Hywelian Lunch, Saturday 26th June
We are hoping for an exceptionally big turn-out this year at the Hywelian Summer Lunch, as the school celebrates its 150th birthday. All former pupils are welcome to attend. Please contact Joyce Shields for details fo how to obtain a ticket.
REUNION FOR 1992 LEAVERS
Katy Webster, Mrs Chantrey, is organizing a Reunion for those of you from the 1985 - 1992 era, as this year, 2010, means that it is 25 years since you started at HSL!
The Reunion will take place at School at the Summer Lunch on 26 June, 2010, and you can find out more details from Katy by e-mailing her at this address:
chantrey@tesco.net
Those coming so far:
Katy W
Amanda L
Rhian M
Vicky C
Philippa E
Alex C
Michelle C
Kate C
Sarah B
Nicola C
Sarah J
Karyn L
Sonal D
Jo L
Kate A
Ruth F
Emma P
Sharon F
Louise P
Victoria L
Katy M
Katie H
Olivia B
Rebecca B
Gwenda J
Kate G
Mari A
Sophie J
Ruth H
Sara D
If you would like to join this group at the lunch please contact Katy Webster: chantrey@tesco.net
Please respond to Katy as soon as you can so that we can have some idea of numbers for the event, which also commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the opening of Howell's School, Llandaff.
100th birthday for Hywelian
The school’s oldest known Hywelian, Mrs Margot Desmond, celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday, 4th March. Born Marguerite Milner, she was a day girl in the days of Miss Kendall and Miss Trotter. She remembers Miss Kendall as a “lovely warm person” and Miss Trotter as a good teacher. Her best friend was Mary Walker, who married Bernard Morgan, a descendant of David Morgan of The Hayes. Mrs Desmond married a doctor.
She now lives in a residential home in Barry, where she is very happy. Every day she completes a crossword puzzle. She enjoyed a birthday party at the home, at which she had some surprise visitors, including one who flew in especially from Ireland, and she even made an impromptu speech! Mrs Davis sent along some cup cakes, decorated with “100”, and she was delighted with them. Many congratulations!
Valerie Jack
A former pupil Valerie Jack, who was at school from 1991-1997, has just had her first poetry collection published (September 2009), which is entitled Educational. As well a
s being a poet she is a teacher of English and Classics, an examiner and playwright. The collection is available from the Tall Lighthouse website: www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk
Some reviews:
'Educational is a mature and assured debut from a young writer. Life lessons, death lessons, quirky school kids and scientific experimentation feature in this exciting and contemporary range of poems. Navigating classroom, bedroom and the world wide web, this poet reminds us that with life and love, you never know enough.' Tall Lighthouse
'Valerie Jack's pared-down hyper-realist vocabulary brings the world into high definition. Her poems are like arrows to the mark. We feel their impact. Shunning additional metaphor, they achieve metaphorical status by telling the truth.' Hugo Williams
'These poems are often funny, yet as frequently they create a sense of unease. educational is about children bewildered by growing up, about boundaries crossed between teacher and taught. Little seems capable of final resolution.' Martyn Crucefix
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Young Americans visit Cumberland Lodge
In the spring, Mrs Anne Brinsford (née Stableford), a Hywelian who was a pupil at Howell’s in 1944, came to visit Cumberland Lodge with her daughter and her grandsons, who are living in the USA, and another granddaughter . William and Chris Lovett, who attend School St Bridget in Framingham, Massachusetts, were keen to visit Cumberland Lodge, one of the childhood homes of Roald Dahl. The boys had a chance to view the copy archive material donated to the school by the Roald Dahl Museum as well as touring Cumberland Lodge which is currently used by the School Nursery and the Music Department.
William (aged 10) said, “I have to say Roald Dahl’s letters
were the best part of the tour. They had a lot of information. This is something I will never forget.” Chris said of his experience, “My favourite thing was the stairs in Cumberland Lodge, because I liked seeing where Roald Dahl ran up and down the stairs and it was cool!”
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