Speech Day
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Speech Day, more recently called Prize Giving, is a ceremony held each year for the presentation of prizes to students for work and sporting achievements from the preceding academic year.
A sample programme is as follows. In recent years more music has been added to this basic programme.
- The Chairman of the Governors' report
- The Headmaster's report
- The School Song
- Distribution of prizes
- Guest of Honour's speech
- Vote of thanks from the Head of School
- National Anthem
| Year | Date | Location | Guest of Honour |
|---|---|---|---|
| ... | |||
| 1955 | |||
| ... | |||
| 1959 | General Sir Francis Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO, Chief of the Imperial General Staff | ||
| 1960 | |||
| 1961 | |||
| ... | |||
| 1965 | Possibly Group Captain Leonard Cheshire | ||
| ... | |||
| 1973 | 1 November | G V Cooke, Chief Education Officer for Lincolnshire County Council, and Mrs Cooke | |
| 1975 | E Miller, Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge | ||
| 1976 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
| 1977 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
| 1978 | The Centenary Methodist Church | Professor P A Young, Mining Engineer | |
| 1979 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
| 1980 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
| 1981 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
| 1982 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
| 1983 | 23 September | The Centenary Methodist Church | Group Captain R D Arnott RAF, Station Commander, RAF Coningsby |
| 1984 | |||
| 1985 | Mrs Jean Parker | ||
| ... | |||
| 2012 | 21 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | John Cridland CBE, Director General of the CBI |
| 2013 | 20 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Charles Hart, father of Joe Hart, footballer: Manchester City and England |
| 2014 | 18 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Adam Shergold On-line sports journalist for The Daily Mail |