NEWS
Old Fincunians Membership
The Old Fincunians membership year runs from September 1st. The annual fee is a mere £5 - and what does that buy you these days?
Your kind assistance in sending your renewal subscriptions promptly will be very much appreciated. There is now the facility to pay by Standing Order for those of us who have a tendency to forget such things. Contact details are in Scimitar, or email the webmaster for further details.
17 March 2011
REUNION 2012
A reunion is planned for Saturday 15 September 2012. All former pupils and staff are welcome to attend. Invitations will go to all known email and postal addresses. Anyone not currently a member of the OFA is invited to make contact through this website in order that we may keep you updated with details about the reunion. This notification is well in advance as we are aware that many ex pupils are also expats and may wish to arrange a trip to the UK to coincide with the date of the reunion.
Date: Saturday 15 Sep 2012 Time: 13:30-19:30
Venue: Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, Summers Lane, Finchley, London, N12 0PD
18 February 2011
The following depiction of the old school, dated circa 1915, was discovered on the website of the Friern Barnet & District Local History Society. It is reproduced by kind permission of their Chairman David Berguer. This and many photographs of local interest can be found here:
Friern Barnet & District Local History Society Photo Gallery
They also welcome contributions of any historical photographs or drawings of the local area.
Reproduced by courtesy of Friern Barnet & District Local History Society
13 February 2011
Further to a previous post at the bottom of this page, Lee Partis has since departed from the music industry to fulfill a long held ambition. His new website is here: Lee Partis. Quite a change of career! Best wishes Lee.
20 September 2008
The 2008 reunion was held on Saturday 20th September. Photographs may be viewed here: 2008 Reunion
September 25th 2005
Following on from information and comments from (Derek) John Archer (1952/59) in issue 149 of Scimitar and Les Sharp's response, we are delighted to include this link to John's Picasa website where you will find some long school photographs. It is extremely time consuming to scan these photographs, so on behalf of all former FCS pupils, we thank John for his efforts. If any other websites have FCS photographs, we will of course be delighted to include links on the website.
September 24th 2005
Synopsis of email received from Les Sharp, editor of Scimitar, on 23rd September:
"Soon you will have received the latest edition of Scimitar and you will learn that the New War Memorial is in place in the perimeter wall of the Old School. On Friday 11 November 2005 at 11 am the traditional 2 minutes silence will be observed, the exhortation will be spoken, and the Association wreath will be laid. Everyone is invited."
The following news came too late for inclusion in Scimitar:
"Additionally the opportunity is being taken to dedicate the new memorial with a few words from our own Rev Brian Cross.
Also Barratt's have invited us all to a reception with drinks and canapés on the site. The site will be opened up for us to inspect. Barratt's also plan to move the Old School foundation stone from its present resting place at Avenue House, and place it on the site in a small peaceful garden. The stone should be in its new position by 11 November 2005. The Mayor of Finchley will attend to participate."
January 27th 2004
John Keogh ('69-'71) has been keeping a photographic record of the demolition of the old school building. You can view it here.
December 16th 2003
Received today from Les Sharp, Editor of Scimitar:
I have just heard the sad news that Leslie Victor Collins (1947/51) died of a heart attack on 15 December 2003 at his home in Australia. He died peacefully sitting in his lounge chair watching TV. Anyone wishing to know more details can contact me.
September 9th 2003
The second of the long school photographs has now been added. If you were at FCS in March 1965, you may wish to click here. More will follow in due course. If you'd like your year photograph added and have a copy to loan us, please contact the webmaster.
September 6th 2003
"FINAL" REUNION
THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED LATER THIS YEAR
The final reunion at the Old School Building was held on Saturday 6th September 2003. Those present gave a rousing rendition of 'Away with Care...' at 3pm. The whole day really was an event to remember, with an attendance of some 380 former pupils. This was roughly the same as the number of pupils attending the school at any one time, and equates to approximately one in ten of all pupils who attended the school between the early 1900's and the 1970's. A splendid achievement, and a credit to the hard working (and unpaid) officials of the Old Fincunians' Association. Those of us who were there were thinking of those who were unable to attend but were there in spirit!
Photographs of the day are here: 2003 Reunion. If you have any of your own, please do e-mail them for inclusion. If you wish to discuss before sending, or if they are not in digital format, please contact the webmaster for snail mail address.
July 25th 2003
Received today from Les Sharp, Editor of Scimitar:
I have just heard that Peter Bond (1953/60) died of a heart attack last week whilst out walking his dog. He was 61. Is there anyone out there knows enough about Peter to write me a short obituary for publication in the next Scimitar ? (Not due out until March 2004).
June 25th 2002
We've started on the 'Long School Photographs'
June 24th 2002
New Year Group pages added. If your year group does not yet feature, why not dig deep into your archives (physical or mental!) and send whatever you find to The Webmaster for inclusion?
For those who remember Lee Partis... you may be interested to visit www.oysterband.co.uk (Please also see update above, 13 February 2011)
