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TheOldCoventrian

The newsletter of the King Henry VIII School former pupils association SUMMER 2015 Issue

Welcome to our newest members: those who have just Please look out for invitations for the Classes of
about finished their A2 Exams and are about to launch ‘90s Drinks in London, and the Christmas
out on a new chapter of their life. All the best for the Reunion for recent leavers. In regard to that and the
results day and your next step! Reunion Day planned for April 2016, we are seeking
those of the Class of ’99. We do not have many
We need to apologise for a serious technical hitch last
term.... ...Only half of the OldCoventrian Newsletters contact details for that year group despite a letter and
actually got dispatched on the intended day. Once it was Facebook campaign...
realised, the rest of you got the Newsletter, but as it was ’99 ers: Please let your friends know we would
pointed out (!), some of the events had passed. Our like to make contact!
sincere apologies.
The Celebrating 40 Years of Girls at
This edition is intended to focus on up and coming King Henry’s will be an excellent day as will be the
events and to encourage you not only to join in if you Philip Larkin (’33) event. You have no doubt heard
can, but also to invite OC friends to get involved, if they the excellent news that Philip Larkin is to have a
wish. Please encourage those who have not already done memorial in Poets’ Corner! Don’t forget the
so, to let Amanda Garman have their email address so Heritage Day Tour if you haven’t been inside the
we can keep them in touch with events directly. building recently. We hope to welcome even more of
alumni@khviii.net you at the Annual Dinner, so please think about
getting a table of friends together .
It has been very pleasing to see the JBV Archive
Room become a reality. Former retired staff spent Musicians: If you are willing to be called upon at
many a Friday morning cataloguing and sorting under
Rob Phillips with encouragement from George Fisher.
We are hugely grateful for their contribution, so it was a
pleasure to be able to welcome some of them to see the
Room recently.
Please let the Alumni Office know your interest in any of
the sports mentioned later in this issue, or update your
profile on InTouch so that we can email you direct
concerning events and opportunities to play!
And it isn’t all racing around pitches and courses...
KH VIII XI and OC’s XI at the new Astro opening event

short notice to provide music for an event, please let
the Alumni Office know, or , as with sport, update
your profile. We are asked to participate in various
types of events and need to be able to contact those
who might be interested at short notice. This is not
possible at the moment due to lack of info on the data
base. Some of the opportunities are for volunteers,
but others are paid. We still have it in mind to have a
‘music event’, but can’t really go ahead until we have
The School Charter on display in the JB Vent Archive Room more of you to invite!
(Contnued on page 2)

We are looking for the Class of ‘99