Class of 64 They knew about 69 a FULL FIVE YEARS before 69 was invented

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Class of 64 They knew about 69 a FULL FIVE
YEARS before 69 was invented
The background picture indicates that two out of
six boys smoked Texan plain, four smoked
Lexington filter and the other leg is also green.
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Class of 64
John Shrimp West Eric Eggie Mills Cliffie
Long Edward Kent Bumpy Nell

• Departed friends

Lets just share a moment remembering Them in the
years we spent together
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Expected Guests Mr. Ernie Hobbs, Mr. Don Munday
Pops Benyon
Neilen Locke
Brian Smith
Denis Chapman
Denton Francis
Doug Pashley
Royden Vice
Barry Reid
James Dyer
Neil Robey
Richard Peddle
Stephen du Toit
Tony Perry
Ronald Beard
Cedric Miller
Douglas Brown
Gladwin Morton
Martin Kruger
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Investigating and Tracking Team

• Denton Bond
• Bent on his mission, Denton was a
• Survivor of the entire 1900 century as a single
  man.
• Together with M and his resources, tracked
  scholars right into their headquarters in Saudi
  Arabia. (Psssst wanna buy dirty pictures).

There is a rumour that being in a bit of a
Muddle Denton wants to change his surname to
Francis
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Now y2k compatible
Don Futter, best man to Denton Francis
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Class of 64
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Class of 64
Can Barry please come up on stage Then

• Bree

Click the speaker
And can Doug Pashley please join him With his
buck
The one and only, Original (There can be no
other) Bree Barry Reid Lead singer
and Guitarist of the famous Bathroom Boys
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This ones for Doug Pashley

• And for Peter Muddle Martin way down under in
  Australia (where they learnt to play rugby from
  our Bokke)
• And the band they started at Peters house in the
  outside room

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Class of 64

• Duncan Sangster and wife Patti

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South African colours in snorting
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• Jan du Plessis - jan_patd_at_hotmail.com  Dear
  MartinI was amazed to hear from you Martin. I do
  remember you very well. I remember my Graeme
  years very fondly and all the characters that
  made it so memorable. I can hardly believe that
  Ernie Hobbs is still alive. While I was at
  medical school at Stellenbosch I used to visit
  him regularly. You almost have me placed but I am
  a little further South than Kuwait. I am a
  consultant pediatric cardiologist in Riyadh,
  Saudi Arabia at the King Abdulaziz cardiac
  center. My children have all left home and my
  wife and I are dodging the missiles in this part
  of the desert. Unfortunately circumstances do not
  allow me to come although I would dearly have
  wanted to come. My colleague, Mike Godman will be
  away in Scotland and I will be holding the fort
  here till the 2oth March. I hope it is very
  successful and will post a photo on the website
  and will follow the news avidly. Kind regards to
  all the classmatesJan du Plessis    24th Feb
  2004
• Brian Tarr - natalnbg_at_iafrica.com 
• Dear Martin, Please not the dreaded detention!!!.
• Thanks for the effort you are putting into making
  the reunion a success. Regrettable circumstances
  are such that I will not be able to join you guys
  in G'town next month - it sounds like it will be
  a blast. I will enjoy reading about it on your
  excellent web site and seeing faces attached to
  names remembered from 40 yeas ago.
• I live in Pietermaritzburg where I am curator of
  the Natal National Botanical gardens, am married
  with 3 kids and ride a mountain bike for fun.
• cheers,
• Brian Tarr   19th Feb 2004

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Athletic meeting at Rhodes 1964
Denton Francis, Boer van Rensburg, Desmond
Engelbrecht and Pierre Cardin also known as
Cedric Miller (Ceddy)
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Class of 64

• Jimmy Dyer, married to Anne
• Father of six, grand father to EIGHT !

Anybody got any Vices ? (This question Excludes R
oyden who Qualifies Automatically)
Now whos the Judge in this Place ? Anybody like
to Be LOCKE-D up ?
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• Martin Kruger -
  mugshot

Tracey, wife
Junior
Calvin
Mariska
Calvin
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• Class of 64

Twallas Nel Sam Cawood Denton Francis Cowboy
Saunders Toffee Emslie John Emslie Dutchman
Engelbrecht Caveman Staples Doug Pashley Prof.
de Beer Edward Kent Harvey Drew Dennis
Edgar Brian Hiscock Jim Gradwell ? Right in basher
Grant House West dorm Monitor Prof Andre De
Beer - 1962 -
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• Class of 64

Brian Tarr Richard Peddle Alan Baxter Vasco
Nell Jimmy Dyer Denton Francis David
Strauch Barry Cockcroft Neil Robey Barry
Reid Des Cooney Mr. Munday Douggie Brown Roy van
Rensburg Trenley Clayton Walter Hogg
Std X B
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Martins Cars
2004
1967
2004
1985
2004
2004
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• Class of 64

Denis Chapman Duncan Sangster Patrick
Phillips Nic Prinsloo Tony Perry Peter
Muddle Cedric Millar Ronald Beard Royden
Vice Doug Pashley Gladwin Morton Edward Kent
Malcolm McLeod Bumpy Nell Eric Mills
Cliffie Long John West Jan du Plessis Mr.
Terblanche Neilen Locke Martin Kruger Malcolm
Howell Brian Smith
Std X A
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• Des Cooney - cooneyd_at_sundaytimes.co.za 
  MartinHi. Yes I'm still around and been
  reading correspondence with interest. I am amazed
  you managed to track me down as there are not too
  many Old Boys in these parts. In fact the only
  Old Boy that I know is my next door neighbour in
  Kloof, Mike Amm, Kingsley's brother. Obviously
  events are just around the corner as you are
  already talking about photo shoots. It's doubtful
  I will be able to make it but if possible please
  let me know all details, you never know. Where's
  Duncan Sangster these days. Is he still in
  London? I used to see his brother Bev quite often
  when he was still staying in Durban. You boys
  have obviously done a grand job rounding up the
  bunch of old renegades. Well done for all the
  work you have put into it and if I don't see you
  at the get together perhaps some time in the
  future a few of the lads may be able to get
  together down your way and chew the fat over a
  couple of Klippies and Coke! Regards and thanks
  very much for remembering me.Des        18th Feb
  2004
• Duncan Sangster - d.sangster_at_btclick.com  Dear
  Martin,
• As requested I attach a recent photo of my wife,
  Patti, and I taken in San Francisco which I guess
  will give the others an idea as how I have aged.
  I look forward to seeing photos of you all at the
  reunion. Kind regards
• Duncan   17th Feb 2004
• Gladwin Morton - GladwinM_at_FirstTechnology.co.za 
  Hi there Marty
• Great idea    why not take it at the braai on
  Sat     I think most of us will be there catching
  up nursing hangovers and watching cricket
• 12.30 should be a good time. Regards
• G.M.          16th Feb 2004

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Duncan Sangster - d.sangster_at_btclick.com Dear
Martin,I believe his name is (was) Peter. I
think I remember as the little twit caught me
smoking in the bunker at Grant House one morning
before school, which got me expelled from the
boarding school. Roy has no doubt told you that
as much as I would enjoy being there, it just
won't be possible. A great pity as looking at
your web site has brought back many memories and
being there would no doubt bring back many more.
I am sure that it will be great fun.Kind
regardsDuncan    10 Feb 2004Peter Muddle now
Martin - pwmartin_at_iinet.net.au G'day Martin - A
blast from the past.  Molly Moore's christian
name is Peter.  I was the last matric boy in our
class to be caned before we left school to write
matric.  Molly was the culprit - he caned me for
talking to Royden. I'm going to try my hardest to
make the reunion but it will depend upon how the
work goes.  I have my own accounting practice in
Perth, Western Australia.  Unfortunately for me
mid to end March are deadlines for Companies to
lodge their income tax returns. Good to hear the
news.  The only person I recognise in that
photograph you posted is yourself - but only
after a long, hard look. The other guy is sort of
familiar but cannot place him at all. Kind
regards Peter   10 Feb 2004
The Folly of Molly Aka What was Mr. Moores
first name ? A Sterling performance ? An act in
two parts.
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• Howson Gush - fincontroller_at_prosec.com.pg Hi
  MartinI was reminiscing this past weekend with a
  fellow employee from East London (Geoff
  Preston-Thomas ex Border no. 8 that some may
  remember from 1962 Selborne) and I had the slow
  brainwave to do a google search on Graeme
  College, and up popped your web page, so here I
  am.I was interested to see the names of the 1964
  class, although being 2 years behind I played
  rugby in the 2nds with a lot of the guys that
  year, including our captain, Bree (Barry Reid)
  he and I had the hardest beards in Grant House. I
  had lunch in Perth with Peter Martin (Muddle)
  about 6 or 7 years ago, and played a game of
  cricket against Royden and Afrox, as a guest of
  Stellenbosch Farmers Wineries in about 1978. I
  seem to think that after a bottle of wine he
  bowled me 2nd ball! I also ran into Don Futter in
  Harare not long before that as well. I stayed at
  Peter Tudges Cockhouse in February last year
  where he had done a marvellous job, and was
  shocked to see you comment about him passing on.
  My Gran used to rent the dining room and a couple
  of other rooms in that house as a flat about 45
  years ago, so it was strange having a meal in her
  old bedroom! As for Martin Kruger what stands
  out in my memory is you getting into trouble for
  shouting Vrystaat in the double-decker bus on
  the way to the Boet Erasmus stadium to watch the
  Boks thrash the Wallabies in 1963. As for me, a
  quick précis is that I did a degree at
  Stellenbosch, then did a CA, took Tony Perrys
  place in the accounting practice with James
  Brandt (he might still be Honorary Auditor of the
  Old Boys Union Peter Martin Caveman Kretzmann
  were other old boys employed by us at the time),
  was Vice-President of the Old Boys Union for a
  while (Gav Reid was President, Roy Simpson was
  Head master), helped give the Clubhouse its first
  coat of paint, did not like PWs Rubicon speech
  so emigrated to Australia with my 2nd wife and
  our kids in 1986, where we now have 4 grandsons.
  We have been in Papua New Guinea for 3 years and
  will be returning to Brisbane next month have
  had enough of 3rd world countries (you think SA
  has a security problem?) Now that I have some
  addresses I will try and find time on my next
  visit to see if a couple of us can recognize each
  other. If you hear of any of the 66 class (Kevin
  Heany?) planning to arrange a reunion in 2006
  please pass my name on. Regards Howson Gush
  Financial Controller, Prosec Security
  Communications Ltd

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Afrikaans Lesson no 1

• WIE
• DOEN
• WAT
• WANNEER
• HOE
• WAAR
• OM TE

97 --- 100 You get an A, Sir.
Author E Hobbs 1964
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Letter from Jan du Plessis

• Dear fellow Graemians
• Who would have thought that 40 years after matric
  most of us have managed to survive and even
  thrive? To me, my youth was idyllic and
  especially the time at Graeme. All the eccentric
  people I met still live on. Stompie Kinghorns
  steel-studded shoe steps echo in my mind. The
  match when the Grahamstown schools rugby team,
  who did not include one Craven week EP member,
  defeated the EP Craven week team is still a story
  I love to tell. What a day that was with each
  player a hero. When I hear the song about making
  those blue jeans talk I always think of the
  ladies of the teachers training college rank
  swaying past in their blue jeans. I remember
  Dentons famous He must have rocks in his head
  remark! for which he was martyred.
• Our family is deeply grateful for the acceptance
  we found as Afrikaners at Graeme, although Royden
  always said I had been thoroughly detribalized.
• The education we had was second to none. I have
  been privileged to work in the Middle East with
  specialists from the US, UK and many European
  countries. Although I do not want to promote
  myself, my education for which the foundation was
  laid at Graeme was never inferior and I could
  deal with them as equals and sometimes as more
  than equal. My general knowledge and basic level
  of education often astonished them.
• When I came to choose schools for my own
  children, I had to consider what factors were
  important in a school. I realized how fortunate
  we were. We had so many dedicated teachers who
  were professional teachers and willing to go the
  extra mile. Mr. Hobbs who is at this reunion was
  certainly one of them. Baie groete Mnr Hobbs en
  baie dankie We had a disciplined environment.
  Today drugs, thuggery or worse seems almost to
  have become the norm. This interferes with
  learning as the teaching staff have to waste
  their time on all these problems to the detriment
  of learning. In our day the worst crime was
  smoking the odd cigarette. Respect for authority
  was a rule at Graeme but this is also a
  disappearing attribute in our world. The
  integration of sport into education was a proud
  facet of a Graemian education which is being
  discovered to be important because of the
  epidemic of obesity in children in the West. The
  Graeme we attended had all these good
  characteristics and I hope the new school has
  continued the tradition.
• I am sorry that I cannot be there. I hope the
  reunion is a success and I wish each of you
  health and happiness till the next reunion. I
  envy you recounting all the old stories and the
  fun. I especially will miss seeing Royden with
  whom I share many memories after leaving school.
  Lastly a warning. Please do not believe all
  Chapmans stories!
• Till we meet again
• May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
• Riyadh

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Sincere thanks

• To everybody who made it back to Grahamstown from
  1964 to March 2004.
• To Glad Morton who ensured that our respected
  teacher, associate and, may we now say, friend
  and peerMr. ERNIE HOBBS is able to join us.
  Dankie Meneer.
• To Don Munday, our teacher and respected friend,
  a great thank you.

See you all in 2044