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PROFILE UPDATES


•   Arthur Godbeer (Class Of 1963)  23/5
•   David With  8/5
•   Richard Bell  22/4
•   Barry Comber  26/3
•   Michael Cornelissen (Class Of 1960)  20/1
•   Douglas Wilson  15/11
•   Norman Dyer  1/11
•   Michael Belman (Class Of 1960)  11/10
•   Andre Blond (Class Of 1962)  3/10
•   Peter Elstob  20/8
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WHERE WE LIVE


Who lives where - click links below to find out.

1 lives in California (USA)
1 lives in Florida (USA)
1 lives in New Hampshire (USA)
2 live in New York (USA)
1 lives in Pennsylvania (USA)
1 lives in Washington (USA)
1 lives in New Brunswick (Canada)
4 live in Ontario (Canada)
4 live in Eastern Cape
22 live in Gauteng
49 live in KwaZulu-Natal
1 lives in Mpumalanga
19 live in Western Cape
7 live in USA
5 live in Canada
11 live in Australia
1 lives in Brazil
2 live in France
1 lives in Norway
96 live in South Africa
1 lives in Spain
16 live in United Kingdom
6 location unknown

 

The great hills of the south country
They stand along the sea
And it's there walking the high woods
That I would wish to be
With the men that were boys when I was a boy
Walking along with me.
 
                         -- Hillaire Belloc
 
 

Welcome to the website for the Durban High School Class of 1958-1961! Membership is open to all who were with us in 3rd form in 1958 or joined us at any time up to 6th form in 1961. 

There are now six brother websites from around our time at DHS:

www.dhs-class-of-1960.net
www.durbanhighschoolclassof1963.com
www.dhsclassof1964.com
www.classcreator.com/Durban-South-Africa-1965
www.dhs-class-of-1966.com
www.dhsclassof1968.com
 
Please contact the respective administrators if you would like to get in touch with friends from these years, or if you would like to request a guest membership on these websites.   We also accept guest members from other years at DHS.
 
DHS has a website that offers various information and news about the school: www.durbanhighschool.co.za.  
The DHS Foundation provides financial and other support to the school: www.dhsfoundation.co.za
There is also a Face Book page for the school: www.facebook.com/DurbanHighSchool

 

 

                            ANNOUNCEMENTS

               


 

27/04/23 --  Ian Robertson visited Australia recently, and while there he assembled a complete set of current photos of our eleven Australian members. You can admire their amazing vitality in Tuck Shop Chit Chat, under the "2023 Kangaroo Roundup" topic in the "Fifty year reunion -- And later ones too" forum.

13/03/2023 -- Before he passed away earlier this year, our classmate Dave Guy wrote down some memories of the DHS teacher and headmaster he admired the most, Des Thompson.  You can read Dave's contribution in Tuck Shop Chit Chat, in the "Our Teachers!  Part 2" Forum.

12/03/2023 -- Chris Harris has unearthed an archaic document, the old DHS school uniform rules. See his entry on this topic in Tuck Shop Chit Chat, in the "Hign School Memories Part 2" Forum.

04/02/2023 --  We are very sorry to report that our classmate David Guy passed away in Swellendam, in the Western Cape, on 21 January 2023.   Please see the entry for Dave in the In Memory section of the website.  You can add any memories or reflections of your own by using the "Post Comment" button below the entry.

08/01/2023 --   We are very sorry to report that our classmate David Heywood passed away in Cape Town on 5 December 2022.  Please see the entry for David in our In Memory section for more details. You can leave any comments or memories of your own by using the "Post Comment" button below the entry.

06/01/2023 -- We recently reported the passing of our classmate David Hooey last August.  We are very sorry to report that his twin brother Michael passed away in Surrey, England, not long after, on 6 November 2022.  Please see the entry for Michael in the In Memory section of the website for more details.  You can use the "Post Comment" button below the entry to add any reflections or memories of your own.

06/01/2023 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Aaron Rose passed away in Durban on 6 December last year.  Please see the entry for Aaron in the In Memory section of the wehsite for more details.  You can add any comments, memories, or reflections of your own by using the "Post Comment" button  below the entry.

21/12/2022 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate David Hooey passed away in Cape Town on 3 August.   Please see the entry for David in the In Memory section for more details. You can use the  "Post Comment" below the entry to add any memories or reflections of your own.

24/11/2022 --  A few classmates attended a mini-reunion in Morocco after the main event in Israel. You can read a report in Tuck Shop Chit Chat, in the Forum entitled "The 50 year reunion -- and later ones too!"

1711/2022 -- Our fabuluous 61-year reunion in Israel is over.  It was an enormous success!  You can read some particant comments in Tuck Shop Chit Chat,  in the Forum entitled "The 50-year reunion -- and later ones too!"

19/10/2022 --  One of our guest members, Rick Prins (Class of 1962) has written a novel with a school very like DHS and a villain very like Jiggs Gray!  The book is called The Colour of Flying, and it is available on Amazon as a paperback or kindle download.

02/10/2022 --  We are very sorry to report that our classmate Arthur King passed away in Durban several years ago, in 2018.   Please see the entry for Arthur in the In Memory secion for more details.  You an add any memories or reflections there by using the "Post Comment" button below the entry.

24/07/2022 --  We are very sorry to report that our classmate Colin Herd passed away in Bristol, England, on 29 March. Please see the entry for Colin in the In Memory section for further detals. You can use the "Post comment" button below the entry to add any comments, memories or reflections of your own

14/07/2022 -- The last call for our Reunion in Israel is 15 July.  If you would like to come, or to discuss coming, please send a message now through the "Contact us" tab at the top of this page.

10/07/2022 -- We have issued the current guest list for our reunion -- see the message under the "1961 Grand Reunion" tab at top left of this page.  If you find your name is not there when it should be, or is included when it shouldn't be, please let us know!

05/07/2022 -- We have expanded and enhanced our plans for our reunion!!  We also need more donations to ensure the best experience for our classmates there... Please see our message under the "1961 Grand Reunion" tab at top left of this page.

29/06/2022 -- Good news for our reunion -- Israel has eliminated all covid entry requirements!  Please  let us know by 15th July if you are coming!

28/03/2022 -- We have added a new section to the website!  It is called "Books about DHS".  The new section provides details of several books relevant to our own era at the school.  You'll find it in the column on the left of this home page.

26/03/2022 -- Unfortunately Alan Wilkinson, one of the last survivors of our teaching staff, passed away in Pietermaritzburg on 25 March.  He was an excellent maths teacher but left DHS to become headmaster of Northlands and then Beachwood high schools.  Alan remained in excellent physical and mental health well into his nineties.  He joined this website as a guest member and visited regularly to keep up with our activities. You can add any comments in Tuck Shop Chit Chat: go to the  "Durban: A trip down memory lane" forum  and then to the topic "Which of our teachers are still alive?".

14/03/2022 -- We have added an extra day to our Israel reunion itinerary.  The dates will now be 23 October to 31 October.   We have also upgraded our hotels.  Please see our message on this subject under the "61 Year Grand Reunion" tab at top left of this page.

12/03/2022 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Colin Gray passed away in Bungdendore, Australia, on 26 February.  Please see the entry for Colin in the In Memory section of the website for further details.  You can use the "Post comment" button below the entry to add any comments, memories, or reflections of your own.

23/02/2022  -- We are continuing with the planning of our reunion in Israel at the end of October 2022, despite current concerns over a new covid strain.  We believe there is ample time for the present difficulties to be resolved. Please see our message on this subject under the "61 Year Grand Reunion" tab at the top left of this page. 

4/11/2021 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Andrew Layman passed away in Hilton on 16th October.  Please see the entry for Andrew in the In Memory section of the website for further details.  You can add any thoughts, memories, or information of your own there, by pressing the "Post Comment" button at the end of the entry.

18/10/2021 -- You can now add your WhatsApp contact information to your profile -- just go to the "Edit Profile" tab on the left of this page.  While you are there, you can also update your profile with any new details that you would like to share with our classmates!

6/10/2021 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Anthony Thompson passed away in Howick on 13th August.  Please see the entry for Tony in the In Memory section of the website for further details.  You can use the "Post Comment" button below the entry to add any memories or reflections of your own.

4/10/2021 -  We are very sorry to report that our classmate Theunis Fitzpatrick passed away in Gauteng several years ago, in 2013.   Please visit the entry for Theunis in the In Memory section for futher details.  You can use the "Post Comment" button at the end of the entry to add any information or reflections of your own.

30/07/2021 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Robin Stranack passed away in Kent, England, on 19th July.  Please visit the entry for Robin in the In Memory section for further details. You can add any thoughts, memories, or information of your own there, by pressing the "Post Comment" button at the end of the entry.

30/07/2021 --  Our website was launched eleven years ago this month, and has been highly successful ever since!   During those eleven years we have received 132,204 visits, and our classmates have exchanged 4,758 messages through our message system.  Of the 224 members on our class list, all but 8 have been found, or confirmed deceased

17/07/2021 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Colin Mason passed away in Townsville, Australia, on 13 July.  Please visit the entry for Colin in the In Memory section for further details.  You can add any reflections, comments, or information of your own there, by pressing the "Post Comment" button at the end of the entry.

6/06/2021 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate David Brosnihan passed away in Durban on 31 May.  Please visit the entry for David in the In Memory section for further details.  You can add any recollections or reflections of your own there,  by pressing the "Post comment" button at the end of the entry.  

2/06/2021 -- We are very sorry to report that our classmate Anthony Blaunfeldt passed away in Durban on 2 February.  Please visit the entry for Tony in the In Memory section, where you use the "Post comment" button to add any memories, reflections, or information of your own.

2/06/2021 --  Do you remember Ralph, the adult fan of our school sports who had the mind of a child after a head injury decades earier?  Neill Levy recalls him in a recent entry in our Tuck Shop Chit Chat.  Other recent entries are from Terry Dowdall on our stage of life, and Ian Robertson on the school assembly ritual.  There are now over 100 separate discussion topics there;  the most recent ones are in the right column, and a click on headings in the left column brings up past contributions.

27/12/2020 --  Check out the "Notify me" tab under Member Functions on your left.  It lets you specify if you would like an email notification of new items on the website, such as profile changes, new messages, new obituaries, etc.

7/09/2020 -- Two new items have been added to the School Histories section on the left of this page: a fine appreciation of Bill Payn written by Izak van Heerden; and an article drawn from an academic thesis about the legendary Headmaster A.S. Langley who shaped the school of our day , "The classics, the cane, and rugby".

27/08/2020 -- The DHS Foundation has published a limited edition, 199 page book about our teacher D.G. "SAS" Nourse.  The book consists of recollections, photos, press clippings, etc, and is compiled by his son-in-law Clive Shedlock and the former school archivist Jeremy Oddy (Class of 1963). The price is 300 rand with all proceeds donated to Blackmore's house.  To order a copy, contact the DHS Foundation CEO Andrew Shedlock at ceo@dhsfoundation.co.za, or call him at 083 791 7646.

20/06/2020  -- We extend a warm welcome to our new guest member, former DHS teacher Allan Wilkinson.  Allan is now in his late eighties but remains in mental and physical shape that puts most of us to shame!

6/02/2020 --  The school has announced that it will no longer play any sport fixtures with our ancient rival Glenwood, apparently because of "poaching" of star players.  You can read a news report under the "DHS Today" tab at left.

08/07/2019 --  Jeremy Oddy (Class of 1963), the former school archivist, is preparing a publication about Blackmore's house. He invites anyone to send him recollections, anecdotes, photographs, press clippings, or other material of interest.  Jermey has already written two books about the school: "Where the Baobab grows at Durban High School", and "A celebration of Rugby at Durban High School ".  Jeremy's email address is jjoddy@gmail.com.

12/05/2019 --  As part of its leadership campaign against sex abuse in schools, DHS hosted a Safe Schools Seminar on 10 May.  A report on the event and announcments of futher events will be published on www.safeschoolguide.co.za

5/03/2019 --  We extend a warm welcome to a new member, our classmate Peter Whyte!

16/02/2019 -- We extend a warm welcome to a new member, our classmate Nigel Gray!   

11/01/2019 -- David Brosnihan has lmade a video of our Moroccan adventure and placed it on YouTube.  You can enjoy it here:   https://youtu.be/OB4eXPXDwto -- copy and paste the link into your browser.

25/04/2018 -- The school has issued an impressive marketing video that showcases the many facilities available at DHS today:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEDdQHTCRQ&feature=youtu.be

11/04/2018  --  We have just learned that our 1958 head prefect,  John Lloyd, passed away in the UK on 7 May last year.  He was the last survivor of our four head prefects -- Ian Wallace passed in 1990, Mick Greenfield in 2014, and Jack Welch in 2016. 

28/06/2017 --  An expanded record of the circumstances of our teachers' demises has just been added to Tuck Shop Chit Chat, under the "Our Teachers! (Part One)" topic.  

180/6/2017 --   The DHS Old Boys Club site in Durban North was sold to developers in 2014 to raise funds for the school. Here's whats happening at the site:  https://youtu.be/tDF_CewGajU  

10/06/2017 -- We congratulate the DHS class of 1947 on their seventieth reunion in Durban earlier this week -- a true inspiration to us youngsters!   

25/03/2016 -- Does anybody have a copy of the 4GB form photo of 1959?  it's the only one we are missing from our 1958-61 set opposite, so please send us a scan if you have one!

1/03/2015 --  We have recently discovered some new facts about many of our deceased classmates in SA government records. As a result we have added additional information to most of the In Memory entries. In some cases we have made corrections to the cause or year of a classmate's demise. Please take a look at the entries, and use the "Post Comment" button to add any information, recollections, or anecdotes of your own.

18/12/2013 -- Jeremy Oddy (Class of 1963 and School Archivist) has just published a book, A Celebration of Rugby at Durban High School. This interesting book covers more than a century of rugby history at the school. For more information and ordering details, see the "100 Years of DHS Rugby" tab at the left.

21/02/2013 -- The "Where we live" feature above right has been refined to include SA provinces. You can now click on a country, a US state, a Canadian province, or an SA province, and get an immediate list of classmates resident there.