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

Fwd: Wyves 2022 Reunion Lunch

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.