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Haileyburiana is a miscellany of things I got up to as President of the Haileybury Society in 2010 - 2011 and random musings on things to do with Haileybury. Whether you are an OH, a current pupil or parent, a teacher or other friend of the school I hope you will find something interesting here. The blog is no longer regularly updated, but there may still be occasional posts.

Friday, December 31, 2010

New Year's Eve

The year turns once more. There is a lot planned for 2011. The Society website has a calendar here. There are to be events in Bath, Exeter, Cambridge, Oxford, Haileybury, London, and at the National Memorial Arboretum in the first few months of the year.

The extraordinary diary of Geoffrey Burnaby (BF 1908) arose as the result of a bet between two brothers, when John (BF 1905) bet his brother 6d that he could not keep a diary every day for a year. Geoffrey produced a note and often a drawing for the whole of 1912. It was published in facsimile in 1994. A bit like an early 20th century blog. Though I would not have won my 6d as I do not manage a post every day!

Here is the entry for new year's eve 1912.

Happy New Year to one and all.

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