2007 Annual Dinner

30th March 2007, and we met again for the Annual General Meeting and Annual Dinner in the pleasant atmosephere of Stationers' Hall. Thanks once more to the Master and the Company for the use of the facilities and to Ben Hudson, our President's son and this year's speaker, for his entertaining speech. We welcome David Turner as our President for the new year. Speaking for myself, it was really good to see so many from my own year there. After the meal, as has become the tradition, most seem to find their way to the Cockpit pub, and this year a small party of girls (one of whom was celebrating her birthday) were intrigued by the elderly fellers who turned up wearing stripey ties...

Pictures of the day can be viewed by clicking here.

People attending this year were:

Ben Hudson (Speaker)
Brigadier Denzil Sharp
Neville Cusworth (Master)
Peter Hames
John Macara 1928/38
Harold Perry 1936/41
Harold Spinks 1936/41
Peter Hodgson 1937/42
Denis Hamment 1937/42
Alec Linford 1937/44
Peter Bullen 1938/43
Ronald Balaam 1939/42
John Langton 1940/45
Dennis Jones 1941/46
Dick Rundle 1943/44
John Wilkins 1943/48
John Blakey 1943/49
Gordon Rose 1944/49
John Miles 1945/49
Mike Saunders 1946/50
Peter Sargent 1946/50
Barry McRae 1946/51
Peter Hawkins 1946/53
Tony Bodley 1946/53
Leslie Lane 1947/53
Stuart Behn 1947/53
Dave Hill 1949/56
Brian Humphreys 1949/56
Ken Hills 1949/56
Don Bewick 1951/56
David Turner 1951/56
Stephen Ling 1951/57
Michael Facey 1951/57
Richard Hersey 1951/58
Nigel Wade 1951/58
Anthony Cole 1952/58
Geoff Slipper 1952/59
Peter Redman 1952/59
Michael Brady 1953/57
Charles Cruden 1953/58
Richard Tyley 1953/59
Michael Hasler 1953/59
Geoff Tapping 1953/59
John Geering 1953/60
Tony Hemmings 1954/59
Mike Weatherley 1954/59
Tony Moffat 1954/61
Martin Brown 1954/61
Roger Engledow 1954/61
Bob Harris 1954/61
Roger Melling 1954/62
Geraint Pritchard 1954/62
Richard Phillippo 1954/62
Mike Mote 1955/60
Peter Bonner 1955/62
Alan Hunt 1955/62
Ken Stevens 1956/62
David Freear 1956/62
Roger Phillpot 1956/63
John Cater 1956/63
Russell Plumley 1956/63
Keith Mullender 1956/63
Stewart Colley 1956/63
Tony Reeve 1956/64
Chris Langford 1956/64
Chris Wilkins 1957/63
Michael Evans 1958/64
Michael Pinfield 1960/66
Michael Heath 1961/67
Tony Mash 1961/68
Philip Geering 1961/68
Derek Mitchell 1961/68
Ray Warren 1962/67
Peter Jarvis 1962/68
Tim Westbrook 1962/69
David Hudson 1962/69
Stephen Collins 1962/69
Christopher Bell 1963/70
Nigel Dant 1963/71
Jim Dandolo 1964/70
Jon Champion 1964/70
Robin Baker 1964/70
Bob Watts 1964/70
Andrew Baldwin 1964/71
Michael Kahn 1964/71
John Assirati 1964/71
Geoff Aanson 1964/71
Ray Hall 1964/71
Peter Sandell 1965/72
Geoff Blackmore 1965/72
Andy Hamment 1966/73

And for those who like to know these things, the menu was:

Chicken & wild mushroom terrine, with spiced plum chutney, bay leaf and crostini

Peppered fillet of beef with stilton and wild mushroom farce with oval fondant potato, confit of leek, baby carrots & red wine jus

Blueberry & apple crumble tart with vanilla sauce

Wines: Branch Creek Semillon Chardonnay, Branch Creek Shiraz