This week’s edition of “A View of The Close” by the Headmaster Mr Simon Fisher, which can be viewed in full, by following the link button below. FROM THE HEADMASTER'S DESK Definitely the highlight of the term so far for me. This morning I heard Annabelle, Tessa and Margo deliver speeches they have written on ...
The College Returns from Poltimore – Summer 1945
On the 5th October 1945, the College started its first term back in Dover, after the military had left, having occupied the grounds of Dover College during the Second World War. However, before the College could return from Poltimore, there was a lot of preparation required to enable the College to reopen at the beginning ...
ODGS Win “The Douglas Jervis Old Boys Golf Trophy” at Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club – 1st October 2020
MATCH REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL TRIANGULAR MATCH, BETWEEN THE OLD ST LAWRENTIANS, OLD KINGS CANTERBURY, AND OLD DOVORIAN GOLF SOCIETY AT ROYAL ASHDOWN FOREST GOLF CLUB ON THURSDAY 1st OCTOBER 2020 A significant victory came our way on Thursday 1st October at the lovely Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club, a few miles south east of ...
Old Dovorian Golf Society Match Report, Played at Tadridge Golf Course, 23rd September 2020
ODGS AT TANDRIDGE GOLF COURSE, SURREY: WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2020 A very select group of seven ODs arrived at midday at Tandridge golf course for a very decent lunch and then some golf. However, during lunch we watched some heavy rain showers but we had planned that it would stop as soon as we arrived ...
Erick Chitty – English stage, film and television actor – Famous OD’s Profile
Erik Chitty (b 8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent – d 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex, aged 70), Erick Chitty was an English stage, film and television actor. From 1937 - 1977 Early life Eric Chitty was the son of a flour miller, Frederick Walter Chitty and his wife Ethel Elsie Assistance née Franklin; they ...
A View Of The Close – 25th Sept 2020
This week’s edition of “A View of The Close” by the Headmaster Mr Simon Fisher, which can be viewed in full, by following the link button below. FROM THE HEADMASTER’S DESK This week we have seen the seasons change before our eyes. The beautiful sunshine we enjoyed on Monday and Tuesday feels long gone. With ...
A View of The Close – 18th Sept 2020
This weeks edition of "A View Of The Close" by the Headmaster Mr Simon Fisher, which can be viewed in full, by following the link button below. FROM THE HEADMASTER’S DESK As we come to the end of the second week of term, I remain extremely proud of the way pupils have adhered to the ...
Ysenda Maxtone Graham – Author – Famous OD’s Profile
Ysenda Maxtone - Graham D75 - 78. Sharing a dormitory in Duckworth House with Paromita Sanatani, Karen Davies and Helen Nickalls, I started at Dover College aged 12 in 1975. Tins of talcum powder from Woolworth’s crowded our dressing tables. Mrs Tuckwell was our bracing housemistress. Hockey five times a week; ankles whacked, fingers frozen, ...
OD’s who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War – Remembered
Richard Pye, Leamington 1955 -58, when visiting friends in Leper (Ypres) visited St George’s memorial Chapel several times. Richard was always disappointed that there was no plaque commemorating those Old Dovorians who died during the First World War. As a result, Richard enquired about placing a plaque in the chapel, but was advised that space ...
Dr Edward Darmandy. MRCS, FRCP – Famous OD’s Profile
This weeks famous Old Dovorian to feature in our current series is Dr Edward Michael Darmady, b 3rd October 1906 - d 9th February 1989 Dr Edward Darmady was at the College in Priory House from 1915 – 1920, he was head of house and a member of the College Rugby XV and Boxing teams, ...
