www.oldyorkist.com
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The Duke of York School in Nairobi, Kenya (in more recent times known as Lenana School) was founded in January 1949. This page will be of interest to Old Yorkists and Maroons - the term used to describe former students after the name changed ( I'm grateful to John Kariuki for putting me right about the term "changerians" which is , he says, a slang term coined by Kenya High girls!!)
The Where Are They Now sections of the site are updated at least monthly (the date at the bottom of this first page does not always reflect this). In an effort to counteract the spam web crawlers which seek out email addresses and send info automatically I have included the words ANTISPAM in all email addresses after the @ symbol. Please remove this word in order to obtain the correct email address.
This page was first developed in 1995 and from feedback received it is serving its main purpose- to put old boys and staff in touch with former students they have lost track of over the intervening years. Dave Lichtenstein, who assists me in compilation, and I have two major policies: 1. we regard our efforts as a service to past students and staff- no fee or subscription will be charged, so that access is always open to all and 2. no copyright policy is in place- you are free to download/ copy material as required. In return we would appreciate it if readers would refrain from putting to us commercial proposals involving the site.
Forthcoming Events and News
22 May 2012. Just back from our amazing three month road trip to Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Covered 17,000 kilometres in all but feel we have only scratched the surface of this great country. a fair amount of correspondence to catch up with, so please be patient!
General Announcements
Ronnie Andrews has been appointed to the Board of Governors of the school and also was elected as the Chairman of the Old Boys' Association. Congratulations, Ronnie - your strong record of support for the school in the past, together with your business acumen, will be very valuable assets and we wish you all the best in your endeavours to re-invigorate the Association. Other office bearers include: Vice Chairman Gichane Muraguri, Sec: Aj Adholla, Treasurer: Johnstone Gikandi.
For those who are not aware: Robin Crosher informs us that a DOY group exists on www.friendsreunited.co.uk. It has quite a few photos which are worth a scan for old times' sake.
There are also at least two Facebook pages, the first is the "Old Yorkists" open group page (thanks to Robin Swift for this info) and the second is the "Laibon" page. On a general note, the page "Kenyan Friends Reunited" has been up on Facebook for a while and has a huge number of members.
I was reminded by Robin Crosher of Malcolm McCrow's excellent web page which has a section (with lots of photos) on the Duke of York.
On a more sobering note I have to report the passing of another OY, Robin Tilney in Gaberone, where he lived for many years. Our sympathy goes to his wife Angela. Robin did not have an entry in the Where Are They Now section but I have include him now under 1959 leavers.
Older Items
The OY reunion at Taunton in UK was held in July 2010 and by all accounts was a great success. Congratulations to John Tucker and Ken Doig and many thanks for all the hard work you guys put in. Paul Tanner-Tremaine kindly emailed me details of how to access some online photos. Paste the following address into your browser:
He also sent me another web address where we can access some general photos of the school:
My email address is hillier@ANTISPAMiinet.net.au (see note above re. antispam)
This page is maintained by Andrew (Bill) Hillier. It was last
up-dated on 22 May 2012
