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Old Farnhamians' Association |
The 400 Trust
About the Trust
The Old Farnhamian Associations', together with
members and staff of the College, decided in 1978 to celebrate the 400th
anniversary by establishing a Farnham 400 Trust Fund with four purposes in
mind:
1. to establish an annual or otherwise periodic
lecture (to be known as "the Farnham Lecture") for the benefit of the
residents of Farnham and for the advancement of education and learning
generally on such subjects as the Trust committee shall decide.
2. to collect and preserve documents and
information relating to the history of
3. to engage in and commission research into the
history of
4. to pay expenses for students, ex–students, staff
or ex–staff of Farnham Grammar School or Farnham College in respect of
educational study approved by the Trustees.
About the Farnham Lectures
The first Farnham Lecture, Talking Music, was held
in 1988 and took the form of a 'conversation' between Jeffrey Tate and Alan
Fluck. Subsequent lectures with other distinguished former pupils and students
amongst the speakers have been –
1989 Francis Tibbalds Improving Towns and Cities
1990 Barry Hall Met in
1991 John Matthews Getting Sporting Fit
1993 Paul Lankester Waste : Everybodys Business –
But a Local Issue
1994 David Williams Best Local Policing for Best
Value for Money
1995 James Mates The Future of Television News
1996 The Rt Revd John Gladwin, Bishop of
1997 Jeremy Hardy Living
on One's Wits
1998 Jonathon Porritt Education for Sustainability
1999 Patrick Blower A Day in the Life of a
Political Cartoonist
2000 Millennium Lecture Roy Lancaster Travels of a Plantsman
2001 Farnham Time Team by Archaeologist, David
Graham
2002 The Eden Project by Paul Travers
2003 Politics, People and Principles by the Rt Hon
Viginia Bottomley MP
2004 Newspapers Today by Sir Ray Tindle CBE on 23rd
September 2004 at
2005 Global Warming by Dr
Geoff Jenkins on 28th September 2005 at
2006 2012 Olympic Bid by Simon
Clegg CBE on 17 October, 2006
2007 Leonard Cheshire Disability by
Brian Dutton CBE on 21 November 2007
2008 Cardiac Rehabiltiation by Dr
Hugh Bethell
2009
2010 Balancing the Scales by
David Victor-Smith