100th Annual Dinner November 2009
21 November 2009
The 100th Annual Dinner at Kidderminster Town Hall was attended by 230 members and their guests. The event was judged a great success by all those present, both young and old.
Patrick Yarnold in the Chair.
Association President, Patrick Yarnold, with the current Head Boy and Girl, Ben Brookes and Elspeth Ransom.
Tony Bishop, Past President of the Assciation, writes:
"Pat Yarnold, who presided over the 100th Annual Dinner of the Old Carolians at Kidderminster Town Hall, has had a 52-year association with King Charles 1 School. He was a pupil at the old grammar school at Woodfield, later taught at the 'new' school and is now a governor. Many of his former pupils and colleagues were amongst the 230 diners.
"Speakers during the evening were Wyre Forest MP Dr Richard Taylor, Headmaster Tim Gulliver and Duncan Groves, who was a pupil of the 'new' King Charles I School.
"Two stalwarts of the Association were made Honorary Life Members. Martin Humphries, retiring after 12 years as Association Secretary, has spent 20 years a school governor and was founder of the OCA web-site. John Longmore, former Carolians cricketer, has been a committee member for 40 years. Both are former presidents.
"The first Old Carolians dinner was held in 1899 but the intervention of two world wars caused the 100th anniversary to be delayed until this year."
L to R: Association President Pat Yarnold, Dr Richard Taylor MP, Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest and Tim Gulliver, Headmaster of King Charles I School, Kidderminster
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