Richard Cail's pics...

Richard Cail (HHS 1961-1966), has just been in touch, and here are his pics!

Comments on names etc., would be welcome from everyone, by clicking on the link at the bottom of the post!

In the swimming photo, on the far horizon between the master's head and the bush, would be my family home, at Broad Oak! On a clear day, I could just make the place out if the sun was shining! Commander Campbell, a Maths master at HHS around 1960, once lent me his naval telescope, and I had the perfect view of our back garden! My mum was a bit concerned at that...!

1st Eleven Forwards.

My Dorm.

Sandpit.

Pentathletes.

Swimming.

Tigers running team.

Boating pond

Friends at Bodiam Castle.

Miller and Richard.

Mr Hilder.

Scoreboard.

Triple jump.

Richard on Hastings beach.

Edwin Morton R.I.P.

Sad news from friends here.

Here is a link to celebrate our chum, Edwin.

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/12755342/Edwin-Morton

There was a Facebook reference, but this has been closed out for some reason!

The old HHS mags are a bit sketchy on many details, which is not really surprising I suppose, but a quick scan through the 1965 Edition, shows that Edwin was a member of the P.E Team, which made a display with 'Crichton, Docwra i, Dukes, Kell, Kyrke, Pender-Cudlipp, Ramsden, Scott, Tuite, Purser and Martin i...'!

Edwin was also in the 1964 Soccer team, - played 10, won 3, drawn 1, lost 7. The Team consisted of Morton, R.N.Seaward, S.T.Hickes, D.B.Kell, A.M.Scott, (Captain), R.H.J.V.Kyrke, Chrichton, Hickman i, Battersby, Dryborough-Smith and Martin i.

Edwin also gave the school a contribution to The Filter Fund, presumably because he, like most of us, rather liked the idea of swimming in water which was a bit clearer than of late..!

Edwin went on to Eastbourne College, where no doubt, there may well be other news from their Alumni Society!

In time-honoured fashion, our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and many friends.

HHS 1958 Magazine - at last...

At last!

Owing to a scanner with peculiar habits, I've resorted to an Ipad and Dropbox to get these pics into some sort of shape, so please forgive the amateur appearance! As I wade through the rest of  'em, I should be able to improve the quality!

Some OBs will remember a few names here; there was another magazine in 1957, but I've never seen a copy, so if anyone has such a valuable edition, I can post it here (as long as you scan it for me...)!

Reading some of the forgotten articles, there's a reference on page 24, to St Wilfrid's school in Hawkhurst! This old place is just a few yards down the road from our house, and became Lillesden School for girls, then Bedgebury Lower School. My wife taught there on two separate occasions! It's now apartments...

Much more is HERE... (just click on the link) and there's a whole lot more about the Maltby family!

Finally, it's interesting to see the logo dreamed up for the Hydneye Press, right at the end - - it looks remarkably like some bird on Twitter...

The Trainin saga...

Just recently, this HHS record has been noticed by yet another Alumnus, Peter Trainin!

Peter was at Hydneye for the years up to Christmas Term,1958, and is recorded as going on to Stowe in 1959. I remember him quite well, but was more a contemporary of John, his younger brother, and we often turned up in the same dorm! John is on the far right of the picture 'Challenging the chess master', which is in the 'Prep School Life' post in December 2013. Lovely guy!

Sadly, John died a year or so ago, but I do well recall him singing 'Tit Willow', from 'The Mikado', one year, probably in one of the furious music competitions we used to do! John was also a promising boxer, as a fly-weight, and is recorded with Emett ii, and Black ii 'hammering each other cheerfully round the gym in the friendliest spirit imaginable'! He was also a good cricketer; I think a spin bowler, but may be corrected there.

Another part of the magazine for 1959, shows that Peter won the Cricket prize of an Alan Oakman cricket bat, with J.A.Barnes, (I suppose they had one each, not just half a bat...), and was a Prefect in his last term. He was also a co-writer with K.A.Young and M.G.C.Graham, on an article about Circus Sylvester and Circus Maximus, the latter well beyond my capabilities

Many of Peter's recent comments appear on my post 'That poem', but there will be others lurking around no doubt! He tells his own story in his own Biopic and I'm trying to get it onto this site, but having a problem with the transfer!

Peter, if you're listening, just post here from now on and we'll all see it!

GB's obituary...

While looking for new items here, I found this cutting from the Daily Telegraph for Wednesday October 13th 1999.

I think the obituary writer did a pretty good job here: -

HHS Magazine -1969 (Original pre-scan issue)

Well, after all this prevarication, loss of memory through age, loss of a few other things, a very slow scanner, and a nudge from a great friend of ours, here is the first Pictorial Extravagance as promised - ooooh - several years ago!

I gave up on the scanner, as it would have meant about a year's work, non-stop with no tinctures or high-tea, so here we have each page (minus the photographs, which I will deal with separately), taken via an Ipad on the dining room table. I think the unedited pics add a certain panache to the proceedings, don't you think?

If you think there may be something missing, then please let me know, and I will easily forget to do anything about it!

Next one will be from the fifties!