If you know anything about these guys, names, dates etc then please add a comment or email editor@oldruymians.co.uk. Thank you Ken Girkin here with a young rugby team. Tommy writes: [ … ]
Hockey 2nd XI 1963
A big thank you to John Stroud and Pete Somerfield for their comprehensive info and report. Please feel free to add a comment or email editor@oldruymians.co.uk. Thank you Tommy says: [ … ]
Newsletter December 2020
18th December 2020 Dear Old Ruymians, I hope that you are all well and keeping safe and out of harm’s way! What a disappointing year 2020 has turned out to [ … ]
Ernest Yeo 1932 – 2020
Ernest Albert Yeo was born on Whit Monday, 16th May, 1932 and died on 12th September, 2020 Ernest was born at 17 Lillian Road in Ramsgate, into what was very [ … ]
Gary John Mankellow 1947 – 2020
Gary John Mankellow, 72, unexpectedly passed away at his home on March 27th, 2020. Gary was born in Hatfield, England on 12/12/1947. He attended Chatham Grammar School and Dartmouth Navy [ … ]
Rugby Colts 1948 – Where are they now?
Many thanks to Joan Mortimer who sent us this photo, with the message below. “Hello from Australia, it might be that Mike and Bonnie have been superseded by other [ … ]
OR Golf Day Friday 24th April 2020
Once again North Foreland Golf Club was chosen to be the venue for the Old Ruymian Golf Day 2020. Boasting a fine clubhouse and a well-prepared course, we were looking [ … ]
Gypsy Tart in the Sixties
Gypsy Tart; who remembers the excitement that swept the Dinner Hall when it was discovered that this heaven sent desert was included on the dinner menu for that day? I [ … ]
CHS Junior Cricket 1959
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CHS Hockey Easter 1968 Liege
At the Easter break in 1968, I think, CHS sent a Hockey Team to Belgium, I was part of that team. We were guests of Standard Liege Hockey Club, who [ … ]
Writers Wanted
No, this man is not wanted by the Kent Police, he is actually Iain Aitch author, writer, creative, personality and former pupil at CHS & CCHGS. After deciding that Shakespeare [ … ]
5C Fifty Years On
On 5th June, members of Form 5C (1964/1965) met up again after the small gap of over fifty years. Most had already celebrated, whilst the remainder were about to celebrate, [ … ]
There But Not There 2019
A copy of the Ruymian Notes from 1945 lists the 95 names, known at that time, of students and staff who were killed during the Second World War. This year [ … ]
OR Golf Day 12th April 2019
This year’s Golf Day was held on Friday 12th April at North Foreland Golf Club in Kingsgate. We tried a new format this year where we held the usual long [ … ]
OR Cricket Week 2019
Old Ruymians Cricket Week this year consisted of two games, the first against a local Ramsgate side Nelson CC and the second against the touring team Alexandra Park CC. Unfortunately, [ … ]
Chairman’s Report Septermber 2019
I was very honoured to be elected as your Chairman once again for 2019 and intend to revisit some of the ideas that the committee had considered to attract new [ … ]
Class of 49 Reunion
For several years now old friends Fred Curzon, Roger Baker, Geoff Hillier and Barry Grace, with their wives, have enjoyed an annual reunion lunch. This year the occasion was timed [ … ]
Rugby 1st XV 1996
Graham Hall, Simon Wingate, Danny Williams, David Potter, Richard Case, Andrew Wills, Ian Griffis, Stewart Fassom, John Robertshaw Dave Hooper, Marc Hasler, Edward Mayo, Matthew Corker, Mark Williams, Glen Rideout, [ … ]
Brian Lovel Reginald Pocock
AVIATOR 18th April 1936 – 5th August 2019 Brian gained a scholarship to Chatham House School and joined the A.T.C. at the age of 13/14 at Northdown House. He became [ … ]
Josephine Barrett
Thank you for your condolences, Jo had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008 but the tumour became active earlier this year. On Remembrance Sunday she was very poorly, admitted [ … ]