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New in June 2005
We now have our very own Blog. In future new additions to the site will be listed on the Blog.
In addition news and events can be posted there. Members can also add their comments. Its easy to register.
The first message is about Race Day - should be a good day out.
New in March 2005
The Scots in London events and news have been moved to new pages.
Scots in London Events
About Scots in London - what we do
Scots in London - photos from previous events
We have also moved our old events to Past Events to make room for recent and upcoming events on our Events Page.
New in February 2005
 The Club's Annual Dinner has now been set for the 2005 Annual Dinner of The Royal High School Club in London. It is scheduled to take place on Friday 18th March 2005 at The Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn Street, Mayfair. The event will feature Chris Craig RHS 1991 on the pipes again and the RHSCL/Scotland's own Answer to the X-factor, singer/songwriter/pianist, Emma-Jane Thommen RHS 1997. more...
Al Mitchell dominates our top ten most popular pages this month with his World Tour and related photographs.
"Bauchle", "Keelie", "Wallie close", "Be a gone corbie". If you don't know what these words mean try Parliamo Scots? just one of the new links on our "Scots Sites" page, and don't neglect FP Rosie Kaye's own website featured on our School and FP links.
Our Where are they Now page has a new photo of a Birthday Party from around 1951. Do you know the boy with the knife?
New in November 2004
"I had hardly passed an exam since 1963. Year after year the school sent back the reports showing me with 20% for German or 32% for physics and clearly marooned in the relegation zone. And it got steadily worse. Surely my parents could have sued the school..."
Continuing his Through Rose Tinted Spectacles, Robert Dunnett (RHS 1963 to 1969), presents the long awaited third (and final?) part, which forms part of our 'Happy Days' section, covering the sixties. If you haven't already read them, Part 1 and Part 2 are also on the site following on from George Kerr's view of the 1959 to 65 period at the school.
This month's Wine and Cheese party at the Fleming Collection was a great success, hopefully a photo from the event will be added shortly.
New in October 2004
Check out the 10 most popular pages on the site plus the Editor's choice page in Top Ten RHSCL Pages
Read about life in the Royal High in the 1950's. Kids today don't know how lucky they are. Not only was school horrid, but there were no computer games, no mobiles, no internet, TV in black and white, no Shrek.. Little wonder TV is full of grumpy old men now!
Annual Wine & Cheese
The Royal High School Club in London’s 2004 Wine & Cheese party will be held on Monday 15th November from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Fleming Gallery, 13 Berkeley St, Mayfair (just around the corner from Green Park station).
New photos, including Tash's 30th Birthday Bash Elvis Tribute, in 'Stagger' and a new Latest Photos page to link to all the recent photos from Scots in London, Stagger, and RHSCL events.
New in September 2004
Latest club Newsletter is now available as a web page on the site.
Westy's Stag weekend is on the site now along with Eddie's and Cursey's exploits in the 'Stagger' section.
New in July 2004
Honest Al is now organising a Race Night at Kempton Park, on Wednesday 28th July, this will be open to all RHS FP's, not just club members, and promises to be a fun evening.
Click here for details.
The site gets a makeover
After two years, the site is overdue for a makeover. Will is working through the pages applying the new colour scheme and style.
New in May 2004
Where are you now, you sturdy lads, and how has life treated you?
Al Senter writes about his former rugger team mates in Where Are They Now.
New in April 2004
Photos of the latest Scots in London drinks at the RSC.
If you can make it to Birmingham on May 11th go to Rosie Kaye's Asylum
The links page has been updated. Check out the sites especially the Edinburgh Photo site.
London Club Annual Dinner
Friday 19th March 2004
The 2004 Annual Dinner was held at Le Meridien RUSSELL Hotel, Russell Square, WC1B
Photos and details on the News and Events page.
Edinburgh Club Annual Dinner
Friday 12th March 2004
The 2004 Annual Dinner of The Royal High School Club (Edinburgh) will be held on Friday 12 March at The Roxburghe Hotel,Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.
Full details on the News and Events page.
New Portal for Royal High School Sites
14th February 2004
A new portal to enter all the Royal High School Web sites. Click here to view
Scots in London Quarterly Drinks - Program for 2004
Dates for 2004 Quarterly Drinks of The Royal High School club in London / "Scots in London" are as follows:
Wednesday 7th January
Wenesday 7th April
Wednesday 7th July
Wedneday 6th October.
The evenings will commence around 6.30pm. Full details will be circulated nearer the time and will also appear on www.royalhighlondon.org.uk , under the new "Scots in London" section on the right-hand side. Provisionally, the Hogshead, 26 Throgmorton Street, by the Stock Exchange, London, EC2 will be the venue, but please check website for details.
19 November 2004
Annual Buffet
This year's
RHSCL Buffet will be held as usual at the Royal Scottish Corporation
in Covent Garden.
15 November 2003
11 November 2003
Download the latest club Newsletter for
November 2003 Zipped Word format (size 38Kb).
Also, Committee details brought up to date, About and What We Do pages updated.
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November 2003
Saint
Andrews Day Foursomes
In
the third year of this event, the Scottish Exiles at Royal Mid-Surrey
again invite you to join them for a joyous celebration of the Patron
Saint of Scotland and of golf.
4 July 2003
 Photos of the school from the 1925 Prospectus added to the Photo Gallery. Click on the Gallery to see all the photos and old documents.
Quarterly Drinks Q2 2003: Wed 2 July 2003
 The Scottish Schools Quarterly Drinks Evening was held on Wednesday 2 July 2003 at The Hogshead, 26 Throgmorton Street, London, EC2N, next to the Stock Exchange (Bank Tube Station). There was a free buffet and a reserved area.
more... .
Reunion for - 6 September 2003
A Reunion being is being planned for The Class of 1993 due to take place on the 6th September. Those
interested should contact Ashleigh Baldwin
Travel 5 May 2003
Cheeky pic of Al and the Pilchards at pre SARS Raffles.
Gallery Update - April 2003
Cast, review and program for the play 'Just the
Job' produced by Charles McAra in 1950.
News 24 April 2003
Committee Changes: Two Members
Step Down and New Golf Captain Appointed, April 2003
Gallery Update - April 2003
Cast, review and program for the play 'Just the
Job' produced by Charles McAra in 1950.
News 20 March 2003
Our parent club, the Royal High School Club have just launched a website with even more photos and news of the old and new schools.
News 12 February 2003
Sports New:- A Trophy for the 1st XV
20 March 2003 Where are they now?
RHS 111a Junior (1922). Can you help?
Fri 14 / 21 March 2003
Our Annual Dinner at Le Meridien Russell Hotel, London.
Not to be missed
more...
or if you'd rather go to Edinburgh, our parent club's dinner is the week before on the 14th of March, at the Roxburghe Hotel more... .
4 March 2003 Happy Days
New info on Penob and Pongo
24 February 2003
Ed's Stag Weekend Our Club Secretary, Eddie Tait staggered over to Dublin for pre wedding celebrations. 7 other RHS FP's participated in this memorable event-
Paul Cursiter 1991 RHSCL
Chris Craig 1991 RHSCL
Dougie Robb 1991 RHSCL
Douglas Glynn 1990
Ewen Murray 1991
Keith Hill 1991
8 February 2003
The Dungeons at Regent Road are pictured in all their glory. If you wish to share any memories of what you got up to there or any of the other less public parts of the old or new schools, please send them to Will Dunnett.
Charismatic English master Hector McIver produced a play based on a true story about a shooting at the High School. more..
20 January 2003
As you will remember Sandy Forsyth died this summer. His family have
produced a book of his poems to raise money for cancer research. Payment
by donation - copies can be obtained from Tom Bacciarelli (PT English) at the school..
25th January 2003
The Burns Club of London invites you to attend The Annual Birthday Festival Dinner held in memory of
Robert Burns more... .
20 January 2003 Baillie Shot in the Heid
1948 School Play, the Authors of Mischief describes the shooting of a baillie during a school rebellion.Legendary English master Hector McIver was the producer.
20 January 2003
 The Photo Gallery / Archive has been updated with new photos and documents added. The school won Top of the Form in 1948. Read all about it by clicking on the photo on the Gallery. Extra photos have now been added to this page including a shot of Hector McIver and Dr Imrie with the victorious team at the City Chambers 
Ian George penned his thoughts on the move to Barnton in 1968, read on...
More pictures of the Regent Road school have been added to this page including the infamous dungeons.
We now have a class list for 1939 to go with George Scott's photo. Do you remember anyone on the list?
Also more musings on Bobo Aitken from Leslie Gage.
13th December 2002
Photos from the 2002 Annual Buffet and the Saint Andrews Day Foursomes (golf I believe) can now be viewed. See Events page for further details.
11th December 2002
A response button added to the Home page to make it easy to join the mailing list. Try it out here:-
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11th December 2002
A drop down list box added to the Home Page to allow direct access to pages within the site. Select the page in the box, then click "Go To" button. Try it here-
7th December 2002
The sites of the school clubs which join us for the quarterly drinks have been added to the links pages. Also the London Scottish Rugby and Golf Clubs have now been added. more... .
Next
Event - Wed 4th December 2002
The next Quarterly Drinks Evening on Wednesday 4th December from 6.30-10pm in conjunction with Scottish (Edinburgh) Schools Clubs in London Drinks Evening in The Clachan, Kingly Street, Off Oxford Street. A strong turnout would be appreciated. more... .
Happy Days
30 November 2002
 Is Badger still a virgin? Check the latest photos in our Happy Days feature.
Travel
22 November 2002
Intrepid Al completes his world tour in Australia where he commits indiscrete acts in a Brisbane street with a cow (which turns out to be artificial), gets a free tour upgrade (how does he do it), and confronts his worst fears up The Gloucester Tree. Plus links to the Pilchards Gallery for the full story in photographic form
Annual Buffet on Wed 20 November
The Annual Buffet at The Royal Scottish Corporation,
37 King Street, Covent Garden, WC2E from 6.30 - 9pm. The evening is
always very enjoyable and well-attended. It is very reasonably priced
at £6 per person, which includes all food and drinks. New faces and
guests are always welcome more... .
Travel 14 November
2002
New photos added from India, Bangkok and Malaysia.
Al has reached Oz, but reports from India
where he dons a lungi and Thailand
where sexual confusion reigns. Caryn is abused in Fast Show style and
Al swims with the sharks. See the photo of the rude museum in China,
and photos of his trademark pilchards.
Moving Schools
19 November 2002
The move from the old school at Regent Road to the New School at Barnton is covered in our photo archive. If anyone has any thoughts or perhaps the inside story on why it was decided to shift the school 5 miles to the West without apparently a murmer of protest from anyone, I'd be happy to put them on the site.
October Newsletter
14 November 2002
October's newsletter has been incorporated into the Events page, or can be downloaded in Word format (zipped) from here.
It contains full details of the Annual Dinners to be held in March 2003 by the London Club and the Edinburgh Club. And now, previous newsletters back to January 2001 can be downloaded from the "Events" page.
The Ceilidh
31 October 2002
Saturday night's Ceilidh was superb - great dancing See the photos.
Fancy a Day at the Races? 01 October 2002
Read about
it on our News and Events page.
Club Photo Archive
22 September 2002
Photos and documents from the club archive. Constitution
from 1888 added.
Where are
they now? 10 Aug 2002
Were you at the Prep. School in 1938? Are you in the
photo? If so please send us an email.
Teacher's
Nicknames 5 Aug 2002
We've added
a mini biog for "Stanza", a photo of 40's History
master "Bobo Aitken", and revelations of
Badger's Virginity
Sandy Forsyth 20 July 2002
Sandy Forsyth, former Head of English (a.k.a. Dr. Forysth),
died in w/e 20 July 2002. He was known to many FP's and will be sadly
missed.
Royal Visit
29 June 2002
OK it was in 1958 but the Queen, like many of us, was
younger and prettier then.
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