We are delighted to share "The Old Southendian" in its new dual online and printed format since 2025. It still features plenty of news from the Association, its Affiliated Clubs and Organisations, and the school and wider community, but is now available digitally to all members of the Association and shared each summer.
The latest password for the Online Editions was sent out on Friday 8th August 2025. Please ensure the Registrar has your up-to-date contact details to receive the password: contact Geoff May at .
We welcome your feedback on the Magazine to
A new section of the Association website has been created to share obituaries of Members online during the year, alongside a list of notifications of passing received since the publication of the 2025 magazine. Please see our updated Obituaries page for more information. The supplements are also linked above alongside the main Magazine publications.
Selected articles from Magazines between 2008 and 2018 can be found below, arranged by year of publication!
Historic articles relating to the Annual Reunion Dinners and London Dinners are also available on their dedicated pages.
The School Song - Gerald Usher (Athens, 1951-1958)
Roll of Honour - Lesley Iles (Staff, 2005-) and Robert Arnold (Athens, 1945-1951)
The Real Story of the Moose - Ivan Haxell (Athens, 1931-1937)
Pioneering Support for Asperger’s Syndrome at SHSB - Fern Potter (School Governor, 2003-Present)
The OSA on Facebook - Sam Walford (Athens, 2001-2008)
An Old Boy at the Beijing Olympics - Jonty Clarke (Troy, 1992-1999)
House OSA Relay Race - Chris Sorrell (Sparta, 1975–1982)
House Ten Pin Bowling - Kerry Martin (Tuscany, 1998–2000)
Mansfield Reunion 2010 - Geoff Hillman (Troy, 1938-1942)
The Train Journey - Kenneth Bennett (Athens, 1939-1944)
Well, Did You Ever... - Nigel Leicester (Sparta, 1948-1949)
Oxford Blue - Tom Frith (Troy, 2003-2010)
Memories of Cricket Tours Gone By - Denis Tilbrook (Troy, 1954-1961)
The Golfing Marathon Runner - Simon Le Mare (Tuscany, 1977 – 1980)
D-Day - Ronald Crafer - Ronald Crafer (Athens, 1936-1941) in the Swindon Evening Advertiser
Reminiscences of a Schoolboy - Roy Simons (Troy, 1935-43)
A Modest Man, but a Brave One - Grant R.M. Littler (Troy, 1956-1963)
Headteacher's Report 2014 - Dr R. M. Bevan (Headteacher)
Wally Allens First School Trip - Gerald R Peacock (Athens, 1950–55)
SHSB visit Tanzania - Clive Shiret (Athens, 1973-1975)
Pupils on the move - Gerald Usher (Athens, 1951-1958)
Mansfield revisited - Doug Mayhew (Troy, 1939-1944)
Old Southendian Angling Society - Nick Robins (Athens, 1978-1984)
Sixth Christmas Reunion - Joseph Zammit (Tuscany, 2004-2011)
Obituary: Edward George Morris (Headmaster, 1971-1988) - John Morris (son)
Old Southendian Ladies Group - Helen Watson née Seaman (Sparta, 1981-1983)
The Old Southendian Organ Society 2018 report – Back in Business - Joseph Zammit (Tuscany, 2004-2011)
RIP Phil Hopkins - Memories of the Hockey Club - Phil Hopkins (Tuscany, 1939-1941)
