Falcon Old Boys

OK - so I forgot to post the link to the photos in my previous comment.

Here it is - enjoy:

https://picasaweb.google.com/108861886762191567936/FalconKalahariExpedition1968

Mike Cohler

United Kingdom

Hi to all old Falcons - I was at Falcon from 1964 to 1969 and am about to retire at the age of 60! However I was trying to post to this site but realised you need to register - I did register but it is moderated!

Anyway I found a set of old slides taken on a school expedition to Botswana in 1968 - and I have scanned them and put them up on picasa - I thought that some of you might remember being there and can say who the various people are (43 years ago!)

Best wishes Mike Cohler (Tredgold to 1969)

United Kingdom

Bush Holdsworth (Founders 61-65) and myself (Founders 61-64) are planning to visit the college during March of this year. I wonder what we will find? We would sure like to "walk" the mine dumps and of course sit at the head table!!Shoes of course will be shining and we will wear our boaters!!!Not sure whether we will arrive via Heany Junction!!

United Kingdom

Ian Wilson (Wiley) Oates from 1973-1978.Played Rugby 1977 and 1978 1st XV.Moved to South Africa in 1982.Now resident in Bunbury Western Australia and involved in the Solar Panel Business.I remember the Oates mob from 1978.Mark Linton,Ian Wooley,Craig Dancwerts.Jero Powell-Jones.The Langhams.

Australia

I was in Oates between 81-85. I was the main member of the snake club along with r van de riet and we kept over 50 snakes at Armstrongs house and the old snake pit behind the squash courts. I raided the tuckshop bus twice and was not caught. In 84 i ran away and made it back to Harare in three days. The school must have been going mental as too where i was. In 85 the day after sports day i drank a bottle of bols and fell down on a rock and sustained a bad cut on the top of my head which bleed freely due to the alchohol. I tried to convince Macdonald and Turner that i had fallen down a "hilly mineshaft" yeah right i must have stunk like a skunk. Anyway i was expelled.
Does anyone remember this or by my nickname Bushman

United Kingdom

I have lived well in many different places, & travelled a lot since leaving Falcon - am now living in Vermont - have been here since '93.

Great website Colin

Cheers
Doug

United States of America

Sorry Colin, just remembered you wore that light blue colored vest..not red Andrew

United States of America

Colin, For an Oates boy you turned out alright. Nice Job on putting this together. Monty would have put you in for a 50 club tie...fenton wells got one for pumping up rugby balls..! remember that...best wishes and all the best from the FOBS group in the USA....Andrew Steyn

United States of America

Well done Bewes take a 'double send up'.

United Kingdom

I was at founders house from 1984 to 1989.After leaving Falcon, I studied architecture,am now settled in Brighton UK, married and still pumping some good old iron.

United Kingdom

Wow!! Collin Fantastic site. You make me proud to be associated with all things Falcon

South Africa

I am living in South Africa where I have set up Chimhavira Overland Safaris and specialise in providing fully-supported, privately guided and personally tailored self-drive safaris for those intrepid individuals who choose to visit Africa.

South Africa

Hi Colin,

Thanks a stack for this

Alan

South Africa

Test message

United Kingdom

Hiya Colin,

Hopefully all come through OK.

Cheers

Iain

Kazakhstan

Test contribution as per request.

France

Hi everyone. Please populate this guestbook with some current details of what you're up to now, what you've done since Falcon and anything else you'd like to tell us. Just keep it clean and put your house and leaving year after your name as I've done.

As for me, had two weeks hols after Falcon, then joined the BSAP for a 2-year contract; did Police Display, horse escorts & a posting to Inyanga (hardship huh!), then bought myself out in June '81. Moved to UK a month later, did a course in advertising and marketing, then got a job with a small ad agency in Wimbledon before moving to my current job with Projectlink Motivation, where I design processes for motivation websites. Home life = wife Nicola + 4 daughters & 2 sons; also big on lifeboats (prospective crew on the Hastings all-weather lifeboat www.hastingslifeboat.org.uk), photography (www.flickr.com/photos/bushtick), singing with a chamber choir and a bit on the side for the Falcon Old Boys.

United Kingdom