- Former Staff Lunch
- London Dinner
- AP100 Campaign presents
- Careers Talks
- FWW Exhibition 2014-2018
- KES in the City
- New Street Remembered
- Careers Talks
- Donor Reception and Biennial Dinner
- OEA Extraordinary and AGM
- Oxford and Cambridge Lecture
- Social and Miscellaneous
- Birmingham Festive Drinks 2010
- Birmingham Festive Drinks 2011
- Birmingham Festive Drinks 2013
- Birmingham Festive Drinks 2014
- Birmingham Festive Drinks 2015
- Birmingham Festive Drinks 2016
- Summer outing 2008
- Summer outing 2009
- Summer outing 2012
- London Pub Night 2010
- London Pub Night 2012
- Andrew's Coppice 50th anniversary 2013
- Farewell to the Gun Barrels 2013
- New Year Drinks at the Selly Park Tavern 2014
- Scouts' Reunion 2016
- Sport, Drama, Music and Art Events
- Tolkien Lecture
- OEA Extraordinary and AGM
- Oxford and Cambridge Lecture
- Golden & Diamond Reunion 2022
- Tolkien Lecture Series
- Donor Reception and Biennial Dinner
- Year Group Reunions
- Sport, Drama, Music and Art Events
- Back to School Day 2019
- Senior Production Drinks Reception
- OEA AGM 2019
- 2019 Festive Drinks
- Fifth Form Careers Day
- Reunion for OEs who started at KES in 1969
- Science-based Careers Event 2020
- Diamond & Golden Anniversary Reunion 2020
- Peter Singer Lecture
- Social and Miscellaneous
- Year Group Reunions
- Former Staff Lunch
- Diamond and Golden Anniversary Reunion 2023
Summer outing 2009
The London OE's summer outing on 20 June began with a visit to Down House, the home of Charles Darwin for some 40 years, near Biggin Hill in Kent. There were fourteen members present but, with spouses, guests and five former pupils from KEHS, we were 34 in all.
This year marks the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the house has been given a facelift to mark this. It was fascinating to see the family home (which Darwin extended several times), to view the study where he did most of his writing and to wander round the garden where he conducted his experiments. We were taken round by a hand-held audio-visual guide with commentary by Sir David Attenborough.
We later travelled a few miles south to the village of Westerham, where a leading member of the Westerham Society spoke to us about the village as far back as Saxon times. As we sat on the green, in the shadow of the Churchill statue and with General Wolfe also looking on, we listened to the history of the buildings in the village centre. Alan Taylor-Smith was bursting with interesting accounts and amusing anecdotes and he concluded with a short guided walk. He claims to have the largest private collection of Churchill memorabilia!
The day ended with an early buffet supper at the National Trust restaurant at Chartwell, appropriately named the Mulberry Room. Over an excellent spread and with wine flowing, we enjoyed the fellowship of friends old and new. Of course, in the presence of the ladies from across "the Drive", discretion had to be exercised when recalling memories of attachments from as early as the 1940's!
The weather was kind to us and, from the feedback received, this was a day greatly enjoyed by all.
Derek Ridout