Rhubarb 2024

REGIONAL

SOUTHWEST LUNCH

27th MARCH 2024 Report by John Crosse (Sing’s, 1955-1960) T he South West Lunch was a great

success, and fortunately the weather was much kinder than it was later in the week. 14 OSE attended, listed below, and afterwards I received messages from many of them who obviously enjoyed the meal and the company of others. John Crosse (Sing’s, 1955-1960), David Pusey (Segar’s, 1953-1958), Nigel Hunt (Apsley, 1959-1963), Anthony Downing (Tilly’s, 1953 1959); David Pether (Tilly’s, 1959-1964), Patrick Clarke (Cowell’s, 1966-1970), Nigel Fitzhugh (Sing’s, 1960-1964), Nick Cooling (Field House, 1969-1974); Roger Davis (Apsley, 1955-1960), John Davis (Apsley, 1952-1957), David Raby (Apsley, 1960-1965), Richard Stovin-Bradford (Field House, 1971-1975); Seamus Toland (Cowell’s, 1958-1963) and Hugh Newhouse (Mac’s, 1956-1961).

OSE EVENTS

PAST PRESIDENTS’ LUNCH 19th APRIL 2024 J ames MacDonald-Smith (Sing’s, 1981-1985 and current President of the OSE Society) returned to Teddies last April to host other former presidents and honorary members of the Society, alongside the Warden, for the annual ‘Past Presidents’ Lunch’. The former presidents, as well as their guests, were welcomed by the Warden over drinks before they enjoyed a delicious three-course lunch prepared by the Teddies catering team in the Warden’s Dining Room.We give particular thanks to Sir David Lewis (Sing’s, 1961-1966) who delivered a fantastic few words over lunch to his fellow past presidents.

In attendance were: Malcolm Oxley (Former Staff, 1962-1999), David Wethey (Apsley, 1957-1962), Richard Whittington (Segar’s, 1943-1947), Sir David Lewis, David Wippell (Former staff, 1978-2006), John Bishop (Mac’s, 1956-1961), Christopher Sprague (Field House, 1957-1962), Charles Cooper (Segar’s, 1961-1966), David Smart (Field House, 1968-1972 and Current Staff), James MacDonald-Smith, Patricia Cook (Former Staff).

MARTYRS REPS SUPPER 18th APRIL 2024 E arlier in the year, some of the Martyrs reps got together at The Devonshire Arms in Kensington. Our reps organise fixtures for OSE

throughout the year and are key in getting teams together, so this was a chance for the Beyond Teddies Team to say thank you for their commitment whilst also brainstorming ideas for future events, as well as for the reps to meet each other.

Once all the reps had arrived (a few had mistakenly gone to the wrong Devonshire Arms, on the other side of Hyde Park!) everyone settled in for drinks and dinner. Simon Talbot-Williams (Cowell’s, 1974-1979 and former President of the Martyrs) commented afterwards that it was ‘great to see the spirit’ of the Martyrs, although he did also have ‘no voice left’ the following morning!

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