Welcome to 2010
2010 Annual Report
The 121st annual Report is now available to read or download from the magazines page.
2010 Summer Reunion
Ayton School's Old Scholar Association's 2010 Summer Reunion will take place over the weekend of 26th/27th June. Those requiring tickets for meals should contact Louise Seniscal on her email address: loujfox@hotmail.com.
Alan Hewison, husband of the Association's next Editor, Linda, is looking for a golfing partner over the OS weekend. If anyone is free to give Alan a game, please contact him by email: hewinfrance@hotmail.co.uk, he would be most grateful.
Website update
For some time Dick had been planning to move the AOSA website to a new domain registered specially for it and as part of that move we had planned to update the look of the site to make it easier to navigate and to bring the code up to modern standards. As his friend and business partner I have taken over the task of completing this as I know it was something dear to Dick's heart and so the pages have now been moved and the process of modernising them is well under way. There are no changes to the original content, it is just being wrapped in a better navigation system.
A system to automatically redirect visitors from the old pages to the new ones has been installed but you should update your bookmarks to reflect the new URL: www.aytonoldscholars.org
There are over 1100 pages on this site so you will find some that still have the original look - these will be updated as quickly as I can work through them but please be patient as it will obviously take some time to complete. The forum and other interactive pages should work as before but if you do find any pages that are clearly broken (not just in the old format), or email links that still go to Dick, please let me know.
Richard John Dennis
We are very sorry to announce the death of our webmaster Dick Dennis, on 12th February 2010, in his beloved Hospice on the Isle of Man. Dick
had been in poor health for some years and in 2009 had surgery for
cancer of the oesophagus from which he never fully recovered.
The website is being looked after for the time being by Neil James, a friend of Dick's on the Island. We urgently need an old scholar willing to take over the task of editing and updating it (the cost of which will be covered by the Association.) If you are able to help, please contact me via gill-jackson@o2.co.uk
There's a tribute to RJD by Gill Jackson here...
The 2009 Annual Reunion, 27th/28th June.
A short report appears on a separate page.
To see photo and text reports on Reunions back to Millennium year, 2000, follow this link
Magazine
The AOSA 2009 Magazine - Annual Report for 2008 - is online, along with all Mags since the website first went online. Follow this link for Mags Contents page
School Orchestra
Were you a member of the School Orchestra in 1953? There is now a larger photo of the orchestra in full swing on a separate page. When you place your mouse pointer over the head of any one of the Orchestra, a box with a number will appear. If you know any of the names left blank the name can be added. Just e-mail giving the number and name(s) - (christian and family names please). These will be added to the popup box.
Jubilee History
The original Jubilee History of Ayton - 1841 to 1891 - written by George and Ralph Dixon, is now online.
Thirteen chapters describing the formation and running of Great Ayton School, as it was then known, in detail to delight any historian but also of great interest for Ayton old scholars curious about the early days of their School, and all the better for being written by the two men, father and son, who ran the School for all the years covered in this book.
A list of boys educated at the North of England Agricultural School is now online. The list of girls will follow soon.
A fascinating insight into education and the life of Ayton School in the 19th Century.
Bits:
- Want to see the Roseberry and Cook's panorama every day? The view is online
- You can now join AOSA here
- Notice Board and What's New? AOSA Committee names and addresses can be found in the Getting in Touch pages.
- Want to pay your Subscription by post or change to a Banker's Order? There is a printpage here for you.
Annual Report matters are dealt with by Gill Jackson - Hon. Editor at:editor@aytonoldscholars.org
For subscriptions and matters for the Treasurer's attention:treasurer@aytonoldscholars.org
and matters relating to AOSA members' records:records@aytonoldscholars.org