David Childs-Clarke 1946-2010
I’m sorry to have to report that David Childs-Clarke, who was in Hervey from 1960 to 1964 died from a heart attack on 14th June 2010. Although David was before my time at Falcon, I met him several times at FOB gatherings and had some good conversations with him. This (more…)
2010 FOB events in 3 countries
If you have not already discovered by browsing through the navigation above, there are quite a few events going on in 2010. If you are in or will be in South Africa on the relevant dates, there was a Cocktail Party on 5th March and a 1978 Reunion is scheduled (more…)
Special discount for Old Boys
John Laing (T’96) is offering a 5% discount to any Falcon old boys, girls or staff who book an overland safari with the company he runs, Chimhavira. See our page about Chimhavira HERE for further details. This page is part of our ‘FOB Entrepreneurs’ section. If you are a Falcon (more…)
Former headmaster, D E Turner, has died
The much respected former headmaster of Falcon, Dougal Turner, died on 31st October 2009 in South Africa. Leading the condolences were these words from Andy Laing, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Falcon (slightly edited for the web) I am sure that, without exception, the approximately 1500 boys who (more…)
News of Quiet Waters
To date the Falcon area has had 680 mls of rain, which is well over the mean of 625 ml. As a result, the Park is looking magnificent, with both Longden’s Dam and Mbonisa Weir spilling. We appear to have had a good crop of Impala lambs born in December. (more…)
Michael V Potts 1950-2008
Many of you will remember Mike Potts ( Founders 1968 ), who for years ran the FOBS 100 Club in the UK (though we had contributors from around the world). Sadly, he passed away suddenly on 29th November. The funeral is on Friday in Tunbridge Wells (get in touch with (more…)
Falcon on the radio
You may be interested in visiting the podcast section of Highveld Stereo, a radio station based in Joburg. They are basing a number of their morning “traffic jokes” at Falcon College. Of note is the recent one entitled “Taking a stand against being late” in which not only is there (more…)
Tragic news from Falcon
Falcon Old Boys, Very tragically we have lost another member of staff in what appears to have been a suicide, and this not long after the deaths of Ron Hartley and Mike Cumming. Our housekeeper Alice Bryan, wife of John Bryan, our groundsman for many years, was found dead in (more…)
Falcon – what hope amongst all the adverse reports
Zimbabwe is a wonderful country and we are not going to let it go. We have real hope. We just have to ride out the storm. Wheels turn, people come and go. Zimbabweans are on the whole fine and resilient people, there is huge goodwill between the races, and we (more…)
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