At Grey High School it was expected that all 500 boys were to participate in a spring and autumn sport. I loved all sports and participated in rugby, cricket, tennis, athletics, field hockey and was famous for my diving expertise! While I was reasonably talented in sporting activities, I was never good enough to make...Read More
Reading the short piece on “Ballroom Dancing” in the last edition of the Grey Newsletter brought back wonderful memories. As a matriculant in 1977, when it came to matters involving ‘the opposite sex’. I was painfully shy. In an attempt to combat this inadequacy, I was persuaded by friends to sign up for these “dance lessons”,...Read More
The Grey was a profound personal experience for me as a Way House boarder for the four years 1952 – 1955. The level of teaching stimulated my love for the sciences, and the benefit of sporting activities has remained with me ever since. The boarding house experience of the time was vastly different to that...Read More
Compiled by Peter Finnemore. Written by Alan Stapleton Grey High School will open a new chapter in the annals of the school’s 169-year history when the Music and Arts Centre is opened. A chapter, which will embody and personify the school’s motto of Tria Juncta in Uno – Three Joined in One…Body, Mind and Spirit....Read More
At the age of 14 years, I was in the 9th grade at Grey High School and I was standing in the gymnasium at the special meeting of all close to 90 boys who were in Noakes House, together with our representative teacher and some prefects. The teacher stood up and said, “Boys, the annual...Read More
It all started with Polly van der Mescht’s English Lit Classes during Standards 9 &10 in 1972 and 1973. Here we were given to read Wilfred Owen’s war poems, set sections from Cry the Beloved Country for critical analysis, and discussed Koosie en sy Cadillac from Die Huisgenoot which had been pinned to the back...Read More
This is an invitation from the 10D woodworkers of 1967 that was given to staff for dinner at the Beach Hotel. The invitation was received when teachers went to wish them well before their final exams. They would not allow us to pay for anything and a great evening was had by all! The woodworkers were:...Read More
I have been presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in the 400km Iconic Challenge Charity Run & was selected as 1 of 12 South African ultramarathon runners to participate in the Run. The Iconic Challenge is a 8-day charity run taking place in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa from 14 July to 21...Read More
Three words welcome one when visiting the Grey High School website: Tradition, Excellence, Opportunity. At the end of 1974, I was one of almost a hundred 17- and 18-year-old young men leaving Grey High School and venturing out into a largely unknown and uncertain world. Many of us had the next few years mapped out,...Read More
