Yearly Archives: 2017

From Phil Harding…

During the Annual Dinner on 02 Dec and also during the football match earlier in the day collections were made for current Harvey student Callum Smith. Callum needs Proton Beam Therapy, an expensive treatment only available in the US, for … Continue reading

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from Phil Harding – RIP Lord Imbert

Just received the sad news from our President that old boy Peter Imbert, Lord Imbert of New Romney, passed away earlier today at the age of 84. Peter Imbert was a retired Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and a Governor … Continue reading

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Quick update from Phil Harding re Annual Dinner

Dinner numbers update = bookings received 50 Promises of another 12 on their way. All decades from the 1930s represented. Ex-staff include John Herbert, Dick Young and Nigel Thomas. This is about half of the places available booked. Final date … Continue reading

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Old Harveians Annual Dinner 2017

OHA Annual Dinner 2017. 02 December at the school. Courtesy of the Old Harveians Association, an invitation is extended to ALL old Harveians, not just OHA members. So relive old memories, catch up with old friends, get a reunion together, … Continue reading

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Dick Young tribute to Ted Pryor

The attached tribute to Ted given by Dick Young at last week’s funeral Ted Pryor HGS 1952-1987 I first met Ted when I joined his department at Harvey G S in 1964 and we worked harmoniously together until his retirement … Continue reading

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Folkestone pupils pick up GCSE results

Harvey Grammar School heaped praise on a number of its high achievers, including Laurie Smith, who took his GCSE exams when he was just 14. Laurie Smith was just 14 when he he sat his exams to get Harvey Grammar’s … Continue reading

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Audrey Wind – WW2 codebreaker

Folkestone woman, 92, who was one of Britain’s last codebreakers in war against the Nazis has died aged 92 A secret codebreaker from Folkestone who helped shorten the Second World War has died aged 92. Audrey Wind was one of … Continue reading

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‘Record A Level results’ for the Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone

Pupils scored the “best results ever” in this year’s A Level results, one headteacher has said. Students at Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, bagged 68 per cent of grades between A*- B, up six per on last year. Headteacher Scott Norman … Continue reading

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RIP Audrey Wind

More sad news – just heard from an old boy that Audrey Wind has passed away. Audrey worked at the school from 1948 until 1985 and was then a regular at the Annual Dinners until very recently. RIP

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RIP Ted Pryor

From Phil Harding… Just received the sad news that Ted Pryor, long-serving Head of French, has passed away. Dick Young e-mailed me with the news. He thinks that Ted was 93.

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