Next Reunion Lunch 14/10/26

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From: Brian Screaton 
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 at 15:30
Subject: Next Reunion Lunch 14/10/26

Hello again All,

John Hames has now heard from Michelle Wright of Age UK, and the news is as follows. Members of the staff of the cafe are being made redundant, the opening hours are being shortened, and they will not be serving hot meals. However, thankfully they are prepared to arrange for hot meals for our Lunch, and we are welcome to stay beyond 2pm which is to be their new closing time. So hopefully it will be pretty much business as usual, and we are booking a date of Wednesday 14th October for the next Old Wyves Lunch. Please let me know if you want to come - I hope we can get a good attendance to make it worthwhile for AgeUK.

A small technical matter - it seems that my third email of the other day has been rejected as 'spam' by certain email providers, particularly ntlworld.(what a cheek!) Can you all please check that my email address hasn't been blocked otherwise you won't get any more of my rambling emails. Of course, some may feel that would be a blessing... If you didn't receive it, it was a correction to Dennis's email address which should have read djduggan2023@outlook.com Apologies for the error. More haste less speed, as they say.

Look forward to hearing from you with your booking for the Lunch.

Best wishes,

Brian

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From: Brian Screaton 
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 15:50
Subject: Wyvernians Lunch
To: Brian Screaton 

Hello All,

The next Wyvernians Lunch will be held on Wednesday 11th October at our usual venue, the restaurant at AgeUK, Clarence House (the old school) Humberstone Gate Leicester. As you will know this is just an informal lunch, no speeches, no memorabilia, just a friendly informal get-together. If you wish to attend please let me know and I will send you a copy of the menu nearer the date. No payment will be necessary beforehand as we pay on the day. The room we use will only hold 30-35 maximum so there is a limit on numbers.

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Look forward to hearing from you if you wish to come along.

KInd regards,

Brian

Final Annual Reunion

It was well very attended. Age UK once again did us proud again. To view some photos of the event on our Facebook page (courtesy of Mike Ratcliff & others) click/tap HERE . Note you don't need to be a FB member to view the photos.

Enjoy!

CBS 2023 Reunion Invitation

CITY BOYS' SCHOOL 2023 REUNION INVITATION

Dear Fellow Wyvernian,

You are invited to the 24th  AND FINAL CBS reunion.  Please RSVP by e-mail, letter, text or phone

DATE   Saturday March 18th 2023

VENUE   Clarence House, Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 3PJ  (The old school)

TIME   11.00am - 3.45pm

PRICE   £16.50 to include lunch, or £10.00 entry only.  Lunch MUST be booked in advance.  The menu is below, please send choice with your payment

Complimentary water, tea and coffee will be available from 11am, plus wine with lunch. 

GUESTS   Guests are welcome.  Entry is free if no lunch required, £16.50 if they do

PARKING   There is no parking on site, but several multi-storey car parks are situated within walking distance    

MEMORABILIA   A selection from the  school memorabilia will be on display, including panoramic photographs

GUEST SPEAKER   To be announced . If you feel able to give a short talk about your schooldays or life thereafter please contact me.

RAFFLE   Please bring a prize for the raffle if you wish

PAYMENT   Make cheques payable to Wyvernians, and post to Mr D J Duggan, Rock Cottage, Brook Street, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. SY21 7NA
Payment by cheque preferred, as this simplifies the logistics.  If you do not have a cheque book please get in touch with me.

CONTACT DETAILS   Tel 01938 555574    07804 520730      djduggan@supanet.com  

MENU

Carrot & Coriander soup

Fish & chips

Steak & ale pie

Chicken curry and rice

Red onion & cheese quiche

Apple crumble & custard 

Tea or coffee

REGULATIONS   To comply with H & S rules there will be be a sign in/sign out sheet.  Please also take note of any information given regarding evacuating the building, fire exits etc.

If you have borrowed any items from the collection - officially or otherwise! - this is the opportunity to return them.

We hope to be able to finish this final reunion with a resounding rendition of the school song.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Dennis, Brian, Frank, John.

Fwd: 2023 CBS Reunion Advance Notice

From our founder Dennis Duggan:-

ADVANCE NOTIFICATION!!

THE LAST-EVER TRADITIONAL WYVERNIANS REUNION
WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY  MARCH 18th 2023

After discussions between Brian, Frank, John and myself we reached a difficult decision regarding the future of our annual reunions.
I have always resisted suggestions we open up our membership to post-1976 pupils, because after that date the school we knew ceased to exist.  It was no longer a boys' grammar school, it was a mixed comprehensive.  It was an excellent school, but not OUR school.
The downside was that inevitably Wyvernians would have a finite life.  Our membership is mainly elderly, many now with mobility and/or other health-related problems.  We are scattered throughout the UK and the wider world, and more and more of us are finding travel difficult.
New members are few and far between, and sadly our numbers diminish every year.  So we are now reaching the point where our traditional reunions at Clarence House will no longer be viable.

March 18th 2023 will mark the end of a twenty-four year tradition (with gaps for 2021 and 2022 courtesy of the Covid pandemic) and we want to go out with a bang rather than the inevitable whimper!

Official invitations will be sent in January, but in the meantime please make a note of the date.  Let's make it a reunion to remember.  To paraphrase Shakespeare, 'Gentlemen safe abed in England will think themselves accursed they were not there.'

On a positive note, the popular occasional mid-week lunches (in the Clarence House restaurant) will continue to take place on a regular basis.

Wyvernians Reunion 2022 Lunch - 2

After the success of the informal Wyvernians Lunch in March of this year we have, as promised, arranged another Lunch in the restaurant at Clarence House on Wednesday 12th October. As before, this will just be a lunch – no memorabilia, no speeches, no AGM – just the opportunity to have lunch and chat with fellow Wyvernians. We appreciate that those who live a long way away will probably not be able to attend, but hopefully this local gathering will at least keep the momentum going until next year's full Reunion. Age UK should again be able to let us have exclusive use of the annex room which is off the main restaurant, but this depends on the numbers attending.

So, the date is Wednesday 12th October, meeting in the restaurant about 12.15 to 12.30 pm. Age UK would like to have a rough idea of numbers and menu choices in advance, so they will let us know which choices will be available on the 12th October menu approximately 2 weeks before that date, and I will circulate these to those who have registered their interest. There is usually a good choice which will include a vegetarian option, and we will just pay on the day.

We need to know numbers as soon as possible so if you are up for another convivial lunch please let me know as soon as possible – booking is essential as numbers will

be limited to about 30-35 maximum. Preferably contact me by email

My mobile is 07770 413228 if needed. If at a later date

you find that you are unable to attend, then please let me know.

Brian Screaton

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Wyvernians 2022 Lunch

For those of you suffering from withdrawal symptoms due to the cancellation of the Reunion, we have arranged an informal Lunch in the restaurant at Clarence House on Wednesday 30th March. This will just be a lunch – no memorabilia, no speeches, no AGM – just the opportunity to have lunch and chat with fellow Wyvernians. 

We appreciate that those who live a long way away will probably not be able to attend, but we thought that even just a local gathering would keep the momentum going. Age UK should be able to let us have exclusive use of the annex room to gather in, which is off the main restaurant, but this depends on the numbers attending.

So, the date is Wednesday 30th March, meeting in the restaurant annex room at about 12.15pm. Age UK would like to have a rough idea of numbers and menu choices in advance, so they will let us know the choices that will be available on the 30th March menu approximately 2 weeks before that date, and I will circulate these to those who have registered their interest. There is usually a good choice which will include a vegetarian option, and we will just pay on the day.

We need to know numbers as soon as possible so if you are up for a convivial lunch please let me know as soon as possible – it is best to email me so that I can email the menu to you when it arrives. If you need to call me my mobile is 07770 413228. 

Should you find at a later date that you are unable to attend, then please let me know.

Brian Screaton (Wyvernians Treasurer)

2022 Reunion Cancellation

Subject: CBS Reunion Cancellation
To:

Here's an important message from our founder

Dear Fellow Wyvernians,

Given the ongoing uncertain virus situation, we have regretfully decided the reunion planned for March 19th is not a viable option and is therefore cancelled.

Hopefully normal service will be resumed if and when things return to normal!

Dennis J Duggan

*** STOP PRESS! *** We are exploring the possibility of holding an informal mid week get-together for a meal in the Clarence House restaurant. If it proceeds participants will order and pay for their food on the day. More details will follow  *** WATCH THIS SPACE! ***   

2021 Proposed Reunion

In view of current circumstances we have decided to postpone the 2021 reunion until later in the year. We have provisionally booked 18th September 2021 in the usual place. Further details will be announced when known

2020 Reunion - Initial Report

On the Thursday leading up to the Reunion, following the PM's announcement, it was decided by all concerned that the Reunion should go ahead. It was another success. A full report will appear in our next newsletter. Photos of the event are now on our Facebook page. To view them CLICK/TAP HERE (Note you do not need to be a member of Facebook to see the photos). Our thanks to everyone who came - including our speaker Bharat Patel, who kept us enthralled and entertained with his potted autobiography (his book on the same subject "Indian Takeaway" is still on sale - with ALL proceeds going to the Hope Against Cancer charity - see their website https://www.hopeagainstcancer.org.uk/store/ for details of how to obtain your copy). Thanks also to John Hames for his help on the day - stepping in at short notice to help with setting up, packing away (& taking a few photos which are on our Facebook page). Once again Age UK Leicestershire did us proud with the catering and arrangements on the day. Our special thanks go to Antony Foster (Age UK's man on the ground) who has given us tremendous support over the years with our reunions. He is moving on to pastures new. Finally a big thank you to Stephanie, who puts in a lot of work on our behalf behind the scenes as well as running the raffle on the day.

2020 Reunion Apologies

To see the list of those people who notified us that they will not be attending this year's reunion CLICK/TAP HERE 

2020 Reunion

To see who has booked so far to attend this year's reunion click/tap HERE

2020 Reunion Invitation

CITY BOYS' SCHOOL 2020 REUNION INVITATION

Dear Fellow Wyvernian,

You are invited to the 23rd CBS reunion.  Please RSVP by e-mail, letter, text or phone

DATE   Saturday March 14th 2020

VENUE   Clarence House, Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 3PJ  (The old school)

TIME   11.00am - 3.45pm

PRICE   £14.00 to include lunch, or £7.00 entry only.  Lunch MUST be booked in advance, as we need to inform Age UK of numbers.  The menu is below, please send choice of main and sweet with your payment no later than March 7th. 

Complimentary water, tea and coffee will be available from 11am, plus wine with lunch.

GUESTS   Guests are welcome - wives, friends, partners etc  Entry is free if no lunch required, £14.00 if they do

AGM   The brief AGM will take place at some point

PARKING   There is no parking on site, but several multi-storey car parks are situated within walking distance    

MEMORABILIA   A selection from the  school memorabilia will be on display, including panoramic photographs  - Please bring any memorabilia of your own if you wish 

GUEST SPEAKER    Bharat Patel,ex-pupil, author and former local radio and Central TV reporter.  A few copies of Bharat's book Indian Takeaway will be on sale @ £9, with all proceeds going to Hope Against Cancer research charity. Bharat, however, suggests that to avoid disappointment order your copy from the charity - see Reunion Update below for details.

RAFFLE   Please bring a prize for the raffle if you wish.  Tickets on sale at the desk.  The draw will take place on the day

PAYMENT   Make cheques payable to Wyvernians, and post to Mr D J Duggan, Rock Cottage, Brook Street, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. SY21 7NA

CONTACT DETAILS   Tel 01938 555574    07804 520730      djduggan@supanet.com

MENU
Main Course
Fish, chips and mushy peas
Chicken curry and rice
Steak and kidney pie with potatoes and vegetables
Cheese flan and trimmings (Vegetarian option)

Sweet
Apple pie
Fruit crumble
Trifle

Tea or coffee

2020 REUNION PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY

11.00   Doors open.  Buy your raffle tickets, enjoy tea or coffee, chat to friends, explore the building, look at the memorabilia display etc

12.15   Introduction by Dennis J Duggan, Founder and Secretary

12.30   Lunch begins.  Please bring your meal ticket

13.55   Lunch finishes, please return to the Great Hall by 2pm

14.00   AGM and raffle  (Prizes welcomed)

14.25   (approx) A talk by Bharat Patel (see update below)

15.05   (Approx) Free time

15.45   Reunion closed, building vacated

Dennis J Duggan

2020 Reunion Update - Bharat Patel's Talk

As you know, Bharat Patel will be the guest speaker at this year's reunion.

As Bharat's talk will make reference to his book Indian Takeaway, he feels it would be advantageous if those who intended to purchase a copy at the reunion did so beforehand.

The book can be ordered from the Hope Against Cancer web site, or by telephoning 0116 270 0101.  All proceeds will go to the charity.

If you bring the book to the reunion Bharat will be happy to sign it.  There will also be some to buy on the day.

Please note this is not a sales pitch for the book, there is no pressure to buy!!

If anyone wants to find out more they can go to:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Indian-Takeaway-by-Bharat-Patel-1215394275335877/posts/?ref=page_internal 

There's a film Bharat made for the charity on that page. He was impressed by their work, hence the reason they're getting the money.

2019 Reunion

Our 22nd Reunion took place on Saturday 16/3/19.

Venue: the Great Hall in the old school building on Humberstone Gate (Now Clarence House).

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL & WELL ATTENDED EVENT!

Initial report & photos from John Offord can be seen on our Facebook page CLICK/TAP HERE  (Facebook membership not required to view the photos). 

A fuller report will appear in the next newsletter  

2019 Reunion - see who's booked to attend

To see the latest list of who's booked their place  CLICK/TAP HERE

2019 Reunion Invitation

From: Dennis Duggan
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 at 14:38
Subject: Reunion Invitation
To:

CITY BOYS' SCHOOL 2019 REUNION INVITATION

Dear Fellow Wyvernian,

You are invited to the 22nd CBS reunion.  Please RSVP by e-mail, letter, text or phone

DATE   Saturday March 16th 2019

VENUE   Clarence House, Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 3PJ  (The old school)

TIME   11.00am - 3.45pm

PRICE   £13.50 to include lunch, or £6.50 entry only.  Lunch MUST be booked in advance.  The menu is below, please send choice with your payment

Complimentary water, tea and coffee will be available from 11am, plus wine with lunch.  There will not be a bar this year

GUESTS   Guests are welcome.  Entry is free if no lunch required, £13.50 if they do

AGM   A short AGM will take place at some point

PARKING   There is no parking on site, but several multi-storey car parks are situated within walking distance    

MEMORABILIA   A selection from the  school memorabilia will be on display, including panoramic photographs  - Please bring any memorabilia of your own if you wish 

GUEST SPEAKERS   Regular contributor Bob Childs (ex staff) and former pupil John McAngus (56-60) are provisionally booked.

(If anyone else fancies delivering a short talk about their schooldays or life thereafter - either this year or at a future reunion then please contact me).

RAFFLE   Please bring a prize for the raffle if you wish

PAYMENT   Make cheques payable to Wyvernians, and post to Mr D J Duggan, Rock Cottage, Brook Street, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. SY21 7NA

CONTACT DETAILS   Tel 01938 555574    07804 520730      djduggan@supanet.com

MENU
Fish, chips and mushy peas
Chicken curry and rice
Steak and kidney pie with potatoes and vegetables
Cheese flan and trimmings (Vegetarian option)

Apple pie
Fruit crumble
Trifle

Tea or coffee

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CBS 2019 Reunion

Please note that the 2019 reunion has been booked for Saturday 16/3/2019 at the usual venue. Further details will be released early in 2019

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2018 Reunion - initial report

What an excellent reunion with another good turnout! (despite the deteriorating weather!). Thank you to both of our super guest speakers for rounding off the day. Thanks also to AGE UK for their MAJOR contribution to the success of the day. Good to see so many retired staff in attendance (in no particular order Baxter, Burrows, Mann, Lawrence, Lawson, Hutchinson, Childs, Rudge and Povoas). Photos and report to follow. Spare a thought for our founder Dennis and wife Stephanie making the round trip from Wales with a wagon load of memorabilia
Here's the arrival of a most welcome guest, Doc Burrows, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday 

 

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CLICK/TAP HERE for a few photos from the lens of former pupil Mike Ratcliff
and CLICK/TAP HERE for a few from one of our guest speakers Dr John Sweeney
​and CLICK/TAP HERE for several from John Offord

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CITY BOYS EX-PUPILS & STAFF PRE-1976

2018 REUNION

January 4th  2018

Dear Fellow Wyvernian,

You are invited to the twenty first CBS Reunion, full details below. Please RSVP as soon as possible. You may be unable (or simply not wish) to attend, if this is the case please tell me. You can e-mail, phone, write or text, so communication should not be a problem. Thank you.

DATE Saturday March 17th 2018

VENUE Clarence House, Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 3PJ (The former school building)

TIME 11.00am - 3.45pm

PRICE £13.00 to include lunch, or £6.50 entry only. Please note that lunch MUST be booked in advance..  Age UK have asked us to pre-order the meals.  Please see the menu below, and send me your choices along with your cheque.  Make a note of what you have ordered, you will have forgotten by March!!!

BAR We are arranging our own bar facilities again. Complimentary tea and coffee will also be available

GUESTS Wives, friends and partners are welcome. Entry is free if they do not require lunch, but £13.00 if they do. We have held the price from last year.

AGM As usual there will be a brief AGM, when you will be given the opportunity to make comments.

PARKING There is no parking on site, but multi-storey car parks can be found nearby.

MEMORABILIA  We will be exhibiting some of the school memorabilia, along with a selection of panoramic photographs.

GUEST SPEAKER   To be announced, we are waiting for one of you to volunteer!!  Contact me if you would like to speak to a friendly crowd!

RAFFLE The raffle is popular, and a good way of raising funds. If you could bring something as a prize that would be great. Chocolates, wine, toiletries - anything really. It is a good way to dispose of those unwanted Christmas presents!

PAYMENT Please make cheques payable to Wyvernians and post to Mr D J Duggan, Rock Cottage, Brook Street, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. SY21 7NA

CONTACT DETAILS Telephone 01938 555574 or 07804 520730 E-mail djduggan@supanet.com

Menu

Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas,

Chicken Curry and Rice

Steak and Kidney Pie, Potatoes and Vegetables

Cheese Flan and Trimmings (Vegetarian Option)

 Puddings

Apple Pie

 Fruit Crumble

Trifle

Tea or coffee

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