Category: Committee

President:

Started at Lisvane January 1964, and moved up to the College in 1967, and was a member of Pegg House. I left in 1971, and after initially working in Sales at Plaxtons, had a 35 year career in the Motor Trade starting as a junior salesman and finishing up as a Sales and General Manager. I was also Commercial Manager for Doncaster Rovers FC from 1999-2001, I’m currently employed in the local transport industry.

Chairman:

I joined the staff in April 1979 as Head of Geography.  The CCF (RN), 2nd XV and  an unforgettable school visit to USSR, Russian Roulette, Lyke Wake Walk, Whitby Whale Walk, were followed by five years in charge of Lodge House from 1983 until I was appointed Deputy Head in 1988. In 1993 I moved to North Wales to take on a Headship. In 2010 I retired, got involved with the OSA, became a Governor – Chairing the Education & Welfare Committee and am the Governor with an overview of Boarding.

Treasurer:

I arrived at Scarborough College to board at the age of 13 and I stayed for 5 years until 1974.

My best subject was Latin (how handy has that been?) and Maths. What happened to logarithms? I became an accountant and am now the Treasurer of the OSA. I really enjoyed school apart the lessons and sport!

Secretary:

I was very young when I became the Headmaster’s Secretary in 1969. In 1975 I left to get married and went to live in the Dales.

I worked for Denys Crews through to his retirement and then for Richard Wilkinson for a short while.

My time at the College covered the transition to admitting girls – such changes!

I returned to Scarborough in 1983 and have kept in touch with the College since, with two daughters attending, and also having kept in touch with a number of Old Boys and Girls.

I have now retired and two years ago I was invited to assist with the OSA. I was delighted to accept and even more so when later I was asked if I would become the Secretary.

Working for Denys Crews and Scarborough College changed my life. Denys and his wife were wonderful people and I have so many memories of the boys and girls, the staff and of the time I spent there.

Committee Member : Archivist. I attended Scarborough College from 1960 – 1965. I was in Lodge House which consisted at the time of two houses opposite the College in Filey Road. Norman Gee was the Housemaster and Denys Crews was the Headmaster. I represented the School at all levels of Cricket and in my last year reached the dizzy heights of House Prefect. Hindsight is often viewed through rose coloured glasses but it was a very enjoyable time of my life. It taught us respect, good behaviour and the ability to stand on our own two feet, something that has served me well throughout my life. I wasn’t interested in academic qualifications, assuming I would work for my Father. What a shock to be told in 1965 I should go out and ruin someone else’s business; not his! However the ethics and principles I learnt at the College meant I did just that. I started my working life at Leyland Motors followed by18 years with the Sun Alliance Group. I had always had a desire to run my own show and I started my own business in Marketing and Training and continue in that field today. I married Jean in 1971 and shall be ever grateful for Scarborough College.

Committee Member:

I joined Scarborough College in 1961, aged 10, as a scholarship pupil and left in 1969. I didn’t get on with my university course and left to manage record shops and to become a DJ in a rock club.  I joined the BBC in 1987 and qualified as a journalist, spending 20 years as a reporter for radio and TV. I worked for  local mental health charities for four years following this in 2011, I became a voice artist and scriptwriter. Although I’m now officially retired, I continue to provide support to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre, giving public readings of work by new writers and rehearsed readings of submitted scripts.