OB Club Annual Dinner

Friday 21st November 2014

The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE

Reception Drinks 7pm
Dinner 8pm

Black Tie

All Old Bedfordians are invited to this year's OB Club Annual Dinner, on Friday 21st November 2014. This year the event is being held in the Edward Lumley Hall at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. The new Head Master James Hodgson will be in attendance at what will be his first major event with the OB Club.

Attend as an individual, with your partner or why not get a group of your school friends together? Last year we had nearly 200 attendees of all ages including current and former staff. See photographs of last year's Dinner. Enjoy welcome drinks and a delicious three course meal (plus complimentary half bottle of wine) whilst catching up with friends.

You may be interested in arriving early to take a look at the Hunterian Museum, located in the same building - a fascinating collection of thousands of anatomical specimens and surgical instruments. Note, the Museum closes at 5pm.

The President of the Old Bedfordians Club, Sandy Gray (59-64) and Chairman, Ollie Slack (83-93) are delighted to announce that Lord Taylor of Holbeach (57-61) has agreed to be our guest speaker.  

Lord Taylor entered the House of Lords in 2006, having been made a Conservative life peer as Baron Taylor of Holbeach, of South Holland in the County of Lincolnshire. Lord Taylor entered the House of Lords in 2006, having been made a Conservative life peer as Baron Taylor of Holbeach, of South Holland in the County of Lincolnshire.

Between 2006 and 2010, he held several opposition spokesperson positions. From the 2010 election to 2011, he was Government Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, DECC and DWP. He then served as Parliamentary Under Secretary for Resource Management, the Local Environment and Environmental Science in Defra from 2011 to 2012 and as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information at the Home Office from 2012 to 2014. As you may have seen in previous OB Club communication, in early August of this year he was appointed to the position of Chief Whip, House of Lords (Captain of the Honourable Company of Gentlemen-at-Arms).Lord Taylor was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992 for political service and served as Chairman of the National Conservative Convention from 2000 to 2003.

Tickets

Tickets to the Dinner are £75 per person, for Old Bedfordians and their partners. Tickets for Old Bedfordians under the age of 25 are £40.

Subscribing Members (Old Bedfordians who contribute an annual subscription of £25 per year) get a £20 discount on the price of their ticket, so their ticket price is £55. (Their partner pays the full rate of £75pp). Click here to become a Subscribing Member to take advantage of this generous discount and receive other benefits including unlimited access to the Bedford School Heritage website, an online archive containing Ousels back to 1876.

Tickets can be booked online below (there are no booking fees). If you would prefer to book using another method, please complete and return this reply slip to Old Bedfordians Club, Bedford School, De Parys Avenue, Bedford MK40 2TU. Either enclose a cheque made payable to The Harpur Trust, or make an electonic transfer using the bank details in the reply slip.

Accommodation

If you will require overnight accommodation, click here for a list of local hotels and preferential rates.

Sponsorship

If you are interested in sponsoring a part of the Annual Dinner and would like to discuss the opportunities available, please contact Richard Garrett, Director of the Old Bedfordians Club, on rgarrett@bedfordschool.org.uk or 01234 362255.

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Attendees

As at 11/11/2014

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