Saint George’s Home for Boys 1915 – 1991

Recent SGH news:

1924 - 2010

• Father Norman “Bee Bop” Clayton, SGH Chaplain, dies on September 7th 2010
• George Harold van Pletzen, Crawford Housemaster 1970-72, dies on July 21st 2010
• Frank Barry Kruger says “Hi”
• Eddie “Burty” Lancaster (’51-’62) writes in
• Heather McHolm checks in
• “DC” Dudley Claude Pringle  (50s) writes on the Sword of St. George
• David “Tubby” Laughton passes May 2009 at 72
• João “Joey” Simoes writes of life in Simpson House in the late 70′s
• Peter De Reuck remembers the old Victorian Tuck Shop at SGH
• Lance Japhet, Chairman of SGH in the late 70′s up to closure in the 90′s, dies
• Ed Colyn writes on  Umtentweni, aeroplane “props” and catty fights.
• Leslie DuPlessis (60′s) remembers life in Beaton and Spackman Houses
• Thomas Bainbridge (53-59) tells of his recent tea with Canon Eric Richardson
• Percy Maree (57-60 Beaton / Spackman House) writes in from Australia remembering Umtentwini
  
• Jeffrey Rendulic / Hackett (65-69 Simpson House) checks in
• Steve Towse, Project Volunteer 76-77, invites emails for Fr. Norman Clayton
• SGH Website finds a home on Facebook
• Old Boys wax poetic — to great effect
• Jaycee Milner (84-88 Beaton House) joins the conversation
  
• Marc Wastie shares photos from the seventies
  
• Mike Dollman contributes “Study Camp” photos from the sixties
  
• “DC” Dudley Claude Pringle remembers “Goggies” in the late 50′s
  
• Canon Eric Richardson turns 95
• Brian Gannon meets with Eric Richardson in Cape Town
• Fr. Norman “Bee Bop” Clayton found alive and well at 84 by John O’Neill . . .
• Vanessa Hurlimann (nee Finlay) remembers the “Big Walk” of 1972
  

SGH “Parade Ground”: 2007

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Photo Album

SGH Old Boys pay tribute to Fr. Norman Clayton

Canon Eric Richardson

Errol Peace, Jonah Herbst and Fr Eric Richardson at Ken McHolms’ funeral

George Adams Charlie Cooper and one of the Hendriks twins at Ken McHolm’s funeral

Heather McHolm and her husband at her father’s funeral

Ronald Brown

Dave McHolm at Ken’s funeral

1961 – DuPlessis brothers: Leslie, André

Beaton House: Early 60′s

Martin DuPlessis, circa 1969

Ken McHolm and George Adams

SGH Old Boys pay tribute to Fr. Norman Clayton

Archbishop Desmond and Leah Tutu pay tribute to Fr. Norman Clayton

The Rev. Canon Eric Richardson

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To contribute photographs to this album, please send scanned jpeg images to bvpr@mac.com together with a description of the people and places in the images

SGH in the 40′s: John Charles Longworth remembered

Erica van der Werff, sister of John Charles Longworth (SGH 1947), shares these photographs:

SGH Boxing Team and Choir: 1947

SGH Bugle Band: 1947

Jeppe High School Form 1A: 1947

Photo Tour: Saint George’s in 2007

Here are some recent photographs of the campus as it appeared in 2007. Click on individual photos to see a larger image or leave comments.  Corrections and clarifications welcome.

Morgan Ellis, Headmaster Bishop Bavin

Crawford House

Stage

Connaught Plaque – 1920

St. George’s Close

Chapel Sanctuary

Parade Ground and Tower

Dining Room door

Saint George’s Chapel

Smuts House corridor

Smuts House dorm

Smuts House

View to Crawford House

Dining Room interior

Herbert Baker Tower

Old Sick Bay

Spackman House

Spackman House

DIning Room exterior

Kitchen

Staff Dining Room

Dining Room

Modern classrooms

Dining Room

Morgan Ellis and Blane van Pletzen-Rands

Bell Tower

Headmaster’s Office

Desmond Tutu

Single room, Crawford

Corridor, Crawford

Stairwell, Crawford

Dorms, Crawford

Housemaster’s office, Crawford

Blane and Linda

Crawford House entrance

Blane and Linda, Crawford House

Playing fields and stand

Horse Stables

Simpson House

Spackman House

Tower from the Close

Corridor

Workshop

Workshop and Garages

Old library

“Bee Bop” Clayton’s flat

Gymnasium

Swimming Pool

Spackman

Library

Parade Ground

Tower entrance

1920 Memorial

Swimming Pool

Beaton House

Crawford House Mother

Herbert Baker Complex

Crawford smoker’s room

Crawford Common Room

Horse paddock and barn

Eric Richardson classroom

Playing Fields

Crawford House

The Close

Beaton and Spackman

Crawford House exterior

Dining Hall

Beaton and Spackman Houses

Norm Clayton meet Morgan Ellis

SGH Refectory

SGH Dining Room, Staff

1920 Memorial

Corridor, Herbert Baker complex

SGH on Facebook

To visit or join St. George’s Home for Boys Facebook Community, hosted and maintained by John Rossouw, please follow this link or use this url:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19578212103