LATEST NEWS..... Golf - Critchley Cup Part2… The OSB Golfing Society are arranging another OSBGS golf day (Critchley Cup part2) to be held at Silloth Golf Club on the afternoon of the 4th October 2025. The OSBGS hope you will be able to join them on the day to play the wonderful Silloth Links, or to come and spectate, or even join up for a social meal afterwards (open to all OSBs - golfers and non-golfers). London OSB Social (Informal Gathering) – Just a reminder that the OSBs' informal social get-together at The Samuel Pepys pub/restaurant (Stew Lane, EC4V 3PT) is on Friday 10th October 2025 from 6pm onwards. Cumbria Dinner - St Beghian Society Social Gathering Feb 2026 - The Cumbria Dinner and Gathering will take place on Friday 27th February 2026, 7.00 for 7.30 pm at Armathwaite Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick. Please see here for further details. OSB turns 100! Congratulations to Michael Jackson (F 39-43) who celebrated his 100th Birthday last week. We wish him a very happy and special birthday from all of us at the St Beghian Society. Photos may be seen here. Golf - Critchley Cup Part2… The OSB Golfing Society are arranging another OSBGS golf day (Critchley Cup part2) to be held at Silloth Golf Club on the afternoon of the 4th October 2025. Fortunately, they have a number of Silloth members and therefore expect the cost of golf to be circa £50 each. Similarly, as for the day at Penrith, they will arrange for a light lunch before golf. They have also booked a large table at the Bank Restaurant in Silloth for evening dinner for those interested locals and for those staying overnight. The OSBGS hope you will be able to join them on the day to play the wonderful Silloth Links, or to come and spectate, or even join up for a social meal afterwards (open to all OSBs - golfers and non-golfers). Please let Adrian Peckitt know of your availability at rapeckitt8@hotmail.com. Golf - Cyril Gray Tournament - The OSB Golfing Society will be at the Cyril Gray tournament in Surrey this week. This event is for Halford Hewitt ‘veterans’ ie over 50s and is played at Worplesdon GC on Tuesday to Friday (24th-27th June). Thirty two of the Halford Hewitt schools attend. Cambridge Gathering - The next cambridge get-together will be on
Tuesday 12th August at 7.30pm at The Red Lion,
Grantchester. St Beghians’ Day Reunion and ‘Live Music in the Quad’ - Saturday 14th June 2025. Hugh Turpin (M 83-13) -It is with sadness we report the death of Hugh Turpin who was Head of Music at the school from 1983 until 2013. Many OSBs will remember Hugh for his tremendous musical talent. Hugh died this morning, the 28th May 2025. Rev Jackson Portrait - The portrait which can be seen here used to hang in the school library. In 2016 it was briefly on display in the Priory. If anyone can inform us of its present whereabouts we would be very grateful. St Beghians’ Day Reunion and ‘Live Music in the Quad’ - Saturday 14th June 2025. New OSB Newsletter - If we have your email address, you will have recently received the first issue of a newly proposed OSB Newsletter. We are trialling this idea and are initially proposing to produce two short, online only, Newsletters a year, in Spring and Autumn, to be distributed in between the current January and July issues of ‘The Old St Beghian’ Bulletin. These Newsletters are not intended to replace the current Bulletin, but instead, to provide accessible regular current news in a bitesize interactive format. We would welcome your comments and ideas in relation to this new initiative. We hope you enjoy reading it. Please do let us have your email address if you would like to receive a copy in future. Link to Newsletter here. London Branch Dinner 2025 - A reminder that the 2025 OSB London Branch Dinner is on Friday 30th May 2025 at the Golf in June - Do you play Golf? If so, you may be interested in the OSBGS Golf Event at Penrith Golf Club on the day before St Beghians’ Day in June. Further details may be seen here. Please do get in touch with Adrian or Tom if you would like to join them for an afternoon of Golf. Cambridge OSBs at Band Night... John Braithwaite, organiser of the Cambridge OSB Group, and Ken Ho went along to the Elm Tree pub in Cambridge on Sunday night to see an old boy play the mouth organ and sing in the Blackjack Blues Band. John says they were very popular and very good. Can you guess who the performing old boy is? See photo here. Cumbria Dinner (Feb 2025) - Photographs - What an excellent night the Cumbria Dinner was at Armathwaite Hall on Friday! Thank you to all who came along and huge thanks to Darryl Davies for organising it. There were nearly 100 people there to enjoy the evening. To see some photos (rather poor - apologies!) from the night, please click here. If you were there and took any photos that you are willing to share, please do get in touch - we would love to include them in the next Bulletin. The 12th Cambridge St Beghian pub meeting… Will take place at the Red Lion, in Grantch ester, at 7:30pm, on Tuesday 18th of March, 2025. Please contact John Braithwaite for further information on braithwaite.john@icloud.com or 0771 720 9399. St Beghians’ Day Reunion and ‘Live Music in the Quad’ - Saturday 14th June 2025. Is anyone in touch with Peter Rushforth (FS 70-75)? If so, please do get in touch with the OSB Office as an OSB would like to get in touch with him. Many thanks. St Beghian Society – Careers Forum -We are keen to strengthen the links between the St Beghian Society and the school and in particular, explore ways in which OSBs can offer professional help to students in terms of advice, talks, mentoring or even placements, internships or jobs. This sharing of knowledge and opportunities would also be of relevance between OSBs within the St Beghian Society membership. Please click here for further information. School Christmas Carol Service - Live Streaming - If you are unable to attend our traditional carol service in person, you can still join us virtually! School Christmas Carol Service - All OSBs are warmly invited to the School Christmas Carol Service on Friday 13th December in BBC's 'Villages by the Sea' - St Bees - St Bees School will feature on the BBC series 'Villages by the Sea' airing on BBC TWO on Monday 16th December at 7pm. We are all looking forward to seeing the programme. SAVE THE DATE… St Beghian Society Social Gathering 2025 - West Cumbria Dinner- The Cumbria Dinner and Gathering will take place on Friday 28th February 2025, 7.00 for 7.30 pm at Armathwaite Hall, near Keswick. Husbands, wives and partners are most welcome. The cost will be £39.00 pp and will include: A Champagne reception on arrival with Live background music and A magnificent three-course meal with wine on the table. For further information please see here: Word or PDF. 1969/70 2nd XV Rugby Team - Malcolm Robinson (SH 65-70) has sent in a photo of the 2nd XV rugby team from 1969/70 (click here to view). Both Malcolm and Brian Fisher (FS 65-70) are hoping to attend the 2025 St Beghians Day Reunion and Live Music in the Quad event on the 14th June 2025 and they are wondering if it would be possible to get as many of the 69/70 team pictured to attend. How about it? Are you in the photograph, or were at school at the same time and are you interested in a reunion next year? Book returned to St Bees School after more than 100 years - A Poetry of Byron book, inscribed with the name of former pupil Leonard Ewbank, who was at school between 1902-1911, has been returned to the school library. A link to the BBC News article may be seen here and also a link to The Guardian article here.
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