An Unforgettable 95th Birthday A 125-Wing operation from Celle, Germany, on 24 April 1945 is still vivid in the memory of 95-year-old Warrant Officer (Ret) Peter Hale RAF. He clearly recalls how the Wing, led by Group Captain ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, headed east towards Berlin on reports of a large concentration of airborne German aircraft only to find that they were …
John Haines (1944 – 2021) CHSB 1955-64
The ‘Chi High’ overseas group, including Tony Horne, Dave Richardson, and Keith Upton has decided that, as I know more than most about John, I should put down a few observations on his 76 years. Others within our network have added anecdotes and observations. Ormonde Avenue houses are not large – the Haines family was. However, Ken, Mavis, Margaret, John, …
Martin Lake and Alan Baker (CHSB 1956-1963) A New Chapter (June 2021)
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 …
Tony Marshall ( CHSB 1956-1964)
I started at ChiHi in September 1956 and left after “A” levels in 1964 when I had a year out before going to Brighton College of Technology to do a degree course in Pharmacy with a view to joining my father in his chemist shop, the Nyewood Pharmacy in Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis.By the end of my first year at …
John Howard
John Howard, with his then girlfriend, now his wife, Wendy.
Financial Report and Accounts 2020
Treasurer’s Report on the Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2020 Despite Covid, we managed to increase our membership from 140 to 148 thanks largely to the hard work of Jonathan Harry, our Membership Secretary, and to the successful CHSB90 event in 2018. Our income from subscriptions and events once again covered our expenses and our bank balance remained …
Frank Haill (CHSB1948-1973)
‘Frankie’: Frank Haill at Chi High, 1948-1973: a son’s perspective ‘Frankie’ was quite a reasonable – even affectionate – nickname, as schoolboys’ names for their teachers go: by comparison with, say, ‘Baldie’ Ashton or ‘Pegleg Pelham’. I have certainly discovered in the years since leaving the school in 1965 that my dad was held in fond esteem by many old …
Professor James Yeoman Muckle 1937-2020
James was born in Oldham in 1937, although his family roots lie in Newcastle upon Tyne where one of his relatives, William Yeoman, had been a Professor of Naval Architecture. He retained a strong and knowledgeable affection for the North East throughout his life. His father was a Methodist Minister and James’s upbringing gave him a rich grounding in …
Peter Thompson (died 20 December 2020)
Extract of a letter from Tony Keating: Sadly, Peter Thompson died on 20th December,2020. So sad to see yet another of the old stalwarts go. I am sure you will all have many happy memories of our old School Captain! Peter James Thompson – The Eulogy Peter was born on the 29th July 1938 in Chichester, the only child …
The Fallen – suite
From Colin Snook who researched and wrote “The Fallen” I hope you will find this of interest. Recently I received an email from Barbara Coombes at Aldingbourne. My details were passed to her by Tony Wheatley. She explained that whilst researching Arthur HAYMAN (‘The Fallen’) she came across Harold Lewis SEWARD (‘The Fallen’) from a Roll of Honour board, who …