We are excited to announce that the latest OH Newsletter is out.

Packed with interesting articles such as:

• The Eccentricity of OHs (In a Good Way) by Stephen Dixon (Venning 197070 - '75) and his wife Jenni tell the story of their incredible South American road trip.
• The Rousdon Mansion Marble
• Tragedy in the Skies above Allhallows
• London AGM
• The 2024 OH West Country Luncheon
• OH Golf Society 2024 Update
• John Bardolph Remembered

...and so much more...

With lots of photographs and details about all that's to come for the club in 2025

You can have a look and download your copy HERE.

We’re thrilled to invite you to our next OH Coffee and Catch-Up at the beautiful Salisbury Cathedral Refectory Café on Saturday, 8th February, at 10:30 AM.

We can’t wait to see you there for a cup of coffee and great conversation!

To help us plan, please let us know you’re coming by filling out this quick form: https://forms.gle/yE8cxRd5Vq2M2QFk9

We can’t wait to see you there for a cup of coffee and great conversation!

We are always updating the Allhallows School digital archive. 

We have recently added:

1998 - The Last Allhallows Full School Photograph

The club believes this to be the last ever full school photograph of Allhallows; captured during the Summer Term of 1998.

This image represents the end of an era and a piece of history.

We’ve carefully digitised this photograph in high resolution, ensuring its digital preservation.

You can now download your copy https://app.box.com/s/uogdgo7tenfbvke78thid6fishe97udo

If you have anything that you would like to add to our archive, please contact the club here.

Wishing all OHs and their families a very Merry Christmas! 

Here is a short update from Hon. Secretary David Woollat about the year and exciting news about the latest edition of the OH Magazine.

We’re thrilled about our upcoming 2025 events and look forward to seeing many of you there.

You can find out more here: https://https://www.oldhonitonians.com/events-2/

Wishing you all the very best for this Christmas and throughout the New Year. 

It was warm for the time of year, no sign of the cold winter to come. All thoughts centred on the competition to find the marksman from the group of hard-looking men that had arrived at The Tunnel Sports Centre that morning. This year the team had grown to seven eager and highly competitive OHs, each one with well over half a century of experience. This year’s line up included Nigel Clist (Ch 1967-72), Nigel Hankey (St 1967-70), Chris Bryan (V 1966-72), Howard Roberts (V 1967-72), Peter Philips (V&St 1958-62), Jeremy Best (C 1967-72) and of course Jim Rowe (M 1966-71).

This year there was an added incentive to win and be named the OH Marksman of the Year, there was the shiny and prestigious OH Shooting Challenge Shield to be won which had been kindly donated by Richard Clist, the owner of the Tunnel Target Sports Centre. Following a strong coffee and some wrist muscle exercises, we all entered the 100-metre range. We each pinned a couple of targets at the end of the range and walked back to the firing points. It was at this point we realised that with 14 targets in front of us, it looked more like a fairground shooting gallery, not what we had expected.

The competition started, the targets were only 11cm in diameter with a bull at the centre, a mere 1cm in diameter, that is less than a small fingernail from a distance of 100m! We used AR15 Assault Rifles, which are semi-automatic rifles that enable firing without the need for cumbersome bolt action loading that is normal with an SLR, or Self Loading Rifle. We had 20 sighting shots and then a further 10 scoring shots from which our scores were calculated. This time there was a win for Howard and Nigel Hankey with a score of 68, Nigel Clist came third with 65, Chris came fourth with 63 and a missing bullet, Peter and Jeremy came 5^th equal with 62 and Jim with 60.

At this stage, we moved onto the 25-metre range where the targets appeared so much closer to us. As time ticked away we realised there wasn’t sufficient time to score at this range so we resorted to our scores at the 100m range.

We stepped outside into the warm sunlight for a few team photographs, following which the event moved to the Hunters Lodge with many memories of the school and our times there. The conversations moved onto farming when we realised that half of us are indeed farmers, a very challenging career these days.

Next year, we’ll hold the event on Saturday, October 4^th at 10.00, all OH’s are welcome, same place – The Tunnel – Target Sports Centre, just off the A35 near Charmouth DT6 6BY and let’s make it 8 next year!

Yesterday evening (21/11/24), we had the pleasure of hosting our annual Old Honitonians (OH) AGM and Cocktail Party, and what a truly fabulous evening it was! It was a wonderful opportunity for OHs to come together, reflect on the past year, and hear about the exciting plans we have in store for 2025. We're looking forward to sharing more details on the upcoming events soon—keep an eye on our website for updates!

This year it was wonderful to be joined by Chris Shallow, the grandson of the legendary Headmaster George Shallow, who led the school from 1934 to 1948. George Shallow MA was instrumental in the school’s historic move from Honiton to the Rousdon Estate in 1938, and it was a privilege to have Chris with us to share his memories and connection to the school’s rich history.

There was a wonderful opportunity to thank the outgoing President of the OH Golfing Society (OHGS) John Pagliero. Over the past 11 years, he has been at the helm of the society and organised some incredible tournaments. Our President Seb Warner presented him with a small token of appreciation (a very lovely bottle of

Bordeaux) and a card from the Committee.

The incoming President of the OHGS David Danskin also spoke abe the exciting golf events that are planned for 2025.

All helped in our brand new venue for the evening, The Royal Society and it certainly did not disappoint. From the welcoming atmosphere to the excellent canapés and fine wine, everything was first-rate. A huge thank you to the team at The Royal Society for being such excellent hosts and ensuring the evening ran smoothly.

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the wonderful OHs who attended and made the event so memorable. It was great to catch up with familiar faces and celebrate the sense of community that makes the OH network so special. We were joined by:

• Christopher Goddard
• David Richardson
• Susie Richardson
• Myf Adams
• Seb Warner
• Peter Sloan
• Jamie Jammeson
• Dudley Hopkins
• Clare Hopkins
• Nigel French
• John Pagliero
• George Hayter
• Mrs Hayter
• Ros Bailey
• Edward Musto
• Victoria Musto
• Andrew Poe
• Chris Shallow
• Trevor Blevins
• Jeremy Harding
• Mr Graves
• John Campbell Clause
• Tom Morgan
• Tom Simpson
• Mark Lay
• Tim Millar
• J/A Watson
• Tor Berry
• David Danskin
• Nick Thomas
• David Woollatt

We want to extend a big thank you to each and every one of you who attended. Your presence made the evening very special, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

As we look ahead to 2025, there are plenty of exciting events and initiatives on the horizon, and we can't wait to share more with you in the coming months. Do keep checking back to our website and events page!

Here's to a bright future for the Old Honitonians community!

The Club has been following OH Patrick Musters (St. 65-70) on his journey to the Ukrainian border to deliver vital aid, including generators.

Patrick sent us this blog about how the trip has been progressing:

“After a slight delay at Dutch customs at Hook of Holland 1st thing  was my detailed manifest/ inventory with numbering corresponding  to box and bag numbers saved so much time and convinced them there was no contraband [ really an essential tip for anyone else thinking of doing a “ run” ]

I was soon on my way. Sunday mornings on Dutch Motorways is a joy. They are empty!  After approx an hour I crossed into Germany at Venlo- no border check because there is no border. Hgv’s are not allowed on German Autobahns on a Sunday daytime. so quickly through the industrial Ruhr.

Duisburg, Essen, Düsseldorf &Dortmund reading more like a Bundesligue(?) fixture list Then past signage to towns where my father had been stationed in the army whilst I was at Allhallows- Bielefeld Paderborn, Detmold an area now SMOTHERED with wind turbines as far as the eye can see. Literally 100s upon 100s UPON 100s of them
Signs to Mohnesee, the vast lake —- and damn made famous for being breached by the Dambusters - the dam still bore the scar of the breach when I visited as 15 yr old.

Around Kassel and onto old East Germany Leipzig and Dresden - and signage to Colditz !! Now renovated and restored as magnificent 1000-room Schloss. Well worth a visit No time to stop it will soon be past 6-00 pm and HGVs in their thousands will roll out in convoys like slow-moving convoys. ! Across the border with Poland at Gorditz in the dark. The last push of 100 miles to Wroclaw. Hot shower hot soup but an ice cold G n T(!) and bed. 

Delighted to say that during the day I received a further 3 donations from OHs today.  1 to my Just Giving page and 2 directly to my Ukraine account. So thank you, thank you, thank you to all OHs not only for this trip but also for the previous 6 trips. I would estimate that together with the trip I did with Richard Anderson, in May ‘22, WELL over 100 OHs ( many of whom never knew me at school) have contributed to the cause. Many more than once. Great great effort.  Thank you
With the money I have received, I shall be buying further supplies whilst I am at Medyka based upon bang-up-to-date requests for what is needed. On the front line.

710 miles from this morning’s ferry.

Only 330 MILES to go tomorrow !!

 Question. ? Why are Male adult nappies / incontinent pants in such high demand on the front line.  ?? Because the troops don’t have to risk stepping out of their foxholes when the need arises when Russian drones are overhead. Hence I took 120 nappies.

You can still support this incredible cause here.

Thank you again for your support.

Patrick Musters (St. 65-70) has been in touch with the club, updating us on the incredible work he and the team have been doing to deliver aid to Ukraine.

We wrote about Patrick's recent trip here - https://www.oldhonitonians.com/news/detail/oh-raising-money-for-ukraine-aid/

And you can see the interview here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=500528012297362

Patrick writes:

The first generators have arrived for Saturday's trip. More to follow. A huge thank you to all OHs for their generous support.

You can still pledge your support and read more here - https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/patrick-musters-3?utm_term=dmVM8yaw6&fbclid=IwY2xjawFpK85leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYXQSI_WgXvIvN7IDcoEVpeyuoV8ibImenrkPq7n_gKH__alE0mCC0BwfA_aem_jsvyZLVSnGJPsq6z4Wkkpg

#OldHonitonians
 

We are excited to announce that bookings are now open for our OH Cocktail Party and AGM, taking place on 21st November at the prestigious Royal Society.

With a limited capacity of 40 guests, we would like to encourage you to secure your spot by purchasing a ticket as soon as possible. Tickets are priced at £28 each, and include drinks and Canapés. Payments can be made to the OH Account. Please find the payment details below:

Bank: Lloyds Bank plc
Account Name: Old Honitonians Annual Subscription A/C
Account Number: 01622398
Sort Code: 30 90 49

The AGM will begin at 6:30 pm.

So that we can share who intends to attend the event it would be wonderful if you could fill out this form: https://forms.gle/mGXNde4Sz1mq8aeQ7

We kindly request that all attendees pre-pay by November 21st. Thank you.