Haydon School News..........We have received an email from Jeremy Isaacson, the current Head Boy of Haydon School. As some of you may know, we have several spies in Haydon who feed us nuggets of information too scurrilous to publish but none of them has been sharp enough to point out that the school now has five Houses.

Jeremy has kindly informed us that they are: Challenger, Endeavor, Discovery, Voyager, and Pioneer all named, apparently, after Mr Cahill's pipes.

Further information may be obtained from www.haydonschool.com.

Anyone from 1964?........We have received an email from Kurt Eckel who attended the school for two weeks in 1964 while staying with Martin Cooke. Kurt has sent us some photos from his visit which included a trip to the south coast and would like to hear from anyone who remembers him. Click here for the full email. If anyone has any stories contact the webmaster in the JCR.

French lessons.....Does anyone remember French lessons taking place in the sick room behind the stage? Apparently, at one time, a stunning brunette with a name like "Mai Mengelous" was involved. Can anyone shed any further light on this??

Renunion for SNOBS 1955-1965...Gerald Miller has reminded us of the annual lunch on Feb 8th at BA's Concorde Club, Heston. Gerald's contact details are on the message board.

Mrs V. Watson. Dr Watson's wife sadly passed away on 15th January 2003. I am sure we would all wish to send our deepest sympathies to Dr Watson and his family.

Alan Tisdall - SNOBmaster: English 1960 - 1991.

Alan retired in 1991 and moved to south Devon to live.  He enjoyed a very happy retirement until January 2001 when it was discovered that he had advanced renal cancer which, until that point, was symptomless. 

He had aggressive treatment but, unfortunately the cancer progressed rapidly.  He celebrated his birthday on 6 August and his 35th wedding anniversary on 13 August which he was determined to do.  He died on Monday 10th Septebmer 2001. 

  He is greatly missed by his wife, Nora and their four children, Katrina,  Aidan,  Olivia and  Michael. Nora keeps in touch with John Jefford (Mathematics) and Iden Coleman (Physics) who were at St Nicks in 1960's and 1970's.

There is a bench dedicated to Alan Tisdall in the azalea garden within Kew Gardens. Alan was born opposite Kew Gardens and spent a large part of his early life in the area.

Nora Tisdall

A great night was enjoyed by everyone who made it to the The 1980 reunion at Ruislip Golf Club. Click here to read more from your reporter at the scene Paul Maynard

No more heroes??: Information reaches SNOBs Towers that Jean Jacques Burnel, bass player in 70's punk band The Stranglers, was a pupil at St Nicks for two years from 1963 before moving elsewhere. In those days he went by the simpler moniker "John" Burnel and probably hadn't discovered his interest in rodents at that stage.

Reunion report: The recent reunion for the 5th of 1979 was enjoyed by all who attended. Click here for a report of the evening from SNOBS Special Reporter, Graham Wheal. Click here to see the pictures.

Staff list: The list showing the entire teaching staff over the lifetime of St. Nicks is now pretty well complete. This mammoth task required the detailed knowledge (and memory) of Dr Watson, assisted by his faithful scribe, John Hawley. We are grateful to both of them for their efforts. Click here to view the list.

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