FOBs
Falconian Greg’s Painted Dog tour
Greg Rasmussen (H’74), is leading a tour of the USA between 24th April and 4th June 2022. Here below is his post from LinkedIn; the actual dates are in the page he links to (in case they change)
I am excited to kick off the Painted Dog Research Trust ’s 2022 U.S. Awareness and Fundraising Tour on Sunday, April 24 at Zoo Miami. I will visit zoos and universities across the U.S. to deliver an update on PDRT’s accomplishments in the last two years and future goals for saving endangered painted dogs. Please join me at one of these events: TOUR DATES
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Classic Mavros Memories of Falcon
An appeal for Ian Rutledge, Head Boy of 1979
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 (more…)
Buck’s Club Dinner – 25th April, 2019
We’re holding a dinner on 25th April details below: Falcon Old Boys London Dinner 2019 at Buck’s Club, 18 Clifford Street, London W1S 3RF Drinks from 7.30pm. Dinner at 8.00pm RSVP: peter.coulson@falconoldboys.com Tickets are £65 a head to cover the cost of three course dinner, pre-dinner drinks and service charge. Wine with the (more…)
Sports writer Mike Ward, H’69 dies
From the Birmingham Mail Picture from the Birmingham Mail, shows Mike in earlier years with his two children, Olivia and Henry Former Birmingham Post sports reporter Mike Ward, who has died at the age of 65, was an “old school journalist” even among old school journalists. He was a fine (more…)
Famed FOB Journalist dies
Photo credit: Ellen Elmendorp Award-winning journalist, David Beresford, (Hervey 1960 – 1965), passed away in Johannesburg on 22nd April after a long illness (Parkinson’s Disease. He was known and admired by his peers for three things: his dedication to his craft, a complicated personal life, and his capacity to balance the (more…)
Hervey minstrel still gigging
Those who remember Julian Pellatt in Hervey from 1969 to 1973 may recall him being just a tad musical. Well nothing has changed, except now he can be found gigging with the Helsby Mountain String Band. Here’s one of their latest uploads to their YouTube Channel – that’s Julian on the (more…)
Rugby & Curry FOB Reunion in Vancouver
The IRB Rugby Sevens tournament in Vancouver over the weekend of March 12 – 13, 2016 in Vancouver provided an opportunity for a Falcon Old Boys get-together. Brain Darling (Hervey, 1968) and his son JJ were coming to Vancouver to join me and my sons for the tournament and we (more…)
Graham Lord – 1943 – 2015
Sad news of a well-known Falcon Old Boy over the weekend http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11673939/Graham-Lord-writer-obituary.html Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link (more…)
60th Update – Accommodation & Newsletter
Here is an Old Boys Newsletter for June 2014 covering the 60th Anniversary celebrations. Here too (below) is a collection of accommodation options for FOBs planning to attend. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (more…)
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