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
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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.
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