, Malcolm Innes (Ha 53) contacted us about some dramatic events in India during the final months of the Second World War.…

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