Loïs Acton – The Social Justice Campaigner On 5 June, 2021 Loïs Acton wrote: I was Alan’s girlfriend when he was in the 6th form and was Martin Lake’s sailing crew/partner. I was in touch with them up to their disappearance. In later years, I started the first Missing People appeals on TV whilst a producer/director at ITV and then became …
E-Mail from Vance Miller
A recent message to the OC Website from Vance Miller (vancem262@gmail.com) “I wasn’t aware that the Old Cicestrians existed until today when I read an article on Facebook about George Stedman from Arundel. I attended Chichester High School for Boys from 1955 until 1960 when I left after having only passed 4 O-Levels!! It would be great to hear from …
TIGER, TOM & TINKLE.
Our esteemed President David Wood OBE is about to publish a new book, TIGER, TOM & TINKLE. Attached is the press release. He wonders whether this be something of interest to the OC members and families? For further details click on the links below. The book can be pre-ordered using this link: https://bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/biography/tiger-tom-tinkle T T T final cover 27.11.25_ T …
Old Cicestrians Constitution
Please find attached the revised constitution of The Old Cicestrians which was adopted on the 6th December, Saturday’s AGM. CONSTITUTION 2025
Old Cicestrians – Summer Event 3rd July
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY .Our summer event this year takes place on Friday 3 July and will be a visit to the famous Ashling Park Vineyard where, after lunch in the cafe, we will will have a tour of the vineyard and tastings of their wines. Details of the visit (including travel arrangements) and how to book will be sent …
Pete King
Pete King continues his correspondence: “A fellow member of a quiz team that I join once a month turned out to also be an alumnus of Chi High, so we’ve been reminiscing and comparing notes! As a consequence, I’ve been looking quite a bit at your Old Cicestrians’ website. Lots of very interesting anecdotes and information on there. For example, …
Ken Murch
More reactions to the memories of Ken Murch, and specifically his nickname ‘Bogey’ Here is a recent e-mail from an Old Cicestrian: As an old Cicestrian myself (Sept ’71 – May ’76), I was interested to read on this website about Mr Murch, a teacher who taught me Biology in the first year and maybe my second year also, and …
Ken Murch
Ken Rimell submitted the following correspondence to the OC website. Comments anyone? Can you please tell me when Ken Murch passed away? Ken Rimell Thank you for your enquiry re ‘Bogey’ Murch – much loved Biology teacher when I was in 5U. Please see his memorial plaque in Tangmere Museum garden. The OCs had a summer visit there. Bill Allen …
Summer Event to Tangmere 19th June 2025
This years’ summer event was a visit to Tangmere Aviation Museum where after an introductory talk about Tangmere’s aviation history we split into two groups for an informative guided tour of the highlights of the collection. The collection of original and facsimile aircraft was excellent and related to the stories from the WW2 and the ‘Battle of Britain’. Tangmere was at …
Chatgpt – recent response about ChiHi
Chichester High School for Boys was founded in 1929 as a boys’ secondary school in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was established to provide comprehensive education for young men in the region, and over the decades, it became a well-regarded institution with a strong academic and extracurricular tradition. Early History (1929–1971) During World War II, the school played a role …
Webmaster
I have resumed my webmaster post and am looking for news and stories from Old Boys to share with other former pupils. Please send anything you consider interesting to me at abeunt@gmail.com. Best regards, Richard D. Wood-Kneller FCA (1954-1961)