You may only know him as Black Mamba Man. He’s also Alistair Burton, Tredgold 2004. Here’s his latest song… a clever Zim version of Barbados (remember, Coconut Airways?)…
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You may only know him as Black Mamba Man. He’s also Alistair Burton, Tredgold 2004. Here’s his latest song… a clever Zim version of Barbados (remember, Coconut Airways?)…
There’s more on this permanent page on this site.
This book is an anecdotal memoir of my life as a young lad in Rhodesia, remembering the people and places that influenced me from an early age. The book reflects on my life of privilege in a society that was facing increasing pressures from the outside world. Then there is Anopa the young Shona boy…
A titbit picked up on the Internet by James Whidborne (H’78) , with A C Grayling, one of Falcon’s better known luminaries, telling tales of canings and running away etc http://www.intelligencesquared.com/talks/a-c-grayling-on-running-away-from-boarding-school,-at-5×15 …there will, of course, always be debate about who holds the caning record. Some say it’s Tim Hawkins but did we really count them? Having listened…
Few could have missed the tragic news of the death of Heath Streak on 3rd September 2023 at the age of 49. Looking around the media landscape, there are so many reports we could quote, but this one from the Telegraph is probably one of the best. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/09/03/heath-streak-dead-zimbabwe-colon-cancer-age-49/ Here he is in the Falconian team…
If you were at the college in 1979, you will know that Ian Rutledge was Head Boy that year. Since then , he has built a life on a ranch in Zimbabwe with a definite focus on conservation. The ranch is one of the ten properties comprising the Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy I remember Ian…
Many of you will have seen the news about the P-51 pilot who sadly crashed at an air show in Reno on September 16th 2011. One of our old boys, Rick Fenner (Hervey1960 – 1964 – pictured left), was at this air show and, as you can see from his email below to Keith Gilbert,…
Last Sunday (28th June) Andy Whittall led a fine team of FOBs (and a couple of ringers!) to victory over Peterhouse at Radley College, Oxford. Final score… Falcon 245 for 8Peterhouse 218 all out in the 30th overMan of the Match was David Lashbrook for his 5 wickets.