by Malcolm Williams (left 1960)
“The Forum Presents” is mentioned twice on the “News of Old Boys”, once by Malcolm Williams (left 1960) and once by David Green (left 1953). How many versions of the Forum Presents were there?
Malcolm Williams has responded very quickly:
Thank you for forwarding the note from David Green. The sixth-form entertainment was revived in either 1958 or 1959. I am not too sure of the date now. I remember taking part in a sketch about Speech Day which involved us all taking on the idiosyncracies of various masters. We did ask if we could borrow their gowns but this request was refused. Nonetheless we still took them from the common room before the show and returned them afterwards.
There was another show just before Easter in 1960, the highlight of which was a ballet sketch to music from The Nutcracker. This had to be encored every night. I myself took part in a performance of the last part of Sophocles’ play, Oedipus Rex, which I was studying for A level and by sheer coincidence that part of the play formed part of the exam later.
“Der Forum” band of 1954
David Cooper writes: Memory plays tricks. My initial list of members of the band bears little resemblance to the list I discovered in a photo album in the attic recently.
The “Group” consisted of Brain Moores, “Jos” Jocelyn, Ron Tapping, Gerry Jenkins, Bill Beckett, Phil Gammage, Derek Heape and Pat Willis (conductor).