The Old Askean Association
The Hatcham Association Summer Reunion with
Afternoon Tea & Complimentary Glass of Bubbles.
Come and celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Foundation
of the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Schools Saturday 12th
July 2025 at 2.00pm
Haberdashers’ Hatcham College,
Jerningham Road SE14 5NY
Tour of Pepys’ Site at 12.30pm commencing from Jerningham Road
Around 30 Old Askeans plus guests gathered at the Clarendon Hotel for the Annual Association Lunch. This is the first time that we have used this venue, it proved to be a good one.
Those of us there had a good lunch plus convivial conversation with perhaps a glass or two of wine and a few pints of beer. President Steve Homewood welcomed us all with some well chosen words. As always at these events we were too busy having fun to take many photos. Here are a couple of the tables.
1890 Aske’s Hatcham School 53mm Silver Award Medal
Aske’s Hatcham School, New Cross. Obverse with coat of arms, reverse engraved
‘Awarded by the Managers to John Harrison Wigner, Dux for Excellence in
Mathematics July 1890′.
Good Very Fine.
www.cooperscoins.com
There was much drinking and merriment at the last “informal drinks” held at The Mudlark on the 25th April!
This is a Formal Dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the school. The event is being run in conjunction with the Hatcham Association. The date confirmed as Thursday 6 November 2025, venue Haberdashers’ Hall. This is a black tie/cocktail dress event. The cost is £97.50 per person. Processco reception on arrival, cash bar for wine and other drinks. Further details to follow.
November 2025 at Haberdashers Hall.
If interested please contact Roger Goodman to book a place at roger1.goodman@btinternet.com
Early booking essential as limited places
There are at least two FaceBook pages/groups related to the Association. The “official” one can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554107793748
Then there is the “Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham (1960s)” group which is an “unofficial” group. This can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/248952745141810
Anthony J. Sargeant who was at School from 1955 -1962 has a wonderful series of Blogposts that can be found at:
It is well worth following the links on these posts as they bring back memories and have a great wealth of detail about the school and life in those days. Imagine teenagers going to a party wearing jackets with a collar and tie!! It really happened and there are photos to proof it.
Sadly there are parts of school that were less than perfect to say the least. The account below happened in eighties; but I know of abuse (not to me) that happened in the sixties. You can find out about the less savoury parts here: