Old Thorntonians Association (CLAPHAM)
Henry Thornton School, Clapham, South London
Old Thorntonians Association (CLAPHAM)
Henry Thornton School, Clapham, South London
Fourteen OTs attended the last annual reunion, held at The Windmill, Clapham, on 7 November 2023.
The date of this year's event is Tuesday 1 October. Ted Hayward has issued the usual guidance note all OTs for whom he has contact details, and primarly for the benefit of those planning to attend, with or without lunch.. (A reminder that the annual reunions are open to all OTs, whether or not they are Association members. )
September 2024:: Lambeth Council received an application from developers to demolish both Lambeth College (which fronts South Side) and - possibly at a later date - Elms Academy, in nearby Elms Road, to provide mainly additional housing in a series of tower blocks across both sites. As OTs may be aware, both the College and the Academy house various HTS-related memorabilia on wall-mounted display, including pupil honours boards spanning the years 1918 to 1963; the memorial to former pupils who lost their lives during the Second World War; and the school crest. The Association's Management Committee is naturally anxious that these historic items should continue to be carefully preserved and remain available for OTs to view on the Clapham site. One option favoured by the Committee is to transfer the College-based collection to Elms Academy, subject to prior agreement with the Academy Principal. UPDATE: the Council's Planning Committee approved the developers' proposals at its meeting in February 2024. Any further significant developments since that decision was taken will be reported here.
Did you join the school in 1955 or 1958? If so, head down the page and click on the Cohorts site link for more details.
Association tie: a limited supply is still available for purchase by all OTs; the price, including postage, is £15. Please contact Ted Hayward, using the website contact form, if you're interested. An image of the tie is displayed in the Miscellaneous gallery - in the second row from the top - which is accessed by clicking on Memorabilia.
Do you know of any OTs living outside the UK (whether or not they're likely to want to join the Association)? If so, use the same form to pass this information on to Ted, , with their prior consent.
Annual subscriptions 2023-4: a reminder to members that at the last AGM on 30 March it was agreed to reinstate subscriptions, effective from 1.4.23, at the original 2006 rates of £10 for Full and £6 for Associate membership. Further details, including the reasons for this decision and alternative methods of payment, were given in the Secretary's email of 1 April 2023. Many thanks to those OTs who have already paid (names and years shown on the Current Members pasge).
Newsletters
A reminder that the Newsletters page is available for viewing by OTs and all other visitors to the site.
Links
The following sites may also be of interest.
Old Thorntonians Football Club (Founded in 1928 and still going strong)
Amateur Football Combination (For OTFC 1st XI fixtures and tables, go to Inter South column and click on Inter South; for 2nd XI go to column 5.South West, and 6.South West for the 3rd XI)
Lambeth College (South Side, Clapham Common)
Lambeth Academy (Occupies site of the 1929 HTS building off Elms Road; now renamed Elms Academy
Clapham Society (Registered charity actively involved in a wide range of local issues, including planning and conservation)
Landmark.lambeth.gov.uk (Lambeth Council's archives site, with 7000+ photographs of local buildings etc, including a few of HTS and others, such as Holy Trinity Church)
The Windmill on the Common (Current venue for reunions and other Association meetings)
The Old Cicestrians - representing former pupils and staff of Chichester High School for Boys
HTScohorts.uk website - website representing those who joined HTS in 1955 and 1958.
