It was announced that CH would admit up to sixty children a year for whom there would be no restriction of parental income. Protests followed.

A lavish Jubilee Entertainment celebrated the reigns of the two Elizabeths. The Band performed at Goodwood and Arundel (opening match of Australian tour). The Dance Band appeared at the Royal Festival Hall.

The cricket season belonged largely to captain Quentin Brown (La B) who over four years had taken 132 wickets for CH - an all-time record. Mark Lindfield (Pe A) was the leading run scorer. Colin Cowdrey and other heavyweights took on the First XI in an Invitation XI raised by coach Bob Clarke.

The tennis team under Russell Steel (Pe B) had its best ever season. Mark Lindsay Bayley (Col A) was a county class high hurdler. The shooting team excelled at Bisley.

Other events: computer group established; concert by ‘Savannah’ and the St Louis Jazzband; evening of short plays written by boys and staff.

The sum raised by the school community for the Appeal rose to £30,000.

In the Hertford oration, Head Girl Melanie Newbury reported the deaths of Miss Summers (4’s housemistress) and Mrs Nancy Smith, the first CHOG to become an Almoner. Appeal activities had included an Open Day, a pantomime and a production of The Rivals. Elizabeth Biddulph, Robin Engleheart and Helen Stewardson were en route to Oxbridge; Fiona Lumb would be the first female Organ Scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The Rev C Walker was retiring after twenty-five years as Chaplain.

A painting by Keith Vaughan (Pe A 21-29) was presented to CH in memory of the Hon David Roberts, former Head of History.

Among departing staff were Peter Matthews (after 37 years), Dickie Dawe (new head of Westminster Under School) and Olive Peto (‘she became, perhaps more than any other single person, an embodiment of what was best about the place’).

H K P Simpkins (Hertford & 3’s 1891-98) attended Old Blues’ Day - his first visit since he saw the Foundation Stone laid in 1897.

Michael Marland (Th A 44-53) was appointed CBE, John Whitehead (Col A 43-50) CMG (previous year) and Adrian Buxton (Mid B 36-43) Ambassador to Bolivia. David Taplin (La B 50-57) was elected Vice-President, International Congress of Fracture. Two of the three regular army units in Belfast were comanded by John Grey (La A 45-52) and Garry Johnson (Mid A 48-54). Wilson Stephens (Ba B 22-28) retired after 27 years as editor of The Field.

Deaths included Jack Hood-Phillips (Horsham Staff 20s, Almoner); Dorothy Roberts, long-serving CH Club administrator; A G Clarke (11’s, Col A 1900-04), veteran Blue contributor; and two Senior Grecians, P S Osborne (La A 21-27) of the Colonial Service and Ronnie Symons (Ma A 17-23) of the Indian Civil Service, Treasury and OECD.

Summer holidays: the Venture Scouts went to Skye, the Scouts to the Brecon Beacons and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards boys to the Western Highlands. Meanwhile Colin Davis (Th B 38-44) became the first Briton to conduct at Bayreuth.

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