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 Records of thriving Old Grammarians’ Associations (separate organisations for men and women - of course) existed at least as far back as the early 1900s. Mr ACK Toms, the headmaster from 1903 to 1915, formed an Old Boys association at Christmas 1910 with the first annual dinner being held on Boxing Day 1911. It seems the major events in the Association’s year consisted of Old Grammarians playing school teams at various sports and holding annual dinners. Following the Great War the Association appears to have ‘lapsed’ and was not re-formed until 1928. That year an Old Girls’ Association was formed with Miss K. Goodworth as secretary. In the main both associations were organised from within the school and for many years Frank Miles, a science master, was secretary of the Old Boys’ branch. The activities are recorded in editions of the school’s magazine The Cirencestrian between 1919 - 1966. After World War II, and particularly when the days of the school were obviously numbered, support for the associations dwindled. Old Boys’ and Old Girls’ associations were merged in the 1950s but were later wound up due to lack of support in the 1970s. Despite this, a few individual groups, usually representing particular years, continued to meet informally but no attempts were made to revive the former associations. Only a few records remain of this period in the association’s history. During 1988 a reunion of staff and pupils from the 1940s took place at Syde. This was so well supported that the Old Grammarians (1940s) Association came into being. It meets quarterly for lunches at venues in and around Cirencester. The 1940s Association holds quarterly lunches and publishes its own magazine, The New Cirencestrian. It also has its own website - www.cirencesteroldgrammarians1940s.co.uk In the early 1990s a Reunion Committee was formed with a view to planning a 'Reunion of Reunions' to which all surviving staff and pupils from any year would be welcome. In October 1993 the first 'Grand Reunion' was held at the Bingham Hall attended by about 600 Old Grammarians and their guests. Encouraged by the response, similar events were held in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2008, the latter still attracting over 230 members and guests. The Committee also publishes a regular Newsletter. A further reunion is planned for the weekend of 16 / 17th October 2010, again at the Bingham Hall. Details of this will be circulated in late January 2010.
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