Old Boys' Founders' Day Bury Dinner

Friday, 2nd May 2025

Bury Grammar School

The evening will begin from 6.30pm in the Old Boys’ Club Room, overlooking the cricket field, followed by dinner at 7.45pm in the Main Hall, Senior Boys' Campus. 

Our guest speaker is Philip Hateley (Class of 1990). Philip joined the RAF Regiment in 1994 after graduating in Modern Languages from Bradford University. Since then, he has served in a variety of operational and staff roles in the UK and overseas. Towards the end of the Troubles he was based in Northern Ireland for a year, and he has deployed to the Middle East on several occasions, the first time in the aftermath of the attacks of 11 September 2001. He commanded The Queen’s Colour Squadron, conducting ceremonial duties for the RAF, and deployed with the squadron to Afghanistan, providing the defence of Kandahar Airfield. He has worked in a NATO headquarters in the Netherlands, on exchange with the German Air Force and spent a year at the Spanish Military Academy in Madrid. He is currently based at the RAF’s headquarters at RAF High Wycombe.

The Toast to the School will be proposed by Ted Edmondson (Class of 1994), and the response will be by Rob Lees, Senior Deputy Head Enrichment and Partnerships.

The cost of the Dinner is £39.50, and for those in full time education a discounted price of £32.00 is available.

To book and make payment, please click the I'd like to attend button below by 28th April 2025. 

Please order wine, which will be cash only, as soon as you arrive in the Club Room to avoid delays when dinner is announced. Cards are preferred at the bar, but cash will be accepted, and the dress code for the evening is lounge suits.

Parking will be available in the Senior School playground adjacent to Tenterden Street.

For any enquiries please contact the Development Office on email: alumni@burygrammar.com or via telephone: 0161 764 1733.

We look forward to welcoming you back for what promises to be a wonderful evening amongst friends.

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