Everyday Life
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Everyday Life
An assortment of pictures taken at Falcon
[img title="1976: a visit from the Army on exercise (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Visits from the army, or cadet excursions to see mock contacts or medical demos were quite regular in the late 1970s" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1976_armyvisit.jpg"][img title="1976: Hervey front garden (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="That's John Hopkins in the foreground, and probably J.P.Pretorius on the left." src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1976_herveygardens.jpg"][img title="1977: View overlooking Longden's Dam (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Remember those bush exeats. I'm still amazed we could do those even at the height of the war." src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1977_longdensdam.jpg"][img title="1979: Hervey end of year braai (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="The Hervey reprobates: L to R: Chris Hart, John Marais, Chris Matthews, Russ Dodd and Chris Hughes. If something illegal was going down then, you could be sure these guys knew about it!" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_hervey-braai2.jpg"][img title="1979: Hervey end of year braai (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Singing prefects: Guy Werner, Phil Wesson (Head of Hervey), John Hopkins, Peter Wright (College Prefect) and Ian Rutledge (Head Boy)" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_hervey-endyr-braa.jpg"][img title="1979: General Hervey horseplay (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Difficult to tell some of these guys as they are in shadow, but that's Grant Pearson top left, Charlie Knaggs top right and Ian Rutledge staring through the middle." src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_herveyhorseplay.jpg"][img title="1979: Hervey tea break (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="L to R: John Hopkins, Trevor Masters, U/K, Chris Hart, Richard Annesley (from George Grey), U/K, Tim Bates, Chris Matthews, Chris Hughes, J.P. Pretorius, Charlie Knaggs, U/K, Richard Wolton, Charles Richards and Guy Werner" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_herveyteabreak.jpg"][img title="1978: Guy Turner (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Taken during a visit to Colin Bewes's study, probably to help him with his maths revision!" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_guyturner2.jpg"]
![[img title="1976: a visit from the Army on exercise (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Visits from the army, or cadet excursions to see mock contacts or medical demos were quite regular in the late 1970s" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1976_armyvisit.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1976_armyvisit.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1976: Hervey front garden (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="That's John Hopkins in the foreground, and probably J.P.Pretorius on the left." src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1976_herveygardens.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1976_herveygardens.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1977: View overlooking Longden's Dam (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Remember those bush exeats. I'm still amazed we could do those even at the height of the war." src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1977_longdensdam.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1977_longdensdam.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1979: Hervey end of year braai (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="The Hervey reprobates: L to R: Chris Hart, John Marais, Chris Matthews, Russ Dodd and Chris Hughes. If something illegal was going down then, you could be sure these guys knew about it!" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_hervey-braai2.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1979_hervey-braai2.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1979: Hervey end of year braai (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Singing prefects: Guy Werner, Phil Wesson (Head of Hervey), John Hopkins, Peter Wright (College Prefect) and Ian Rutledge (Head Boy)" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_hervey-endyr-braa.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1979_hervey-endyr-braa.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1979: General Hervey horseplay (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Difficult to tell some of these guys as they are in shadow, but that's Grant Pearson top left, Charlie Knaggs top right and Ian Rutledge staring through the middle." src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_herveyhorseplay.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1979_herveyhorseplay.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1979: Hervey tea break (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="L to R: John Hopkins, Trevor Masters, U/K, Chris Hart, Richard Annesley (from George Grey), U/K, Tim Bates, Chris Matthews, Chris Hughes, J.P. Pretorius, Charlie Knaggs, U/K, Richard Wolton, Charles Richards and Guy Werner" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_herveyteabreak.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1979_herveyteabreak.jpg){kind=link}
![[img title="1978: Guy Turner (photo: Colin Bewes)" alt="Taken during a visit to Colin Bewes's study, probably to help him with his maths revision!" src="http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/thumbs/thumbs_1920_1979_guyturner2.jpg"]](http://www.falconoldboys.com/wp-content/flagallery/life-at-falcon/1920_1979_guyturner2.jpg){kind=link}